Kochland The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America

Your life has been more effected by Koch Industries and the Koch Brother's right-wing agenda than anything else. "Kochland" reveals the dark underbelly of Koch Industries. Christopher Leonard’s Kochland uses the extraordinary account of how one of the biggest private companies in the world grew to be that big to tell the story of modern corporate …

The War on SNAP Food Stamp Benefits: Funded by Right Wing Dark Money and Fronted by the Shady Foundation for Government Accountability

Inside the shadowy think tank pushing to kick 3.1 million people off food stamps The increasingly influential Foundation for Government Accountability is mixing sketchy research with legislative leverage — and it’s working. By Jared Bennett / Center for Public IntegritySep 4, 2019, 8:00am EDT “The program I shall propose will emphasize this cooperative approach to help …

Homeless are US. The Housing Crisis is Decimating Working Class Families in Major Cities

The New American Homeless Housing insecurity in the nation’s richest cities is far worse than government statistics claim. Just ask the Goodmans. By Brian Goldstone August 21, 2019 Photographs by Sheila Pree Bright for The New Republic Last August, Cokethia Goodman returned home from work to discover a typed letter from her landlord in the …

Crash & Burn: Trump’s Great Economic Downturn is Heading Our Way

Trump is driving us toward a big recession: It will be ghastly — but is it deliberate? A 2008-style crash may not be far away. It could even be worse — and once again, Republican delusions are to blame BOB CESCA AUGUST 13, 2019 12:00PM (UTC) These are tough times for independent journalism. If you …

Poverty is Endemic to America, and No Self Serving Political Declaration Will Change It

Why the war on poverty in the US isn't over, in 4 charts About 12.7 percent of Americans lived below the poverty line in 2016. StanislauV/shutterstock.com Robert L. Fischer, Case Western Reserve University On July 12, President Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers concluded that America’s long-running war on poverty “is largely over and a success.” …

Doug Coe and The Family Believe Trump Was Chosen by God. And That Democracy Needs to Die. And That’s No Fake News, It’s the Terrifying Truth.

Author Jeff Sharlet’s 2008 nonfiction bestseller, The Family is now on Netflix and its revelations are absolutely terrifying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7knN2TXQPzw From Netflix: Every February, on the first Thursday, at the same hotel, dignitaries and guests from 100 countries gather in America’s capital for a blessing. While more than 3,000 people attend the National Prayer Breakfast — including …

Trump is using the Fed rate cut to bail out a slowing economy caused by his policies

Fed rate cut bails out Trump for policies that are slowing the economy Rodney Ramcharan, University of Southern California The Federal Reserve appears to be bailing out the president. Responding to concerns of a slowing economy – in part caused by President Donald Trump’s trade wars – the Fed cut short-term interest rates for the first …

Everybody Wants to Rule the World. This is Who Does. Empire Files’ Presents “Giants: Who Really Rules The World?”

Abby Martin sits down with Peter Phillips, former director of Project Censored and professor of Political Sociology at Sonoma State University. His new book “Giants: The Global Power Elite” details the 17 transnational investment firms which control over $50 trillion in wealth—and how they are kept in power by their activists, facilitators and protectors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUGh1Su7-ok