(2019-08-15). Face of privilege Ben Shapiro slammed for calling poverty a 'you problem'. rt.com 
Right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro has been eviscerated online, after a tone-deaf attack on Americans forced to take a second job to make ends meet. He called poverty a "you problem" as the country faces a possible recession.
(2019-08-14). Immigrants Welcome to the US as Long as They Are White and Wealthy. therealnews.com 
The Trump's administration's Kenneth Cuccinelli rewrites Emma Lazarus's words on the Statue of Liberty, telling the poor and oppressed they're no longer welcome. This comes right after Trump proposes to limit legal migration to the US. We speak to Michael Paarlberg of IPS…
(2019-08-14). How States Can Improve Care for Direct Care Workers. truthout.org | | As the American population ages, the need for care workers is exploding. Direct care jobs, like home health and personal care aides, are generally predicted to be among the fastest growing occupations over the next few years. But the quality of these jobs in no way reflects their importance, or the growing need for these workers, who are overwhelmingly women and disproportionately people of color and immigrants. One in six live in poverty, and the media…
(2019-08-14). Extreme Inequality Is Driving Anxiety and Depression in the US. truthout.org | | It starts at the gate. You're huddled in a mass of people waiting to board the flight as you hear your gate agent make an announcement inviting first-class passengers onto the plane. You're in economy class, so you wait. After the first-class passengers have all made their way onto the plane, you're finally allowed to board. As you drag yourself slowly down the jet bridge and onto the flight deck, you hit a wall of passengers. In order to get to your seat in economy, you have to pass through first…
(2019-08-14). The Economy Is Stacked Against Millennials—But There's Hope. truthdig.com The mechanics of wealth building are fairly simple. Save more than you spend, invest those savings to generate more money. Lather, rinse, repeat. | There's one big problem for younger people trying to do this: The rules are rigged against them. Here are five facts showing the unfair burden millennials carry. | 1. Wages are stagnant. | Today's rising generation earns 20 percent less than their parents did at their age, despite being better educated and more productive. In fact, millennials are on track…
(2019-08-14). Cardi B Meets Bernie Sanders, Talks Minimum Wage, Unemployment. telesurenglish.net Singer and rapper Cardi B interviewed the U.S. Senator and 2020 Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders about the economy, union, unemployment. | RELATED: | US 2020 Presidential Elections: Buttigieg has 24 Billionaire Donors, Harris 18, Biden 13, Sanders 0 | In a video shared by the singer Tuesday, the two could be seen talki…
(2019-08-13). The Federal Reserve Board's Recent Figures on the Outrageous Unequal Distribution of Wealth. counterpunch.org 
Recent figures released by the Federal Reserve Board once again verify the shameful growing wealth inequality in the United States.[1] Below is a table derived from the Federal Reserve Board figures showing the share of the country's total net wealth (value of assets minus liabilities) held by the wealthiest 1%, the wealthiest 10%, the poorest More
(2019-08-13). Employment gains mask sharp rise in unemployment. thecanary.co Employment has hit record highs in the UK as the market was boosted by higher numbers of working women and self-employed workers, new figures reveal. | The number of people in employment rose by 115,000 to 32.81 million in the three months to June, reaching a new high for people in work, the Office for National Statistics said. | However, unemployment also significantly increased, as fewer people were considered economically inactive. | The UK's level of unemployment rose 31,000 to 1.33 million for the quarter, as the rate of unemployment increased to 3.9%. | The rise in unemployment was the biggest the UK has se…
(2019-08-13). Philippines: Precarious work, extreme inequality persist a year after historic strike. greenleft.org.au 
The Philippines' labour movement commemorated the first anniversary of the historic Pacific Plaza Towers workers' strike on August 6. | The workers, all members of Pacific Plaza United Action of Labor (PUNYAL), had long been exploited by the condominium's managers. | Half the workforce were employed on short-term contracts, via dubious third-party job contractors (labour hire), paid starvation wages, and deprived of their right to join a union and collectively bargain for higher wages. | These workers live in squalor in the Palar slum area. Their workplace, located a couple of kilometres away, is one of the ritzi…
(2019-08-13). "We Won't Back Down": Over 50 Catering Workers Arrested at American Airlines HQ in Protest Against Poverty Wages. commondreams.org "In recent years American Airlines has made billions in profits. It is unconscionable that their workers cannot afford good healthcare or get reliable raises," said Sen. Bernie Sanders | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/american_airlines.jpg …
(2019-08-13). In Pictures: Fernandez Supporters Celebrate Party's Primary Win. telesurenglish.net Macri's party's defeat comes at a time when Argentina's streets are overrun by protests denouncing high rates in unemployment, layoffs, poverty and hunger which have grown under Macri. |
"Succession" isn't directly about the Murdochs and Fox. It's about a class of super-wealthy individuals who are manifestly unfit to rule.
(2019-08-09). 'Preserve, revitalize and promote' indigenous languages, or lose a 'wealth of traditional knowledge', UN chief says. un.org Secretary-General António Guterres underscored the urgency to "preserve, revitalize and promote indigenous languages" in his message for the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, celebrated on Friday.
(2019-08-09). Brazil's stride into authoritarianism. greenleft.org.au 
Since Brazil's 2016 parliamentary coup d'etat, in which former president Dilma Rousseff was removed on a later-exonerated technicality, Brazil's ultra-right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro has made every effort to destroy any remnants of the legacy left by the Brazilian Workers' Party (PT). | More than just replacing logotypes and email accounts, Bolsonaro's administration has taken steps to remove environmental protections on the Atlantic and Amazon forests to allow his wealthy rural base access to slash and burn, evict and even kill Indigenous peoples, introduce extreme farming and to use an exhaustive list of to…
(2019-08-09). One rule for some, jail for the rest. greenleft.org.au 
You could be forgiven for thinking theft is suddenly socially acceptable given recent events — provided you act remorsefully after being caught. However, that acceptance only extends so far. | The Fair Work Ombudsman fined celebrity chef George Calombaris $200,000 for underpaying staff $7.8 million in wages. | In 2017 it was estimated that Calombaris's wealth sat at $4.5 million, making him the sixth-richest chef in Australia at the time. | Most of the media focused on a fragile, contrite Calombaris talking about how much he loved his staff. Very little attention was paid to the employees who had their wage…
(2019-08-08). SPLC statement on Mississippi immigration raids. splcenter.org Southern Poverty Law Center Attorney Julia Solórzano, with the SPLC's Immigrant Justice Project, issued the following statement on today's workplace raids in Mississippi:…
(2019-07-31). 48 hours of overpolicing in NYC. liberationnews.org 
Recording the police or offering Metrocards will not end the criminalization of poverty, it will not end police terror.