Have you ever had to live on minimum wage? There has not been a national minimum wage increase for 7 years. For tipped workers? Even worse — it’s been at $2.13 an hour for 25 years. Some states are starting to take their own initiatives to raise the minimum wage and the tipped wage, but […]
Would you exercise for an hour every day if the workout could power your home for twenty-four hours? People often complain about the high costs of energy and the fact that they “never have time to workout.” This invention certainly solves both conundrums. And, most importantly, this free power invention has the potential to lift […]
It’s difficult sometimes to know where pandering to the conservative base ends and mental illness begins. “The Republican Party is not a political party – it’s a mental condition. And I mean that seriously because if you are for crushing the poor, unprovoked wars, there is no climate change, immigrants…It’s like ‘who are we’?” ~Actor […]
The word shouldn’t be the issue – the misogynistic attitudes behind the word compose the real crisis. The United States doesn’t have a constitutional amendment guaranteeing protection against gender discrimination. The Equal Rights Amendment would remedy this embarrassing fact, and a ratified ERA would help to undo some of the more pervasive and negative […]
The Texas Nationalist Movement is threatening secession. The Texas Nationalist Movement is threatening – once again – to secede from the United States. The Washington Post reports that: “When Texas Republicans assemble for their state convention next month, it’s possible they will debate whether Texas should secede from the United States.” “There’s almost no chance Texas […]