Despite the Naysaying of Employers and Pundits, Minimum Wage Must Rise
Reading Time: 4 minutes Highly paid pundits and “experts” warn against raising the minimum wage. They don’t know what they’re talking about.
Will Zeal for Profits Hinder High-tech Farming from Feeding People?
Reading Time: 8 minutes Vertical farmers are bringing agriculture inside — and launching baby greens into outer space. But will political and marketplace realities bring vertical farming back down to earth?
America’s Longest War Gets Another Shot in the Arm
Reading Time: 2 minutes Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s foreign policy message wasn’t always consistent, but he was seen as an anti-interventionist compared to his opponent Hillary Clinton. Now in the White House, as with many presidents before him, that’s all going down the drain.
The Astonishing Security State Travails of Our New Podcaster Barrett Brown
Reading Time: 28 minutes Barrett Brown was almost put away for over 100 years. His crime: publicizing documents that reveal the shadowy world of intelligence contracting in the post-9/11 era.
Will Voter Anger About High Drug Prices Overcome Big Pharma?
Reading Time: 8 minutes Voters in one key state will decide this November on a ballot initiative aiming to control the wild spikes in drug prices. Will consumer outrage at the ever-rising cost of medication translate into support for similar actions across the country? Or will Big Pharma and the politicians it funds nip this burgeoning movement in the bud?
Bitcoin: The Power and Peril of Cryptocurrency
Reading Time: 6 minutes The digital online currency bitcoin has had a meteoric yet volatile rise, recently surpassing $3,000 per coin in exchange markets. Its proponents praise its decentralized, regulation immune design. But what risks does it entail?
Classic Who: What They Don’t Tell You About Oil Industry Tax Breaks
Reading Time: 12 minutes President Donald Trump’s tax reform outline calls for eliminating breaks for special interests, while dramatically lowering the overall corporate tax rate. But certain tax loopholes for Big Oil have proven especially difficult, even dangerous, to remove.
Puerto Rico is Bankrupt: Is the Worst Yet to Come?
Reading Time: 8 minutes Remember Flint, Michigan? Congress has appointed an all-powerful board of emergency managers that threaten to ruin the lives of three million Puerto Ricans.
Worker Safety Takes A Beating During Trump’s First 100 Days
Reading Time: 6 minutes Congress, White House collude to roll back rules and defund safety agencies, endangering millions of workers.
Fordham University: Tuition Over $45,000 — and Professors on Medicaid?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Tuition at Fordham University is among the highest in the world, but many members of its faculty rely on government assistance to make ends meet. Citing religious reasons, the Jesuit school is now trying to prevent professors from unionizing.