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Billionaires Declare OPEN War on Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders

Post published:November 13, 2019

"The exceedingly wealthy are usually content to stay in the shadows while their combined financial leverage and media power keep top government officials more or less in line. But the grassroots strengths of the Warren and Sanders campaigns have jolted some key oligarchs into overt action," writes Norman Solomon, Institute for Public Accuracy and RootsAction.org (Nov. 13th, 2019)

The Great Game of Trade (Quick review by University of Cambridge scholar Diane Coyle)

Post published:November 13, 2019

"I was persuaded by the Hardings’ argument that the current global situation is very dangerous, threatening economic stability, environmental sustainability and peace. The slow growth or worse will encourage the trends toward populism and authoritarianism, and a spiral into more protectionism," writes Diane Coyle, Professor at the University of Cambridge (Nov. 13th, 2019)

Brand versus Reality: Trudeau should actually start fulfilling important promises

Post published:November 13, 2019

"With the lack of checks and balances, the position of prime minister is perhaps the most unchecked head of government among the democracies," writes Julia Rodgers, Dalhousie University (Nov. 13th, 2019)

Should you kill spiders in your home? A scientist explains why not to

Post published:November 13, 2019

"I know it may be hard to convince you, but let me try: Don’t kill the next spider you see in your home. Why? Because spiders are," writes Matt Bertone, North Carolina State University (Nov. 13th, 2019)

I was Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton: The Economy is Rigged, and only two Democrats have the agenda that’ll beat Trump

Post published:November 6, 2019

"The only way Democrats win is with an agenda of fundamental democratic and economic reform, such as provided by," writes Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor (under Bill Clinton), University of California (Nov 6th, 2019)

How Coffee may help alleviate Depression

Post published:November 6, 2019

"But coffee may have other mood benefits that simply elevating mood shortly after its intake," writes Berit Brogaard, University of Miami (Nov. 6th, 2019)

If Trump gets impeached, don’t take the U.S. founders and their elitist constitution

Post published:November 6, 2019

"But while no one can deny that the founders were brilliant political architects, no one should mistake them for champions of democracy in any modern sense, either," writes J.M. Opal, McGill University (Nov. 6th, 2019)

VIDEO: You Won’t Believe What Obama Says in this one minute Video

Post published:November 6, 2019

Nearly 7 million people have seen this. Do you believe what Obama says? (Nov. 6th, 2019)

CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg is a Rich Jerk

Post published:November 6, 2019

"Imagine if we turned to LeBron James, a truly great basketball player, to get advice on how best to deal with global warming. LeBron is a smart guy, but no one would expect him to have special insights into dealing with global warming, in spite of his incredible skills on the basketball court. In the same vein, why would anyone think that Zuckerberg would know or care about how Facebook should be run in a way that protects democracy?" writes Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington D.C. (Nov. 6th, 2019)