This banned TED Talk explains why the tax breaks for the rich proposed by the Republican tax plan scam will never help working class Americans. TED, the Technology Entertainment and Design nonprofit behind the TED Talks, whose slogan is “ideas worth spreading” decided that some ideas are better left alone. In March of 2012 Nick […]
“I start from the supposition that the world is topsy-turvy, that things are all wrong.” ~ Howard Zinn Howard Zinn was an American historian, social activist and writer. In 1964, he accepted a position at Boston University, where his classes in civil liberties were among the most popular at the university with as many as […]
Donald Trump said this weekend that he didn’t know why Hillary Clinton was running for president, adding that she “shouldn’t be allowed to run.” The Republican presidential front-runner was speaking at a campaign rally in Norcross, Georgia on Saturday, when he made the remarks. The audience initially booed when Trump first brought up Clinton’s name, […]
Clearly frustrated, President Obama gave a fiery speech on Thursday in the wake of the Oregon shooting. Sounding exasperated, Obama said the response to such shootings has all become all too common and that nothing changes. NBC News reports that “at least 10 people were killed and seven others were injured when a gunman who […]
Progressive icon Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) gave a speech on racial inequality that is exactly what Black Lives Matter activists have been wanting to hear. Warren delivered the remarks in Boston on Sunday at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, as part of the Institute’s “Getting to the Point” speaker series. […]