Tuesday, February 18, 2020

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Trump trillion-dollar-plus deficits are putting America on a path to fiscal ruin: Though no one in Washington will admit it, our nation's finances are in deep trouble. Spending is up, revenue is down, and this will only get worse.

WATCH: Trump brags about his ‘tremendous’ economy – as the reason he wants to cut Medicare and Social Security

An Imperfect Union: Astra Taylor On The Inherent Conflict Between Capitalism And Democracy

Revised Trade Pact Set for Likely Approval by Congress in 2020: Agreement to replace Nafta gains bipartisan backing, contains provisions aimed at creating manufacturing jobs

'NAFTA lite': Trump and Democrats' trade deal is similar to pact president mocked as 'worst ever'

Six-Figure Price Tags Are Coming to Colleges: The annual cost of attending several selective universities is slated to reach $100,000 within a few years.

University of Chicago projected to be the first U.S. university to cost $100,000 a year: But fewer students are paying the full tuition. Is widespread discounting helping more people afford higher education, or just making it more complicated?

Democrats Offer Different Free College Plans

Big changes could be in store for student loan borrowers

Joe Biden takes 'small steps' in new plan to fix the student debt crisis

Trade Trilateral Targets China's Industrial Subsidies

Trump Proposes Deep Cuts In Detecting Disease Outbreaks Worldwide

Middle class income growth is lagging the rich and the poor—how much is due to healthcare subsidies?

Regional divergence is more than an economic dilemma—it’s a civil rights issue

Why white-collar workers spend all day at the office

Workism is making Americans miserable

Fortune poll: Two-thirds of Americans anticipate a 2020 recession

'GOODBYE THEN, BRITAIN'...A farewell note from the EU

The decade in which everything was great but felt terrible: in the 2010s America achieved late capitalism

Inequality Is Up a Lot. The Question Is: How Much? Economists reach very different conclusions based on their assumptions.

A mugging in the hospital

Medicaid Cuts May Force Retirees Out of Nursing Homes: Alice Jacobs, a Dogwood Village resident, depends on Medicaid for her nursing home care, having exhausted all of her savings.

2000 doctors say Bernie Sanders has the right approach to health care

The Only Thing Stopping Us From Taxing the Rich Is Political Will: Meet Gabriel Zucman, the rock star economist behind the wealth tax.

No Going Back: The power and limits of the anti-monopolist tradition.

Let's talk about the rigged game and inverted yield curves....

Ann Widdecombe says she is ‘tired of hearing nonsense’ about Brexit depriving young Britons: “People are saying, ‘supposing it all goes wrong?’ Well, supposing it all goes right. Will people then apologise to the Brexit Party? I doubt it,” said Brexit Party reactionary Ann Widdecombe

Chicago woman infects husband with coronavirus, first human-to-human spread in US

Trump vs. Medicaid

FDA focused on improving prevention response over foodborne illness

New pro-EU message appears on the White Cliffs of Dover

Keir Starmer: Labour should argue for return of free movement.  Leadership frontrunner says party has to make the case for benefits of migration

China reports H5N1 bird flu outbreak in Hunan province

Requiem for a Dream: Britain exits Europe. It will be poorer, above all in its shriveled heart.

Tories humiliated after court finds they DID discriminate against thousands with disabilities

Minister says food banks are a “perfect way” to meet challenges of “difficult times”: Food bank use has increased by around 2,800% since the Tories came to power.

Journalists walk out of No 10 after bid to impose selective briefing of Boris Johnson's Brexit plans
Labour accuses prime minister of adopting Trump-style tactics

General election 2019: Leaked document raises fresh concerns about GB-NI trade after Brexit

The Education Reform Movement Has Failed America. We Need Common Sense Solutions That Work.

Finally, a Bipartisan Bill That Would Help All Families: The Bennet-Romney proposal includes a child allowance, which would reduce childhood poverty as well as benefit those further up the income ladder.

‘Woke’ CEOs Don’t Actually Care About Economic Justice: Make no mistake: In business, earnings matter more than equality.

Prince Harry’s Employment Prospects in Canada (Worst-Case Scenario)

God Mode: Five years in Silicon Valley.

Want to Build a Future Without Sexual Violence? Start With Middle School Boys

Paul Krugman Explains Why Cutting Taxes for the Wealthy Doesn’t Work

Economic Update: Exposing Economic Myths

A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America.  The UN’s Philip Alston is an expert on deprivation – and he wants to know why 41m Americans are living in poverty. The Guardian joined him on a special two-week mission into the dark heart of the world’s richest nation

How Trump's three years of job gains compares to Obama's

From being homeless to building affordable housing, young developer is pursuing her dream

DOES THE KETO DIET KILL? Doctor Reviews Low Carb Diets and Mortality

Young Britons fear for their post-Brexit future: Under-25s worry end to freedom of movement will narrow career options

What’s the charitable thing to do about inequality?

