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With yet another school shooting yesterday 9.3.202 —>> read more –>>

(reposted from https://theconversation.com/us) Den —>> read more –>>

Original posting – 3.6.2023 Matthew Desmond, autho —>> read more –>>

Here are two more angers: (an addendum to the 1.1. —>> read more –>>

Tightrope provides a well-written description of the American crisis through personal stories and hard data. Unfortunately it falls flat in its call for action.

The decline of the US has become so marked over th —>> read more –>>

Essay explores the grim reality of life in one small corner of America within the broader landscape of the bottom 90%.

Eviction from home is a regular feature of life for the poor and working class, more so for black and brown people. The civil justice system works with the same imbalance of power as the criminal system. Based on the book Evicted by Matthew Desmond.

At a time when the Republicans are transferring income and wealth to the rich and corporations over 40 million Americans fall below the official poverty line.

Nearly 9 Million children are loosing their health insurance as states run out of funds. The Congress, controlled by the vicious Republican Party that is more focused on getting a sexual predator elected in Alabama than worrying about mere children, has not appropriated any new funds.