By Mike Gleason, Money Metals Exchange Precious metals markets are rallying on some early Friday remarks from Jerome Powell. The Federal Reserve chairman is speaking at the Jackson Hole virtual gathering of central bankers Friday and Saturday, and he started off by emphasizing the view that high inflation […]
By Alexander Zaitchik New Republic In July 1979, shortly after installing a set of solar panels over the West Wing, Jimmy Carter did something peculiar for a peacetime president. He asked Americans to sacrifice: to consume less, take public transit more, value community over material things, and buy bonds to fund […]
David Sirota, founder of The Daily Poster, discusses the Democrats attempting to undermine the budget bill.
Ryan Grim, Alyssa Farah and Kim Iversen react to reports of a lawsuit against Huawei, a Chinese telecommunication company, for stealing trade secrets.
A great victory of the lumpenproletariat against the banksters. Team Rising reacts to OnlyFans dropping their planned ban on sexually explicit acts.
Krystal and Saagar tell the story of a publicity stunt gone wrong when two congressmen flew out to Kabul for a photo op in the middle of the Afghanistan withdrawal
Krystal goes over the battle to save the eviction moratorium and the failure of the rental relief program to help those who need it most
Krystal and Saagar are once again joined by David Sirota to discuss the inner workings of Bernie’s budget reconciliation bill and corruption from corporate Democrats including Rahm Emanuel
Krystal details the corruption from healthcare consultants in the vaccine rollout process and what it shows about the American healthcare system
Krystal and Saagar break down the steps being taken by Nancy Pelosi and congressional Democrats to pass the budget reconciliation bill proposed by Bernie Sanders
Krystal and Saagar discuss the FDA’s full approval of the Pfizer covid vaccine and the Biden administration’s pressure on private employers to mandate vaccines
by Tracy Jan Jena McGregor Meghan Hoyer Washington Post After the murder of George Floyd ignited nationwide protests, corporate America acknowledged it could no longer stay silent and promised to take an active role in confronting systemic racism. From Silicon Valley to Wall Street, companies proclaimed “Black lives […]
By Claudio H M Batalha Divided between revolutionary syndicalism and reformist unions, Rio de Janeiro’s labour movement represented one of the most complex local cases during the Brazilian First Republic. This article intends to show how relations between these two currents were far from clear cut, and that, […]
By Jp Cortez Sound Money Defense The somber photos and videos that have come out of Afghanistan lead many to wonder whether the 20-year conflict was worth the cost. According to the Associated Press, through April, more than 172,000 people (American and otherwise) have died in the course […]
Ryan Grim reacts to the “perfect metaphor” that was the gathering in Napa Valley with major Democrats and donors.
Cheri Honkala, National Coordinator for The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign and Pastor Keith Collins with The Poor People’s Army, discuss their groups lawsuit against HUD director Marcia Fudge.
Zaid Jilani, journalist, discusses the new trend of “COVID grave dancing” in MSM.
Hanna Trudo, senior political correspondent at The Hill, discusses progressive Democrats’ plans to reexamine their losing strategies.
Professor Richard Wolff discusses the Biden administration’s permanent increase in the levels of food stamps available to families in need.
In true Soviet fashion… Ryan Grim, Alyssa Farah and Kim Iversen react to reports that Nathan Robinson, editor-in-chief of Current Affairs, allegedly fired staff for trying to start a workers’ co-op.
Alyssa Farah explains the hypocrisy of congressmen who vote to extend the eviction moratorium while collecting rent money on their own properties.
We speak to Jimmy Dore, host of the Jimmy Dore Show. He discusses why the Afghanistan withdrawal is window dressing to shift divert attention from a refocusing of US imperialism, the West’s concerns for women’s rights in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover, the Afghanistan war as a big […]
Duh? By John Reid Blackwell Times-Dispatch The economic gap between white workers and workers of color has widened during the pandemic, as well as the wealth gap between lower income Virginians and those with higher incomes, according to a recent study by Virginia Commonwealth University and research from […]
Ryan Grim, Alyssa Farah and Kim Iversen discuss the Nabisco workers’ strike.
