Democracy • Disinformation • Economy
The National Debt Is the Evidence of the Crime: Who Pocketed the $38 Trillion?
Thom Hartmann
The Hartmann Report
The national debt isn’t the cause of our problems: it’s the receipt. It’s the paper trail of the largest upward transfer of wealth in 250 years of American history…
Published On: 02/24/2026
Democracy • Economy • Europe • Global
We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower
Garrett M. Graff
Wired
With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.
Published On: 01/22/2026
Economy • Human Rights • Resistance
The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Inauguration Speech
The New York Times
The New York Times (Gift)
"I stand alongside you, the tens of thousands gathered here in Lower Manhattan, warmed against the January chill by the resurgent flame of hope."
Published On: 01/01/2026
Disinformation • Economy
The Dells’ $250 “Investment” Accounts for Kids Is Scammy Billionaire Philanthropy Theater
Dr. Stacey Patton
Dr. Stacey Patton
Why a few hundred dollars per child won’t fix housing, tuition, or poverty—and how billionaire generosity disguises the systems keeping kids poor.
Published On: 12/06/2025
Economy
What Happens When the AI Bubble Blows Up on Main Street?
Thom Hartmann
The Hartmann Report
When this bubble bursts, the collapse won’t hit Google’s coders — it’ll hit the electricians, nurses, teachers, retirees, renters, and low-income families who never got a penny from the boom…
Published On: 11/26/2025
Democracy • Economy • Resistance
Urgent Times Call for Something Old And Something New from the Labor Movement
Peter Olney and Rand Wilson
Labor Notes (October 16, 2025)
For workers to survive Trump’s MAGA moment and build a fighting labor movement for the future, both electoral politics (something old) and militant actions to disrupt business as usual (something new for many unions) will be key.
Published On: 11/06/2025
Democracy • Economy
The Biggest Threat to Mamdani’s Agenda Isn’t Trump—It’s Wall Street
Michael Beyea Reagan
In These Times
Wall Street destroyed New York City’s social welfare economy in 1975. Avoiding that fate under Mayor Mamdani will require popular movements to discipline the super rich.
Published On: 10/23/2025
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Nine members of the “Prairieland 19,” anti-ICE protesters in Texas who the Trump administration is dubiously accusing of domestic terrorism, are going on trial this week. The case is a test for how easily Trump might criminalize dissent going forward.
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