LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered Kentucky State Police to investigate the early Monday incident that featured Louisville Metro Police and National Guard personnel fatally shooting the owner of a popular West End barbecue business at 26th Street and Broadway. The victim was David McAtee, the popular owner of a barbecue business next … Continue reading Appears LMPD And National Guard Have Shot Dead A Local Business Owner in Louisville.
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How The US Got Out Of The Great Depression; Civilian Conservation Corps Video
VIDEO: https://vimeo.com/150192017In March 1933, within weeks of his inauguration, President Franklin Roosevelt sent legislation to Congress aimed at profiting relief for the one out of every four American workers who were unemployed. He proposed a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to provide jobs in natural resource conservation. Over the next decade, the CCC put more than … Continue reading How The US Got Out Of The Great Depression; Civilian Conservation Corps Video
‘I Took the Helmet Off and Laid the Batons Down’: Michigan Sheriff and Police Didn’t Disperse Their Town’s Protest—They Joined It | Common Dreams News
Amid a national wave of uprisings against police brutality in response to last week's brutal murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota—but in contrast to a wave of aggressive and violent responses from law enforcement to those demonstrations—a scene in Flint, Michigan that played out Saturday evening offered an alternative to aggressive police tactics as a … Continue reading ‘I Took the Helmet Off and Laid the Batons Down’: Michigan Sheriff and Police Didn’t Disperse Their Town’s Protest—They Joined It | Common Dreams News
A trip to Oz
Here’s what Denmark does during the COVID-19: 1. The Danes test twice the number of citizens per capita and have fewer than half as many deaths per capita than the U.S.2. Denmark reduced infections so successfully it has reopened elementary schools, day care centers, barbershops, and physical therapy centers in April.3. Denmark helps hard-hit companies … Continue reading A trip to Oz
Trump’s reward to ‘coal country’—kill jobs, training, communities, and education—you’re welcome
The Appalachian region awarded Trump big, fat wins. After all, Trump digs coal! Now it’s time to get their rewards. How does his budget reward them? Well, there’s the Appalachian Regional Commission. Or rather, there was, because Trump’s proposed budget completely eliminates the ARC. The commission supports local communities and regional programs, it also helps … Continue reading Trump’s reward to ‘coal country’—kill jobs, training, communities, and education—you’re welcome
10 Ways President Trump’s Agenda Will Harm His Supporters in Rural and Small-Town America
It was clear that President Trump’s promises never extended to the millions of Americans who live in small towns and rural areas. He did not, for example, visit or speak to the concerns of tribal reservations, predominantly African American communities in the Mississippi Delta, or largely Latino farming communities. And yet many rural and small-town … Continue reading 10 Ways President Trump’s Agenda Will Harm His Supporters in Rural and Small-Town America
There are 5,000 Janitors in the U.S. with PhDs
Over 317,000 waiters and waitresses have college degrees (over 8,000 of them have doctoral or professional degrees), along with over 80,000 bartenders, and over 18,000 parking lot attendants. All told, some 17,000,000 Americans with college degrees are doing jobs that the BLS says require less than the skill levels associated with a bachelor’s degree. via … Continue reading There are 5,000 Janitors in the U.S. with PhDs
Japanese school children who survived Fukushima meltdown are being subjected to ‘nuclear bullying’
Gesturing as if with guns, two boys in Tokyo repeatedly taunted a girl whose family fled to Japan's capital to escape radioactivity unleashed by the Fukushima nuclear crisis of 2011. Tormented by headaches and weight loss, the girl began to skip classes, and switched schools to escape the bullies, her mother told Reuters. But the … Continue reading Japanese school children who survived Fukushima meltdown are being subjected to ‘nuclear bullying’
Uranium Mining Legacy; Toxic Waste For 1,000,000 Years
Uranium mining can be seen as digging up Pandora's Box and then opening it permanently, so that the horrors inside can affect anyone who is nearby with all kinds of suffering. Only 1% of the uranium ore consists of uranium, which means the dug up rocks must be crushed into a fine powder to get … Continue reading Uranium Mining Legacy; Toxic Waste For 1,000,000 Years
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