Republicans, unsurprisingly, debunked again. This article points to a study that looked at all taxes paid by Americans and were barely a progressive system. It's clear that all segments of our society pay taxes. There's on issue, though, that means things are worse than the article points out ( Read more... )

While reading a very interesting NYT article on how many nations around the world are breaking the cycle of poverty, I saw a link to a series of articles in Slate about the existing income equality in the US, and how it's worse than many of the nations many Americans think of as backwards countries.

As a sneak peak, one tidbit from part five is ( Read more... )

This tidbit, a pass through from www.fark.com, is found in the Detroit News. It seems a prostitution ring was busted. That's no biggie. What is interesting is the selectivity in which area codes are being investigated ( Read more... )