A New Kind of Tech Job Emphasizes Skills, Not a College Degree
From today’s New York Times by Steve Lohr: ROCKET CENTER, W.Va. — A few years ago, Sean Bridges lived with his mother, Linda, in Wiley Ford, W.Va. Their only income…
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House Republicans Are Trying to Pass the Most Dangerous Wall Street Deregulation Bill Ever
From Mother Jones, June 7, 2017 by Hannah Levintova: . From the earliest days of his campaign, Donald Trump has opposed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act,…
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Behind Trump’s Climate Policy Change? Oil Lobbyists and GOP Lackeys
The data is self-evident. Conservative politicians in the GOP don’t believe the science of climate change because they take the most money from oil and energy lobbyists. Notice they hedged…
By Pulling Out on Paris, Trump’s Policy “America First” Means “America Last”
Today President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would pull out of the Paris Climate Accord signed by his predecessor President Barack Obama less than two years ago. At the…
In MT Special Election, Voters Must Reject GOP candidate Greg Gianforte
Not only is freedom of the press under assault from the rise of “fake news” and the lack of critical thinking in this country, it is also under physical threat…
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Is the Gig Economy Working?—For Some, But Not For Most Workers
From this month’s The New Yorker magazine by Nathan Heller: The American workplace is both a seat of national identity and a site of chronic upheaval and shame. The industry…
Robert Mueller, Former FBI Director, Is Named Special Counsel for #RussiaGate
From today’s New York Times by Rebecca Ruiz: WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has appointed Robert S. Mueller III, the former F.B.I. director, to serve as a special counsel to…
In tweet, Nixon Library clarifies that Comey’s firing was, in fact, much worse than “Tricky Dick”
Yesterday’s abrupt dismissal of FBI Director James Comey by President Donald Trump has understandably raised comparisons between Trump’s actions and those of former President Richard “Tricky Dick” Nixon, who tried…
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How Tech Companies are Waging “Psyops” Warfare on American and British Democracies
From yesterday’s Guardian by Carole Cadwalladr: In June 2013, a young American postgraduate called Sophie was passing through London when she called up the boss of a firm where she’d…
How Democrats Can Win in the West
From yesterday’s New York Times Opinion Section by Gov. Steve Bullock (D-MT): HELENA, MONT. — I AM no fan of Neil Gorsuch or his legal theories, but his appointment to…