JIM HIGHTOWER: Doing the tax-dodge tap dance

Why Do We Have School Lunch Debt at All?  We live in a nation where food is plentiful but millions of children experience hunger and food insecurity.

OSHA's Inertia

2000-2019: What Hath the Internet Wrought?

Sanchez: The GI Bill: A lesson in civics, philanthropy and democracy -- from 1944 to 2020

A New War Will Not Produce Even Short-Term Economic Benefits

CONGRESS: WAR PROFITEERING IS REAL. WE NEED TO END IT.  Surging stock prices for military contractors gave several CEOs an early payday after Trump’s Iran aggression.

Cutting Social Security Disability Benefits Can Backfire Horribly: The Trump administration wants to trim the disability rolls through extra vetting of recipients — possibly repeating a disastrous Reagan-era move.

New hope for Pembroke Township: As America suffers extreme inequality, a declining life expectancy and rising deaths of despair, we need a new push for economic justice. It should focus on the pockets of poverty like Pembroke.

Centrist Dems, Pundits Use Insurers’ Key Words against Medicare for All

Think Locally: the Health Mantra for 2020

Are America’s Rich Getting Tired of Winning?

Here’s to Your Health (Or Not)

Financing Post Secondary Education — For All

Job Quality Index Says Economy Has a Way to Go

How About Some NAFTA Rights for U.S. Workers?  The Trump administration’s efforts on behalf of Mexican labor belie an aggressive anti-worker project at home.

A Broken University

Moms 4 Housing in Oakland Continue MLK’s Fight

Trump slammed the phone down on Boris Johnson after an 'apoplectic' call with the prime minister

Trump Opens Door to Cuts to Medicare and Other Entitlement Programs

Boris Johnson admits UK might not strike EU trade deal this year: PM says only that ‘epically likely’ agreement with Brussels will be reached

Edge of Sports: The Looting of Oakland.  The Golden State Warriors owe the city of Oakland $40 million for leaving Oracle Arena for San Francisco's new Chase Center. But ownership won't pay.

Book Excerpt: How Unions Can Still Win Big.  There are only two sides, the owners and the rest of us.

Edge of Sports: NFL Health Care’s Bitter Fruit.  Why lineman Trent Williams turned against his team not over the normal issues of money or managerial problems, but over health care.

Detroit’s Push for Community Benefits: Locals in one of America’s poorest cities are pioneering efforts to hold major developers to their promises.

Smart Ass Cripple: Barriers to Access Must Fall . . . Like Domino's.  I'm boycotting Domino’s Pizza. The company has pulled out all the stops to avoid having to make its lousy pizza available to people with disabilities.

Hemming and Hawing: Is Universal Basic Income a Good Idea?  We should really be asking: What do we lose if Universal Basic Income is what we gain?

Trump Calls For Vouchers During White House Event

You're Fired! (And There's Nothing You Can Do About It): Supreme Court To Decide If Secular Employees At Religious Schools Have Any Protections Against Job Dismissals

Trump's New Budget Cuts Vital Programs

Barnier tells UK: don't kid yourself about financial services deal: EU chief Brexit negotiator scotches hopes of special deal for City of London

How Can I Help My Mom’s Domestic Worker Get a Dignified Retirement?  Another reader asks, “Why haven’t we gotten past restrictive gender roles around child care and socializing?”

Disorder in the Court

The Art of Eviction: How one company helps landlords exploit a loophole in New York’s tenant laws.

Pete Seeger "Which Side Are You On?"

Boris Johnson asked why he hasn't been deported yet as PM's history raised in Commons

Devoted to discovery: seven women scientists who have shaped our world

Ancient 'outlaw temple' discovered in Israel

Trump’s New Budget Goes After Social Safety Net Programs: The budget calls for cuts to Medicaid and food stamps while asking tax-payers to pay billions for the president’s wall

Let's talk about what a drink can teach us about Brexit and Ireland....

yes minister clips

The Truth About Trump’s Economy | The Common Good with Robert Reich

Suella Braverman: Boris Johnson appoints attorney general days after she attacked 'unaccountable' judges: Appointment signals a willingness by Boris Johnson to tread on judicial toes

Serious questions Johnson, Cummings and Gove must answer on Vote Leave offences: Before another general election serious questions about current unsafe and outdated electoral rules need answering if it is to be run fairly.

How I learnt to loathe England

Cummings and Johnson face backlash over sacking of advisers: Union to pursue unfair dismissal case after ex-Treasury aide Sonia Khan was marched out of Downing Street

Dominic Cummings and the battle for Downing Street

Workers Face Retirement With Fear as GOP Refuses to Back Pension Protection Bill

The Shame of Child Poverty in the Age of Trump

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