[Cross-posted from Inequality.org] You don’t hear much about millionaires these days in America. Which makes some sense. Add up all our nation’s personal wealth, divide by our number of people, and we have an average wealth per person in the United States today of about $300,000. At that average, a family of three worth a … Read more
What does “defund the police” mean to you? Following the tragic and unnecessary deaths of George Floyd, Dion Johnson, Rayshard Brooks, Carlos Ingram Lopez and others at the hands of law enforcement officers, there have been calls to “defund the police.” Often the same people who say “defund the police” also add “that doesn’t mean … Read more
Allowing the creation of Empowerment Scholarship Accounts in Arizona where students can channel funds towards religious or nonsectarian private schools may have become more of a Pandora’s Box with yesterday’s Supreme Court Espinoza vs Montana Department of Revenue ruling that said that state governments can not discriminate against sectarian private schools that apply for state … Read more
Putin’s Puppet this morning was tweeting Russian propaganda that “Bounty Gate” is “fake news” and a “hoax.” Such a loyal Russian asset and a traitor to America. The New York Times reports on what the Intelligence Community is actually saying about the Russians paying a bounty on the heads of American soldiers in Afghanistan. Suspicions of … Read more
Candidates for school boards in Arizona have offered their perspective on Governor Ducey’s decision, with the surge in COVID 19 cases, to postpone the beginning of in-person instruction until August 17. All of the candidates who replied to a request for comment: Share the same view that the safety of all education stakeholders (children, teachers, … Read more