ONE POLICY (championed by leaders of both parties) leads to poverty, pollution, racism, severe inequality, loss of good jobs, unnecessary wars & many of the other serious problems we face. **But there's GOOD NEWS: We can end this one policy & prioritize people & the planet. Unbeknownst to most of us, REPUBLICAN & DEMOCRATIC …
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Many people say, "Hey - racism and racial incidents were in the past. Get over it and move on. Don't rekindle old issues." The problem is that racism and the brutality that comes with it are NOT just a historical issue. They're STILL an issue. They're a present reality for tens of millions of Americans. …
50% of children in the U.S. live below or near the poverty line. (Columbia University School of Public Health study here ) 20 individuals now have as much wealth as the poorest 150 million Americans (half the country per The Nation magazine here ). A study by the Atlantic found that …
(Please see photos towards the bottom of this post to see how the super wealthy are living compared to the rest of us. Also don't miss the SPECIAL NOTES FOR US DEMOCRATS below and the startling admission by the CEO of the largest carpet manufacturer in the world near the bottom). …
Poverty and inequality are: unnecessary, MANUFACTURED and fixable. Knowing that makes us look at this eye-opening list in a whole new way: 50% of children in the U.S. live below or near the poverty line. (Columbia University School of Public Health study here ) 20 individuals now have as …
38.3 percent of black children live in poverty. 10.7 percent of white children live in poverty. Article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/us/black-children-poverty-pew-research-center.html
Unbeknownst to many of us, REPUBLICAN & DEMOCRATIC LEADERS have been agreeing for decades about one policy. It's called neoliberalism and it's causing many of the enormous problems we are wrestling with today. If we end this one policy (and we can end it), we can improve the lives of millions …
This program "Who deserves to be poor?" is produced by WNYC and it will blow you away. If more people understood the information in this, it would completely change the debate. Listening to this program could turn a conservative into a progressive. It's one portion of a 5 part series called "Busted: America's …
Our nation has reached a point where our political, economic, social and environmental challenges seem overwhelming. Here are just a few examples: 50% of children in the U.S. live below or near the poverty line. (Columbia University School of Public Health study here ) 20 individuals now have as much wealth …
ARTICLE FROM THE ATLANTIC The WTO demonstrators were the "Occupy" movement of the late-20th century—mocked, maligned, and mostly right. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/282831/ ALSO - - CHECK THIS OUT. SOME GOOD NEWS AT THIS LINK! 12 REASONS TO HAVE HOPE: We're going to turn this world around. https://clearblueskyoutwest.com/2017/09/11/what-gives-me-hop/ Click on this link to …
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