May 2021 Quickie.
The media has been hard at work lately trying to rehabilitate the image of three significant members of the Republican Party. So we’re not going to...
The Assange Problem.
Today, we’re going to review the story of WikiLeaks and put the debate over the fate of Assange in the only context it should be—to answer the...
Corporate (Ir)Responsibility: Part Two.
We briefly recap what we covered in Part One as a refresher, then launch into some of the more egregious examples of how corporations have used their...
Corporate (Ir)Responsibility: Part One.
This week’s UNFTR delves into the movement to lower corporate tax rates that started in the late ‘70s and explains how the tax evasion shell game...
April 2021 Quickie.
In today’s Quickie, we’re taking a look at a developing phenomenon related to Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. In reality, it’s an age-old...
The Real Devil Made Off
See what I did there?
Mass Incarceration.
We’re back with another blood-boiling, enraging essay: Mass Incarceration and the War on Drugs. It’s a topic that has thankfully come further into...
Culture Cancel.
This essay frames the issue of economic justice by examining the historical relationship between sovereign Indian nations and the conquering...
Why Are Indian Mascots So Offensive?
Despite the occasional reference to poverty statistics or coverage of events like Standing Rock, the plight of Native Americans continues to be a...
Stimulate This, Beyotch.
The United States seems to have lost the ability to govern and has given itself over to the whims of corporations that are designing every inch of...
March 2021 Quickie.
In our inaugural Quickie, we take a topical look at three members of the Democratic Party that are having very different experiences of late:...
America Inc.
This week, we unf*ck the corporate attack on the system and break down the inherent evils of privatization and deregulation, the dreaded sisters of...
Unf*cking Congress.
Congress is a quirky place. The rules are arcane. The people are diverse. The power struggle is real. We take a brief, and sometimes ridiculous,...
Rush Limbaugh.
“Great?” Oh, yes. He was great. In the broadcasting world, and in terms of his influence over a generation of politicians and other talking heads, he...