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Tag Archives: Inequality

Breaking Down the GOP Health Insurance Proposal: Who will Benefit and Who will be Hurt

March 8, 2017 Austerity Conservative Donald Trump Economics extremism Health Policy Inequality Medicare ObamaCare Policy Republicans 2 Comments

The Hidden Lead Crisis in the USA: Part #3

December 30, 2016 Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Protection Health Policy Inequality Lead Racism Leave a comment

ObamaCare Premiums Increase and Choices Decrease, Signals Time for Major Push Towards Single Payer

October 26, 2016 Bernie Sanders Health Policy Inequality Obama ObamaCare Policy Privatization Progressive Leave a comment

Don’t let Rioters in Charlotte Distract from the Real Protesters’ Message

September 22, 2016 Black Lives Matter Civil Rights Criminal Justice Current Events Discrimination Inequality Media Police Police Brutality Racism 1 Comment

Summarizing the GOP Convention: Fear and Loathing in Cleveland

July 23, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Civil Rights Conservative Corporatism Corruption Discrimination Donald Trump extremism Inequality Insane Republicans Partisan Fighting Policy Racism Republicans Social Conservative Tea Party Terrorism Undocumented Immigration War Crimes 1 Comment

Panama Papers Expose the Global Elite’s Shadowy Web of Corruption and Tax Dodging

April 5, 2016 Corporatism Corruption Economics Hillary Clinton Inequality International Relations Obama Tax Policy Taxation Trade Trans-Pacific Partnership Trickle Down Economics 2 Comments

The Washington Establishment about to Steal Hundreds of Billions in Taxes for its Corporate Donors, Media Looks Away

March 21, 2016 Corporate Greed Corporate Welfare Corporatism Corruption Democrats Inequality Multi-National Corporations Obama Republicans Tax Policy 3 Comments

Rex Iverson’s Death Illustrates True “American Exceptionalism”

February 29, 2016 Defense Policy education Educational Policy Health Policy Inequality Policy Prison Privatization propaganda Tax Policy Taxation 5 Comments

Guest Post: The Flint Water Crisis: A Democratic Opportunity

February 25, 2016 Democrats Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Protection Flint Michigan Health Policy Inequality Partisan Fighting Pollution Racism Republicans 2 Comments

The Progressive Cynic’s Case for Bernie Sanders: Part #1

January 26, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination gay rights gender equality Hillary Clinton Immigration Policy Inequality marriage equality Policy political candidates Progressive Racism Women's Rights 1 Comment

Alabama Shuts Down DMVs in Majority-Black Counties, Keeps Voter ID Laws

October 9, 2015 2016 Election Austerity Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Corruption Discrimination Elections extremism Inequality Racism Voting Voting Rights 4 Comments

NYPD Commits Black Woman to Mental Hospital after Illegal Traffic Stop

September 16, 2015 4th Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Legal Injustice Police Police Brutality Police State 5 Comments

Chester Uplands County: Charter Schools Waste Thousands, Public School Teachers Agree to Work for Free

September 9, 2015 Austerity Conservative Corporate Greed Corporatism Corruption Current Events Discrimination education Inequality Partisan Fighting Policy Privatization 3 Comments

The Hidden Re-Segregation of American Schools

August 18, 2015 Civil Rights Constitution Discrimination education Inequality Racism Supreme Court 4 Comments

5 Strategies Police Apologists Use to Protect Officers after a Killing and Minimize the Deaths of Black Victims

August 6, 2015 BlackLivesMatter Civil Rights Criminal Justice Current Events Discrimination Inequality Media Police Police Brutality Police State Racism 5 Comments

Shocking and Ominous Statistics on Economic Inequality

July 16, 2015 Austerity Budget Corporate Greed Corporatism Corruption Debt Economic Crisis Economics education Inequality Policy Racism 7 Comments

Since the Charlestown Massacre, a Black Church has been Burned Every Two Days in the Old Confederacy

July 1, 2015 Civil Rights Conservative Criminal Justice Discrimination Domestic Terrorism extremism Inequality Law and Order Racism Tea Party Terrorism 4 Comments

Removing the Confederate Flag from Statehouses is Good but Ending the Slavery that it Represents is More Important

June 29, 2015 Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Police State Prison Private Prisons Racism Republicans 35 Comments

SCOTUS Prepares to Rule on Three Massive Cases: ObamaCare, Racial Disparate Impact, and Gay Rights

June 17, 2015 14th Amendment Civil Rights Discrimination extremism gay rights Health Policy Inequality Obama ObamaCare Racism Supreme Court 2 Comments

Teen Imprisoned in Solitary Confinement for Years Without a Trial Kills Himself

June 12, 2015 Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Law and Order Legal Injustice Police Police Brutality Police State Prison Racism 1 Comment

Baltimore Explodes in Riots over Police Brutality

April 28, 2015 Civil Rights Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Police Police Brutality Police State Leave a comment

Kansas Schools Shut Down Early to Pay for Tax Cuts on the Rich/Corporations

April 27, 2015 Austerity Budget Conservative education extremism Inequality Republicans Taxation Leave a comment

Comparing Punishments for Fraud: Atlanta Teachers vs. 2008 Banksters

April 20, 2015 Corporate Greed Criminal Justice Discrimination Economic Crisis Economics education Inequality Racism 7 Comments

Executive Buys Badge from Tulsa PD, Accidentally Executes Citizen after Confusing his Gun and his Taser

April 15, 2015 Corruption Criminal Justice Inequality Money in Politics Police Police Brutality Racism 6 Comments

Making Fines and Fees Less Regressive

March 19, 2015 Criminal Justice Economics Inequality Policy Progressive Taxation 3 Comments

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