Kate Winslet Has Some Pretty Progressive Kids
Posted on August 31, 2013 in Quotes
That seven year old has more sense than many of our so-called leaders in DC.
The Minimum Wage Scandal
Posted on August 31, 2013 in Articles
The Article: How low can you get: the minimum wage scam by Heidi Moore in The Guardian.
The Text: You’d think the exceptionally low minimum-wage – $7.25 an hour – would be the shame of a country like the United States that prides itself on its economic leadership. Half of minimum-wage jobs are held by adults over 25 years old, and asking adults to live on $7.25, or $14,500 a year, doesn’t leave them with enough to rent an apartment, commute to work, raise a child and participate in society in any meaningful way.
Many US states have higher minimum-wage requirements than the government, with Washington State leading the pack at $9.19 an hour. That’s a start, but many large, international companies will only pay the minimum the federal government requires. As a result, the federal minimum wage keeps an entire class of people trapped in economic servitude, focusing their attention on survival rather than growth, barring their ability to save enough or pay for education that would allow them to rise to the middle class.
Income inequality is as bad as it has ever been – and the reason is simple.
The America You Don’t See–But Need To
Posted on August 30, 2013 in Videos
This is a reality for many people residing within the United States. To deem them lazy, entitled or encroaching upon the glittering world of opportunity by working day in and day out at onion farms for next to nothing is absolutely shameful and entirely misinformed.
12 Of The Best Cartoons On Intervening In Syria
Posted on August 30, 2013 in Political Cartoons
In case you’ve missed it, war hawks are aching to fly again–this time to Damascus (final stop: Tehran). While British parliament has said no to intervening, a majority of American people have said “pass”, and the UN Security Council will likely put a kibosh on the question of intervention, it would appear that the Obama administration is on the cusp of saying yes. The implications of that decision are as vast as they are severe, so when words fail…at least we have images.
Why America Can’t Live Without War
Posted on August 30, 2013 in Articles
The Article: Why America cannot live without wars by Chidanand Rajghatta in The India Times.
The Text: WASHINGTON: On a day marking the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I-Have-A-Dream” civil rights speech, the United States is poised to unleash another nightmare some 10,000km away in the Middle-East. Washington’s war machine is geared up for limited strikes against Syria because Damascus ostensibly crossed a red line by using chemical weapons against its own population, never mind that many regimes worldwide inflict atrocities against their own people by other means.
Why a President who came to office on the strength of his anti-war credentials – especially on the phony war foisted on Iraq – is running with the war hounds, is something of a mystery. But the rest of the Washington establishment is champing at the bit to unleash missiles on the Syrian regime, promising a short punitive strike, in keeping with the well-worn belief that America cannot live without a war.
