The Cult of Selfishness Is Killing America: The right has
made irresponsible behavior a key principle
Trump's Worst Attacks on
Workers | Robert Reich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vfl6XTapYc
Republicans Struggle to Explain $1.75 Billion Trump
Demand for New FBI HQ in Stimulus
California Hospital Workers Strike, Fracturing Pandemic’s
Uneasy Labor Peace
Student activists want change — and they’re starting in
the classroom: Students are campaigning for more diverse texts, ethnic studies
programs, and curriculums that highlight underrepresented groups.
America's 'untouchables': the silent power of the caste
system. We cannot fully understand the
current upheavals, or almost any turning point in American history, without accounting
for the human pyramid that is encrypted into us all: the caste system
The Goya Foods free speech controversy, explained: Goya
Foods’ CEO says his speech is being suppressed by a boycott. It’s not.
The Last Reporter in Town Had One Big Question for His
Rich Boss: His newspaper has withered under a hedge fund. His industry was in
turmoil even before a pandemic. But Evan Brandt won’t stop chronicling his town.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/us/alden-global-capital-pottstown-mercury.html
Second-quarter GDP plunged by worst-ever 32.9% amid
virus-induced shutdown
Eurozone economy shrinks by record 12.1 percent in second
quarter: Spain was worst hit, followed by Portugal and France.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/31/europe-economy-gdp-second-quarter-389278
Parents Need Child Care, Just Not the Kind Congress is
Funding: Current proposals won’t do much to help school-age kids, but there’s a
bipartisan solution: vouchers.
‘A meaningful hit to the economy’: What could happen if
Congress cuts unemployment benefits. White House economic advisers and GOP
lawmakers including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell contend the extra
payment acts as a disincentive for workers to seek new jobs.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/30/congress-unemployement-benefits-economy-388365
Matt Hancock's speech on NHS's future leaves audience
comatose: Doctors in attendance seemed more preoccupied with how to survive the
next 12 months
Trump Wages Brutal Class War Like Never Seen Before (w/ Richard
Wolff)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwRvTsxKKws
Kodak C.E.O. Got Stock Options Day Before News of Loan
Sent Stock Soaring: The stock options suddenly were worth about $50 million —
the latest instance of extraordinary good timing by corporate executives
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/business/kodak-ceo-stock-options.html
Small business: Knocked down by a second wave?
http://thejacksonpress.org/?p=109904
‘I can’t keep doing this’: Small-business owners are
giving up.
For Owners of Century-Old Businesses, Shutting Down
Brings a Special Pain: A department store, a barbecue restaurant, a hotel — all
had survived some of the biggest trials in history. Their owners are mourning
the loss of a legacy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/business/100-year-old-small-business-coronavirus.html
The painful truth about Covid and the economy – Trump is
to blame: Lies about the economy are as dangerous as lies about the virus.
Thanks to the Republicans, millions are about to be hurt
Will the banks collapse
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/07/coronavirus-banks-collapse/612247/
Fink Warns of ‘Bipolar Economy’ With Small Business
Hurting
Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our
problems: Financial meltdown, environmental disaster and even the rise of
Donald Trump – neoliberalism has played its part in them all. Why has the left
failed to come up with an alternative?
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot
Coronavirus Spells the End of the Neoliberal Era. What’s
Next?
Even Money: Dietrich Vollrath On Repairing America’s
Economic Inequality
https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/536/even-money
Bayou Boy
https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/536/bayou-boy
States Are Broke And Many Are Eyeing Massive Cuts. Here's
How Yours Is Doing
Economic Update: Pandemic Capitalism:: A View From Asia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_GlRvWetXs
Democracy at Work for Economic Justice
https://www.democracyatwork.info/
Wave of evictions expected as moratoriums end in many
states
HUGE HUMAN INEQUALITY STUDY HINTS REVOLUTION IS IN STORE
FOR U.S.: Every society has a tipping point.
https://www.inverse.com/article/38457-inequality-study-nature-revolution
Telehealth got a huge boost from COVID-19. Now what? Health tech offers major benefits, but
policymakers must make it accessible.
https://www.engadget.com/telehealth-covid-19-coronavirus-policy-accessibility-150057795.html
This is supposed to be telemedicine’s time to shine. Why
are doctors abandoning it?
https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/25/telemedicine-time-to-shine-doctors-abandoning-it/
Where Telemedicine Falls Short
https://hbr.org/2020/06/where-telemedicine-falls-short
Coronavirus: The Bay Area seniors who are left behind by
a telehealth tech divide. Without
internet access. getting health care is harder than ever
Health Care Comes to Us: Technology doesn’t have to cure
the coronavirus to be an enabler for good.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/technology/coronavirus-telemedicine.html
Lyme disease continues to spread. Can a seasonal shot
help slow the spread of the tick-borne illness?
Even Milton Friedman Would Oppose Trump’s Latest Federal
Reserve Appointment: If the president gets his way, Judy Shelton will bring
crackpot goldbuggery back to the central bank.
https://newrepublic.com/article/158629/judy-shelton-donald-trump-federal-reserve
With billions of dollars at stake, let’s responsibly and deliberately
spend America’s funds
1 in 3 are struggling to eat in Colorado: “It would be
impossible without the food banks”. How
to help, and how to get help
Trump Just Admitted on Live Television He Will
'Terminate' Social Security and Medicare If Reelected in November: One
progressive critic called the president's promise "a full-on declaration
of war against current and future Social Security beneficiaries."
Trump Using COVID-19 As A Cover To Gut Social Security
And Medicare, Critics Charge
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/trump-payroll-tax-social-security-medicare-013639710.html
Poll: 67 percent support providing Medicare for every
American
New Research Finds Flu and Pneumonia Vaccines May Lower
Alzheimer’s Risk: Taking a close look at two studies released at the
Alzheimer's Association conference
Fareed: Trump's internet initiatives starting to look
like China's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgxubTNv6HQ
Clinton: Trump Signaled Going After Social Security and
Medicare | MSNBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4B84KfGv-k
Social Security: There may be no cost-of-living increase
in 2021.
Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic
Development Secretary Dennis Davin announced that applications for the
Neighborhood Assistance Program and the Neighborhood Assistance Program,
Enterprise Zone Tax Credit (EZP) are now open for the 2020-21 program year and
applications will be accepted until Aug. 31, 2020.
Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic
Development
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Secretary
Teresa Miller reminded Pennsylvanians that help is available and encouraged
anyone affected financially by the COVID-19 crisis to take advantage of rent
and mortgage assistance programs.
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