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I Don’t Hate Poor People. Do You? So Why Are America’s Poverty Policies So Hateful?
Here’s a reality that the Powers That Be keep trying to put out of sight and out of mind: Poverty.
Yes, right here in our own fabulously-rich USA. Don’t tell anybody, but millions of American children, workers, and elderly people are endur...
Not All Problems Are Global or National: Think Local
Public leadership doesn’t mean that the “leader” has to have all the solutions, but instead must be open to others with problem-solving ideas.
That was one of Franklin Roosevelt’s great strengths when he came into the White House. Facing t...
Friday Signpost: Rebuilding Texas, One County at a Time
Note from DZ: We’ve become great admirers of Kendall Scudder, who has been the Texas Democratic Party chair since early 2025. He’s been a fearless fighter for the progressive populist resurgence in Texas, and now he’s rebooting his podcast,...
Why is Trump Economically Clueless? Meet Scott Bessent.
Wow, here’s some blockbuster economic news from Team Trump: The income gap between the rich and the rest of us is over!
How do we know this? Because Scott Bessent says so. Who’s he? Secretary of the Treasury – Trump’s top economic official...
Big Tech Is the New Feudalism: How to Fight Back
“If you find that you’ve dug yourself into a hole, the very first thing to do is quit digging.”
That old country saying has a newly-urgent relevance to us today, for Big Tech, Big Finance, and Big Government are colluding to dig us into th...
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