Work Requirements for Housing Assistance Are a Disaster In the 1970s, conservatives, led by President Ronald Reagan, helped popularize the idea of the “Welfare Queen,” to highlight the supposedly swank, lackadaisical lifestyles of people receiving government assistance.* Since that image of the welfare queen took hold, every administration since, Republican and Democrat, has whittled away […]
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Economic Racism In Tulsa Pt III
Tulsa’s Black Wall Street Burned and Then Rose From the Ashes The charges against Dick Rowland were dropped. Sarah Page gave a statement to police recanting her assault claim just hours before the shooting started. White people put the incident behind them. Black people, facing an uncertain path forward in Greenwood, lived in tents on […]
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Congressman From OSU Involved
Former Ohio State Wrestlers Say Republican Jim Jordan Knew Of Sexual Abuse “Well it looks like Mr. House of Freedom Caucus Chairman is possibly involved up to his neck in some sexual abuse allegations at Ohio State University.” Isn’t he the one who accused the Assistant US Attorney of abusing his position at the Department […]
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Racism In Tulsa Pt II
Tulsa’s Black Wall Street Burned and Then Rose From the Ashes “A continuation of the article that spells out a tragedy in the state of Oklahoma in the early 1900’s when whites crossed that line of demarcation into a black community called Greenwood and burn, pillaged and destroyed that communities economic wealth” Before the place […]
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Racism In Tulsa
Tulsa’s Black Wall Street Burned and Then Rose From the Ashes It’s a sweltering May evening in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, and a local poet named Phetote Mshairi is performing for a crowd of about three dozen onlookers. His large black T-shirt is emblazoned with a solemn picture of Barack Obama, the monochrome pattern of the […]
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Amazon The Bad Monster
Amazon’s PillPack deal cost the healthcare industry $24 billion in market cap Amazon’s plan to push deeper into healthcare by acquiring PillPack, a prescription-management startup, has rattled the markets. Shares of major US healthcare companies went into freefall today (June 28). CVS Health and Walgreens tumbled as much as 10% within the first hour of […]
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US Farmers Immigration Problem
US farmers, desperate for help, increasingly turn to Mexico “ The immigration problem has become magnified and hidden within the Republican efforts to control the borders are heartland Republican States whose needs are critically tied to Trump’s zero-tolerance policy” What does US immigration policy have to do with the blueberries you buy? Well, if it […]
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New Tax Law And Not-For-Profits
Republican Tax Law Hits Churches Republicans have quietly imposed a new tax on churches, synagogues and other nonprofits, a little-noticed and surprising change that could cost some groups tens of thousands of dollars. Their recent tax-code rewrite requires churches, hospitals, colleges, orchestras and other historically tax-exempt organizations to begin paying a 21 percent tax on […]
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Tax Incentives Being Cashed In
How Tesla uses cash from Nevada casinos to boost its bottom line Tesla has sold $131 million worth of tax credits to Nevada casinos. State incentives allow that total to expand to $195 million. Given Elon Musk’s dubious track record for hitting his goals, it may be a roll of the dice whether the Tesla […]
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Chicago Rapid Link
Musk’s Boring Co bid wins Chicago rapid link “Transportation is about to get a technology-driven reboot. The details are still taking shape, but future transport systems will certainly be connected, data-driven and highly automated.” This bid by Musk’s Boring Company will possibly be the beginning of future transportation for our country and the world very […]