1. Where the jobs went.
2. Upward wealth redistribution and/or inequality.
3. ALEC.
4. The number of people in prison.
5. The number of black people in prison.
6. U.S. health care costs are the highest in the world.
7. Glass-Steagall.
8. Gerrymandering. (actual vote stealing)
9. The number of bills blocked by Republicans in Congress.
10. The Citizens' United Supreme Court decision
11. Nixon’s Southern Strategy.
12. Tax cuts primarily benefit the wealthy.
13. What's happening to the bees?
14. The impact of temporary workers on our economy.
15. Media consolidation - Six corporations - Time Warner, Disney, News Corporation, Viacom, Comcast, and CBS - control roughly 90% of the media in the U.S.
The article isn't that long but it gives a good explanation for each topic as to why they should be covered more.
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Those are topics that deserve more coverage.
How about the loss of smaller newspapers, with the lessening of outlets of opinion?
It looks like a lot of these would be politically incorrect...referring to Bilbo's post this morning.
Great article, Mike! For a short post, you always pack a wallop. Well done, Sir!
Good article!
I was already feeling grouchy and irritable today, and then I read the article. Thanks, Mike.
It's a myth that just won't go away, thanks to the unliberal media...
~allenwoodhaven
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