Robert Reich | Why We Must End Upward Pre-Distributions to the Rich
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "The increasing concentration of political power in a corporate and financial elite has allowed the rich to influence the rules by which the economy runs."
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Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "The increasing concentration of political power in a corporate and financial elite has allowed the rich to influence the rules by which the economy runs."
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Ben Carson Says He'd Consider Religion as Probable Cause for Searches
Samantha Page, Think Progress
Page writes: "Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told ABC this week that he 'would certainly be willing to listen to somebody' argue that the religion of Middle Eastern refugees should be considered probable cause for searches or wiretaps."
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Samantha Page, Think Progress
Page writes: "Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told ABC this week that he 'would certainly be willing to listen to somebody' argue that the religion of Middle Eastern refugees should be considered probable cause for searches or wiretaps."
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Five Supreme Court Cases to Watch
Lydia Wheeler, The Hill
Wheeler writes: "The U.S. Supreme Court's justices return to the bench next week to hear a slate of new cases with sweeping implications on race, the criminal justice system, public sector unions and, many experts expect, another rendezvous with ObamaCare."
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Lydia Wheeler, The Hill
Wheeler writes: "The U.S. Supreme Court's justices return to the bench next week to hear a slate of new cases with sweeping implications on race, the criminal justice system, public sector unions and, many experts expect, another rendezvous with ObamaCare."
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'It Was the State': Unmasking the Official Narrative of Mexico's 43 Disappeared
John Gibler, TeleSUR
Gibler writes: "A year has passed and we still do not know the fate of the 43 rural college students from Ayotzinapa forcibly disappeared on Sept. 26, 2014 in Iguala, Mexico. We do know now, however, that the police attacks against the students lasted more than three hours, took place at nine different locations in and around Iguala, involved officers from municipal, state and federal police corps, resulted in six people murdered, 40 wounded, and 43 disappeared."
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John Gibler, TeleSUR
Gibler writes: "A year has passed and we still do not know the fate of the 43 rural college students from Ayotzinapa forcibly disappeared on Sept. 26, 2014 in Iguala, Mexico. We do know now, however, that the police attacks against the students lasted more than three hours, took place at nine different locations in and around Iguala, involved officers from municipal, state and federal police corps, resulted in six people murdered, 40 wounded, and 43 disappeared."
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New York City Sweeps Aside Homeless People for Pope's Visit
Raven Rakia, Grist
Rakia writes: "In the days before Pope Francis landed in New York, the city dismantled homeless encampments near places the pope will be visiting, in essence sweeping homeless people to the side."
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Raven Rakia, Grist
Rakia writes: "In the days before Pope Francis landed in New York, the city dismantled homeless encampments near places the pope will be visiting, in essence sweeping homeless people to the side."
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How Journalism Helps Lunacy Become Reality
Larry Beinhart, Al Jazeera America
Beinhart writes: "Normally the news takes what a person in authority says at face value. Then the media publish or broadcast it, usually without question or challenge. Quoted statements are certainly not described as lunatic assertions, however much they might be. The news then becomes part of a political and social problem: By reiterating and repeating such assertions, they normalize the surreal. If it happens enough without challenge, lunacy becomes reality."
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Larry Beinhart, Al Jazeera America
Beinhart writes: "Normally the news takes what a person in authority says at face value. Then the media publish or broadcast it, usually without question or challenge. Quoted statements are certainly not described as lunatic assertions, however much they might be. The news then becomes part of a political and social problem: By reiterating and repeating such assertions, they normalize the surreal. If it happens enough without challenge, lunacy becomes reality."
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A Risky Proposition: The 'Regulatory Hole You Could Drive a Train Through'
Isaiah Thompson, Al Jazeera America
Thompson writes: "Railroads are exploiting a large, surprising loophole in federal regulatory law, critics say, and they are doing so with the backing of an obscure federal agency, the Surface Transportation Board, which has been quietly creating what some call a 'regulation free zone' and asserting a jurisdiction over railroads that trumps health and safety laws."
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Isaiah Thompson, Al Jazeera America
Thompson writes: "Railroads are exploiting a large, surprising loophole in federal regulatory law, critics say, and they are doing so with the backing of an obscure federal agency, the Surface Transportation Board, which has been quietly creating what some call a 'regulation free zone' and asserting a jurisdiction over railroads that trumps health and safety laws."
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