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Tipping Is Not a Reward—It’s an Insult

February 19, 2023 By Independent Media Institute

man pouring wine on glasses

It’s time to end our national reliance on tipped workers. The unhealthy dynamic created by tipping emerges from decades of legalized subminimum wages and keeps workers subservient to the whims of employers and customers.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, economy, Evergreen, Gender, GOP/Right Wing, Human Rights, identity politics, Labor, Law, Media, news, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Social Benefits, social justice, Sonali Kolhatkar, Time-Sensitive, Women’s Rights

The rich want to steal our abundant water and then sell it back to us, another economic fraud.

December 10, 2020 By Egberto Willies

water flowing from a faucet

Our economic system transfers your and the masses’ wealth and money to the rich using techniques described here, making water falsely scarce.

Filed Under: Evergreen, General Tagged With: Economic fraud, Evergreen, Rich, water, wealthy

The Case for Medicare for All: Why *Single-Payer* is absolutely necessary

March 26, 2020 By Egberto Willies

The Case for Medicare for All Why Single-Payer is absolutely necessary

Regardless of your economic or social standing, with Single-Payer Medicare for All the life you save will not some other but may be your own!

Filed Under: Environment, Guest Bloggers, Health Tagged With: Evergreen, Medicare For All, single payer

Permafrost melting is affecting communities in the Arctic and beyond

March 23, 2020 By EarthTalk

permafrost

In the northern regions of the world, a great change is taking place. Permafrost, which covers around 25 percent of exposed land in the Northern Hemisphere, is melting.

Filed Under: Environment, Evergreen Tagged With: Arctic, EarthTalk, Evergreen, permafrost

What does it mean to be in a nation where health is a constitutional right?

November 29, 2019 By Mythili Ramakrishna

The United States only recognizes health as a constitutional right for prisoners.  Why not like Brazil, for everyone?  We have much work to do.

Filed Under: Guest Bloggers Tagged With: Brazil, Brazilian Constitution, dental school, Evergreen

Essential we understand real Russian Motivation in the 2016 Election

October 22, 2019 By GuestWriter

Essential we understand real Russian Motivation in the 2016 Election

Rarely do our mainstream media do a deep dive into real motivations for actions. Russian motivations for helping elect Donald Trump has little to do with Trump.

Filed Under: Guest Bloggers Tagged With: 2016 election, Evergreen, Russia, Russian Motivation, ‎Torry Mercer

What is so-called “Flying Shame” and what’s the climate connection?

October 12, 2019 By EarthTalk

• What is so-called “Flying Shame” and what’s the climate connection?

“Flying shame” is one of those memic terms that has sprung up recently to describe guilting people out of taking airplane trips given the carbon footprint.

Filed Under: Environment, Evergreen Tagged With: Evergreen, Flying Shame

Impeachment coverage must not stifle Medicare for All & other Progressive issues.

October 10, 2019 By Egberto Willies

impeachment trumps medicare for all

Cable channels & MSM are saturated with impeachment coverage. Healthcare rates remain unaffordable. We cannot ignore the Medicare for All battle and others.

Filed Under: Daily Kos Front Page, Evergreen, General Tagged With: Evergreen, impeachment, Medicare For All, progressive, Progressives

What we’ve learned from storms like Katrina, Sandy, & Harvey about protecting our coastal cities better from climate change.

September 28, 2019 By EarthTalk

Climate Change

Climate change is real. What we’ve learned from storms like Katrina, Sandy, & Harvey about protecting our coastal cities better from it.

Filed Under: Environment, Evergreen, General Tagged With: Climate Change, EarthTalk, Evergreen, Harvey, Katrina

Sole concern about business doesn’t make you a capitalist. It makes you a sociopath.

September 15, 2019 By Egberto Willies

Sole concern about business doesn't make you a capitalist. It makes you a sociopath.

Capitalist Nick Hanauer recently gave a TED talk that should not only impress everyone but should be the narrative used against the Right and neoliberals.

Filed Under: Evergreen, General Tagged With: capitalism, Capitalist, Evergreen, neoliberal, Nick Hanauer

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