We’ve Become a Nation of Takers, Not Makers
More Americans work for the government than in manufacturing, farming, fishing, forestry, mining and utilities combined. Census Worker AFP File image Stephen Moore Wall Street…
Poverty
Billionaires Flourish, Inequalities Deepen as Economies “Recover”
The bailouts of banks, speculators and manufacturers served their real purposes: the multi-millionaires became billionaires and the later became multi-billionaires. James Petras According to the…
Welfare State: Handouts Make Up One-Third of U.S. Wages
John Melloy CNBC Government payouts—including Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance—make up more than a third of total wages and salaries of the U.S. population,…
How the rich soaked the rest of us
The astonishing story of the last few decades is a massive redistribution of wealth, as the rich have shifted the tax burden Richard Wolf Guardian…
SPLC Offers Their Own Hate Speech Directed at Patriots, Legislators and States
Kevin Hayden, Truth is Treason, Contributing Writer Activist Post The Southern Poverty Law Center is at it again, demonizing free speech and constitutional ideas. On…
Federal Homelessness Program Runs Out Of Money As Need Rises
Laura Bassett Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Homelessness has significantly risen in the U.S. as a result of surging foreclosures and joblessness caused by the recession,…
Reactionary Gun Laws Being Proposed in South Carolina After The Tucson, Arizona Shooting
Brandon Turbeville Activist Post Just one week after a lunatic suffering from delusions and hallucinations killed six people and wounded eighteen in an assassination attempt…
City puts a stop to homeless outreach
photo: Eric Kayne for the Chronicle Bradley Olson Houston Chronicle Bobby and Amanda Herring spent more than a year providing food to homeless people in…
Wage Drop Has Been Worst In Decades
William Alden Huffington Post Wages for American workers have fallen dramatically since the financial crisis, in what will likely turn out to be the worst…
Deepening crisis traps America’s have-nots
The US is drifting from a financial crisis to a deeper and more insidious social crisis. Self-congratulation by the US authorities that they have this…
Explaining the Acts of Madmen…
Milo Nickels, Contributing Writer Activist Post Watch this video where the director of the Southern Poverty Law Center blames the Giffords shooting on “right wing…
Food Emergency: Millions of Americans Are Heading to Foodbanks for the First Time in Their Lives
As middle class family budgets are getting pushed to the breaking point, pressure on food banks is building. Dees Illustration Chaz Valenza Alternet The good…
Coming Home Homeless: The New Homeless Among Veterans
Veterans From Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Seek Homes Upon Returning to America Bob Woodruff and Ian Cameron ABC News Jose Pagan is a decorated veteran…
The Working Poor
Economic Collapse Blog As the middle class in America continues to be slowly wiped out, the number of working poor continues to increase. Today, nearly…