Private Prisons: The Injustice League The two largest private prison providers in the U.S. each rake in tens of millions of dollars every year. How do they make their money, and what agreements are in place to protect their profits? Guaranteed Occupancy When a prison company approaches a state or city to either build or […]
Being in the spotlight is nothing new to Russell Brand these days. There is the time he embarrassed his Hugo boss over his Nazi past. Who can forget the time he interviewed two members of the Westboro Baptist Church / Hate Group. Late last year Brand told BBC Newsnight’s Jeremy Paxman that he has never […]
A man walks the streets of London shouting #FuckThePoor as part of a social experiment from poverty charity, The Pilion Trust, to see whether we really do care about those less fortunate. According to their website, The Pilion Trust “Advocate for Equality of Opportunity to Improve the lives of the most Vulnerable.” Asking people to […]
Marketplace and Slate have partnered to create an investigative series entitled The Secret Life of a Food Stamp, Marketplace Wealth & Poverty. According to Marketplace, “Desk reporter Krissy Clark reports on how big retail chains that employ these workers also themselves take in tens of billions of dollars in food stamps” for the series. Marketplace […]
Democrat Wendy Davis blasted her Republican rival in the Texas governor’s race last Monday for saying he would veto a law that would make it easier for women to sue their employers over pay discrimination. “This Texas gal is calling you out,” she told about 160 cheering supporters at Scholz’s Beer Garden in Austin. She […]