One economic reason why it is harder to get a job now than 10 years ago is that the recession pushed businesses to compete to become more selective about who they hire.

The result is to increase inequality.

The article, naturally, suggests that the remedy is to compete harder with other jobseekers. That is an effective one way to benefit yourself, but if everyone does that, it won't do much for working people.

What we need is a collective way to reverse the increase in inequality. The obvious way is through taxes. But another way might be to reduce the effectiveness pressure of competition.

US citizens: phone the White House to call on Obama to protect pipeline protesters.

US citizens: call for an investigation of Clarence Thomas's other sexual assaults.

If Obama takes action as he should, the conflict between pipeline protesters and thugs will de-escalate.

Clinton finally made a statement about the Dakota Access Pipeline, and it was a series of platitudes designed not to take any stand.