No Relief for Workers as Stimulus Delayed Until After Election

No Relief for Workers as Stimulus Delayed Until After Election

Democrats and Republicans in Congress still won’t pass another so-called stimulus bill. Even though the first stimulus passed back in March went mostly to banks and corporations, it still provided some needed relief. But Congress has been nit-picking for months over...
The Pope and Politics: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

The Pope and Politics: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Early this month the head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, published his view of the state of the world, and he doesn’t think it’s pretty. “In today’s world, many forms of injustice persist fed by a profit-based economic model that does not hesitate to...
The Economy’s Getting Better? Who Are They Kidding?

The Economy’s Getting Better? Who Are They Kidding?

Since early summer, not only the President and his cronies, but even some uncritical economists are trying to convince us that things are getting better. They say that unemployment went down over the summer (which it did, mostly owing to the allowance of outdoor...
Tech Companies Are in It for Themselves

Tech Companies Are in It for Themselves

As tens of millions find their financial situation more desperate by the day, and millions of small businesses are squeezed into failure, the big tech companies are booming! Stocks of Apple, Amazon, Alphabet/Google, Microsoft and Facebook rose 37 percent in the first...