More than half of Americans are flat broke.
According to the Economic Policy Institute, a family of four needs an income of at least $60,000 dollars a year to reach a “adequate but modest living standard.” But, fifty percent of all Americans make less than half that amount.
Paul Buchheit over at Alternet reports that new Social Security Administration data shows that one out of every two Americans is living in – or damn near close – to flat out poverty.
How Corporate America and the Republicans in Congress Blew It
The Republican Path to the Dark Side
"Fear," a great Jedi master named Yoda once said, “leads to anger,” which leads to hate, which leads to suffering, which, of course, leads to the Dark Side.
And while Yoda’s warning was directed at the long ago problems of a galaxy, far, far away, we’d do well to take it in stride right now in America in 2015.
The Media Is Ignoring the Most Important Issue of Our Time
If you feel like you haven't seen much, or any news, about Bernie Sanders and the democratic primary race, it's not just in your head.
Over the weekend, the Tyndall Report revealed that mainstream nightly news shows, through the entirety of this year of 2015, have spent only 10 minutes of total coverage on Bernie Sanders, as opposed to 234 minutes of total coverage of Donald Trump.
Reclaim America's Moral High Ground by Prosecuting Bush & His Cronies
For almost a decade and a half, the people behind the Bush administration's shameful treatment of terrorism suspects have avoided punishment for their crimes.
But that may be about to change.
The courts have had their say and have ruled that former Bush administration officials can, in fact, be sued for how they conducted the War on Terror.
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