Al Hirschfield: Elizabeth Warren Rips Secretary Mnuchin to Shreds Over $500 BIllion Bailout Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) asked Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin why some businesses that are getting federal funding are not required to keep their workers employed.

John Rachel: Il Manifesto (Italy): Movement For Democratizing The Work Place Putting all decisions related to the functioning of the majority of businesses democratically into the hands of their workers would at the level of the fundamental building blocks of our economy completely reconfigure that economy and create a replacement for capitalism as we know it. 2 

David Watts: The Hunger Games Society - Crashing the Economy by Design. Its about time the bloody people woke up!! Because I'm getting sick of year after year pointing out this was coming. It's come! Many people have woke up because of this. But even then, Even then! There are people who refuse to see it. Its unbelievable! They have no capacity for free thought! This is waking up a lot of people, but others still(!) sit there being told what to do by mummy and daddy State. 13 

Ted Millar: We Are Left Holding the Bag In New Emergency Relief Package--Again The good news: House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve another $484 billion emergency relief package. The bad news: Most of that amount--$310 billion--will be put toward replenishing the small business loan Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). That means, once again--as expected--Americans whom the economic fallout from the coronavirus affects most are left with nothing but the price tag. 1 

Bob Gaydos: Waiting for the Day of Reckoning Although I am firmly ensconced in the age group most susceptible to dying from COVID-19, I am not willing to simply give it up so that cult members can "get back to business". 3 

Ted Millar: For-profit Healthcare Agencies Firing Doctors Expect Gov't. Bailouts In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, for-profit healthcare agencies have no problem accepting government subsidies. They just aren't using planning on using them to pay their doctors.

John F. Miglio: Socialism vs. Capitalism? It's a Mixed Economy, Stupid! Essay explains how the Sanders organization can put together a short elevator speech that explains to the mass public the difference between socialism, capitalism, and a mixed economy. 4 

Carmine Gorga, Ph.D.: Stop The Global Financial Elite Perversion Of John Maynard Keynes Are we ready to get Keynes' thought right yet? So far, we have had one catastrophic application of that thought after another.

John Klyczek: Community Schools Are Not the Antidote to Charter Schools: More Corporatization of Socioemotional Workforce Schooling This article documents how "left-wing" community-school reforms will not remedy the privatization of education by "right-wing" charter schools. Both community and charter schools are public-private partnerships that medicalize workforce-training through educational-technology companies that data-mine students' socioemotional-learning algorithms to condition students for workforce competence in a corporatist planned economy. 2 

Carl Petersen: Beating Trump to the Payroll Tax Punch As recession fears threaten Trump's reelection, he signals another tax cut. Democrats should go first and bring fair relief to the working class.

Shad Williams: Tribute to John Rachel - Contract For American Renewal We have to start somewhere to keep the ball rolling. John Rachel is doing his part by suggesting that we hold politicians feet to the fire by having them sign a contract for voters support. The CFAR website makes the case that there is sufficient support from voters to get the change we want started. I agree. Now it is a matter of learning how. One other thing, we need to start to talk to one another. 11 

Kamala Sarup: When political leaders are busy doing financial crimes? I am attempting to pen this article based on financial crimes by politicians. It is a serious offense that is unsafe for the economic balance. My argument against relativism is simple. Political crimes by politicians are dangerous to liberty and gain. My argument here financial crimes are difficult to impede off. Financial crimes are draining public funds and making difficult to ramp up a strong economic policy.

Joel Joseph: GM Should Keep the Lordstown Plant Open GM owes it to American taxpayers to keep the Lordstown, Ohio factory open. It should restore production from South Korea and other countries and make those cars in Ohio.

Brian Cooney: It's the economic inequality, stupid! Out-of-control economic inequality is not only a grave injustice. It's also corrupting our democracy. It has allowed a parasitic investor class to become a political colossus that uses government to extract for itself a maximum profit by abusing us (human resources) and the environment (natural resources). It sees an existential threat in urgent reforms such as medicare for all or the "green new deal." Do Democrats get it? 4 

Mark Taliano: Democratic Media: For the People, By the People Imagine joining the military thinking you're fighting ISIS/al Qaeda, only to find out you're supporting them. 6