Rise In American Distrust Of Politicians

It isn’t news that people don’t trust politicians. Such generalizations are always inaccurate, because do trust politicians. The rise is Continue reading →

Threats To Democracy From Inequality

As money is considered speech, the concentration of money is concentrating power. The US is still a country of one-person-one-vote, Continue reading →

Younger Americans Turn Socialist

Younger Americans are more likely to see socialism (49%), rather than capitalism (47%), as more favorable. That overall stat reflects Continue reading →

Jimmy Carter Calls America An Oligarchy

Data have suggested that Americans have little control over their government, unless they are rich. President Jimmy Carter agrees, “unlimited Continue reading →

Psychologists Turn Liberal

Why do people do what they do? That is one of the basic questions behind economic and political philosophies. Many Continue reading →

Americans Attack Americans

Trillions are spent on fighting terrorism. While terrorists should be fought, some perspective may be handy. Since 9/11, 26 Americans Continue reading →

Confidence In US Government

Confidence in the US government continues to slide. Congress has dropped to single digits (8%); but the other two branches Continue reading →

The Richest Rich Fund Politics

The 1% of the 1% (aka the 0.01%) contributed 29% of all political donations. 31,976 people gave $1.8B to US Continue reading →