By Lisa Beilfuss Barron’s New census data paint a picture of an older and more diverse U.S. where population growth is slowing, changes that have major economic and political upshots. The country’s population grew 7.4% over the past decade, according to 2020 census data released last week. That […]
It’s crazy to have everything and still want everything while fighting like hell to make sure everyone else has nothing
By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals Exchange Money Metals Afghanistan has fallen. The U.S. government’s nearly two-decade-long, multi-trillion-dollar “nation-building” effort in the troubled, tribal country may now have nothing to show for itself. “President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials have been stunned by the pace of the […]
Krystal examines a shocking and revealing segment on Fox News that shows exactly how the wealthy elite views American workers
I’ve always disliked David Brooks as a neocon mouthpiece. But his “bourgeois bohemians” thesis was prophetic. When you’re right, you’re right. By David Brooks, The Atlantic The dispossessed set out early in the mornings. They were the outsiders, the scorned, the voiceless. But weekend after weekend—unbowed and undeterred—they […]
David Dayen, executive director of The American Prospect, discusses the extension of the moratorium on federal student loan payments and debates whether or not the Biden administration will push to cancel student debt altogether.
While I am the polar opposite of a “conservative” plutocrat apologist, I also reject the state-centrism of nearly all “progressives.” What I would prefer is a dismantling of the legal and institutional apparatus that makes centralization of wealth possible in the first place.
His story dealing with Chevron’s ruthless legal team and the damage they wreaked upon South America.
Journal of Special Jurisdictions This special issue’s topic is non-territorial governance. We sought papers that explored the relationship between non-territorial forms of governance, such as blockchain, the internet and distributed communities, and special jurisdictions, including Special Economic Zones and other forms of Startup Societies. We decided to put these […]
By Tom W. Bell Governments across the globe have created special jurisdictions offering common law rules and practices imported from abroad, the better to attract foreign investment and stimulate local economic growth. Four such common law zones have launched in recent years: the United Arab Emirates’ Dubai International […]
By Mike Gleason, Money Metals Exchange Money Metals After getting off to a rough start to open the week, precious metals markets appear to be stabilizing. Gold and silver prices got walloped in a futures selling raid ahead of Monday’s market open. Some leveraged speculators who faced margin […]
Team Rising debates who should pay for college education.
David Sirota, founder of The Daily Poster, discusses the financial motivations behind the seven Democratic lawmakers who voted to pass a GOP amendment prohibiting the government from banning fracking.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen and Alyssa Farah react to a labor department report that, for the first time, the average pay for restaurant and grocery workers is above fifteen dollars an hour.
There is an upside and a downside to this kind of thing. On one hand, I am all for private cities as an alternative to states. On the other hand, many of these could end up being modern versions of feudal fiefdoms or company towns during the industrial […]
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This interview with Michael Lind from February 2020 nails it down pretty well in terms of what is going on with class relations, and the meaning of Trump. By Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker In his new book, “The New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite,” the […]
By Joel Kotkin In Europe, North America, Oceania and East Asia, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a tragic, wrenching experience, creating more depressed and divided societies. Yet, as we have been gazing obsessively at our own problems, a spectre infinitely worse is emerging in the most populous, fastest […]
Jason Unruhe’s classic video explaining the first problem with the First World Left.
Ryan Grim, Alyssa Farah and Kim Iversen discuss the Biden administration’s handling of spiking gas prices.
Team Rising discusses the GOP’s response to Senate Dems expanding child tax credit in their reconciliation bill.
Ryan Grim, Alyssa Farah and Kim Iversen react to reports that Sen. Rand Paul’s wife invested in a drug company that produced COVID treatments back in February 2020.
Krystal and guest host Kyle Kulinski look at the overwhelming passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill and Mitch McConnell’s comments afterwards.
Saagar and Marshall talk to Kinsey Grant and Josh Kaplan, co-founders of Smooth Ops and the Thinking Is Cool podcast, about whether billionaires should exist or not.
Briahna Joy Gray, host of Bad Faith podcast, discusses the budget resolution that Senate Democrats just approved.
Micah Lee, director of information security at The Intercept, discusses the major donors behind the Tea Party Patriots.
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