Another day, another corporation receiving massive tax breaks by the government. Most recently, it was $7 million from the Trump/Pence administration to Carrier (owned

Progressive Voices Speaking Out
Another day, another corporation receiving massive tax breaks by the government. Most recently, it was $7 million from the Trump/Pence administration to Carrier (owned
Prison reform and prison labor are topics we’ve written about before on the Occasional Planet. American prisons are making tons of money hiring out
Every quarter, Factcheck.org likes to take a look at the numbers since Obama became President. They go deeper than just unemployment and study metrics
Every election year a familiar threat resurfaces, “If my candidate doesn’t win…I’m going to move to Canada!” The sentiment is posted on social media
Whether you’re pro or anti Hillary Clinton, you have to admit that a woman running for President of the United States is a good
Most people understand that there is a problem with money in politics in the United States. Politicians spend countless hours fundraising instead of doing
A person in New York is less likely to die by a gun (murder, suicide, or accident) than in Missouri. Are the behaviors of
Americans go to the doctor far less than their foreign counterparts. The most likely reason? It’s expensive. While the quality of healthcare in the
For Literacy Day, the United Nations made an infographic looking at literacy statistics around the world. Education is listed again and again as one
Most of us have seen the pictures of the riots from Ferguson, Missouri this past weekend. One of the most startling aspects of the