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Solitary confinement in Louisiana

mardi 2 février 2016 à 01:00

Louisiana refuses to disclose how many prisoners it keeps in solitary confinement, or for how long.

Businesses that should shut down

mardi 2 février 2016 à 01:00

Some executives know that the best thing their business can do for the environment, and the world, is to shut down. But they consider that impossible, so they find ways to reconcile themselves to doing harm.

We can save them from this. We should shut those businesses down.

UK government privatizing the state

mardi 2 février 2016 à 01:00

The UK government is privatizing the state, selling off large state activities cheap as well as the land on which they are run.

The politicians that sell off the state cheap, and the cronies to whom they sell it, are conspiring together to cheat the country. The proper remedy, when the British people recognize the need, will be to confiscate what was sold off, with no compensation.

That loss, for the "investors", will be right and proper. It will teach future rich cronies not to be so eager to participate in such conspiracies.

Increased inequality

mardi 2 février 2016 à 01:00

Oxfam's report on increased inequality gives recommendations for how to fix it.

The report shows that it's not just that the rich are getting richer. They are making the poor poorer, too. The poorest half of humanity have lost around 40% of their wealth since 2010.

Contracting out support activities

mardi 2 février 2016 à 01:00

Contracting out support activities, famous Silicon Valley companies pay many of their workers too little to live on, and exclude them from the benefits of employees.

Such contracting out is an obstacle to unionization, and that alone is a reason to adopt policies to discourage it.