Julian Assange interviews contentious Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa on American politics. Correa’s finest moment? “There is a greater difference between what I think in the morning and what I think in the afternoon than between those two parties”.
In the globalized economy, one country’s troubled finances are of international concern.
Sadly, drivel like “Obama’s the antichrist, y’all” and “Global warmin’ ain’t real! Summer’s just God’s favorite season!” is actually becoming mainstream in American “thought”.
Finally, the argument is gaining serious clout in the Hill (we know that because, well, Wall Street is talking about it). Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Brad Sherman have recently released legislation that would force the Treasury Department to dismantle financial institutions that threaten the stability of the economy, and while our current congress will likely remain consistent in its catatonic state it’s sadly refreshing to see a politician representing the will of his constituents.
By now, you’ve heard Elizabeth Warren cite that if minimum wage kept up with inflation, minimum wage workers would receive $22 per hour (which would do much to solve problems of poverty and so-called reliance on welfare, by the way). Here, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich makes his appeal for upping the wages of millions of workers from coast to coast.
