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The U.S. refining industry has been on a real rollercoaster ride in recent years. Today, we take a region-by-region look at the future of the U.S. refining industry and explain why reductions in refining capacity are expected in some areas while others may be in a position to thrive.

In this special bonus episode, Eric speaks with Kaiser Kuo, host of the popular Sinica Podcast, about China's response to the U.S. military intervention in Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolas Maduro. Many U.S. and European analysts have framed Maduro's downfall as a "setback" or even an "embarrassment" for Beijing, but while that may be true, Eric argues that it's also premature to make such declarations less than a week after Maduro's downfall. After all, U.S.-led military interventions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya all started well but ended up being very costly failures for Washington.

Plus: The Senate prepares to vote on competing healthcare plans from Republicans and Democrats. And shares of Oracle slide over concerns about its AI spending. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if the fastest way to speed up buses isn't a new gadget, but removing a ritual that steals minutes at every stop? We dig into the push for fare-free buses—why the idea is surging in New York City, what Kansas City learned after rolling it back, and how speed, safety, and budgets collide when the farebox goes quiet.We start with the tangible wins: all-door boarding, shorter dwell times, and less anxiety for occasional riders who don't know the local payment dance. Then we press into the hard limits. Many U.S. agencies still rely on fare revenue to keep buses running, and political whiplash can turn “free” into a yo-yo policy that undermines trust. We talk frankly about safety perceptions and why staffing, cleanliness, and consistency build confidence for the average rider. And we compare that to European cities, where higher fares often buy rock-solid reliability that people value every day.If you care about public transit policy, urban mobility, and how to make buses faster right now, this conversation brings examples, and practical tradeoffs. Listen, share your city's experience, and tell us where you land: free fares, better frequency, or both with a stable funding plan? Send us a textSupport the show

Many U.S. Department of Agriculture services are frozen as a result of the government shutdown. The freeze could have significant impacts for Montana's farmers.

Wall Street is selling beer, beaches, and barbecue. Want to invest? We also dove into the concerns about the reliability of government data. Investors should focus less on headline data and more on long-term directional trends, since recessions matter less to portfolios than actual corporate performance. We also talk labor markets, employment revisions, and rate-cut predictions, highlighting inconsistencies and the limited value of forecasts. Debt structures like extended auto loans and creative mortgages stress the importance of cash flow flexibility and smart loan structuring rather than simply chasing the lowest rate. Kirk also shares his experience getting an offer accepted on a home during a time of market peaks. We discuss...  Corporate earnings compared to government data; how companies manage expectations to appear consistently successful. Investors should focus on long-term directional trends rather than short-term or inaccurate data points. Whether recessions truly matter for investors compared to corporate earnings growth. Labor market data showed employment revisions and a slowdown in job gains, raising concerns about real job strength. Predictions of interest rate cuts are inconsistent and unreliable. Consumer behavior trends, including retail and food service spending, suggested tightening conditions. Rising delinquency rates in student loans and credit cards signaled growing consumer financial strain. Mortgages and auto loans showed fewer delinquencies since they are collateralized and prioritized by borrowers. There is importance in structuring debt with maximum flexibility and focusing on cash flow management. A home should be viewed as a personal expense rather than an investment. Housing markets are peaking in many areas, with Massachusetts showing declining rents and prices. Mortgage strategies discussed include recasting loans and making lump-sum payments to reduce monthly payments or shorten maturity. Using a home equity line of credit strategically can accelerate mortgage payoff and improve cash flow. Globally, fertility rates in developed countries are below replacement level, indicating shrinking populations. Growth in population is concentrated in parts of Africa, South America, and select Asian regions. Macro trends impacting markets include protectionism, geopolitical tensions, and reserve currency diversification. Policy rewrites under Trump are shaking up traditional approaches, sometimes positively by encouraging change. Many U.S. housing markets are seeing declining sales as buyers and sellers are unwilling to compromise. Tariffs, especially on metals, could spike short-term costs across industries but are expected to normalize over the long term. Unexpected macroeconomic events, such as new technologies or policy changes, can disrupt markets before adjustments occur. Today's Panelists: Kirk Chisholm | Innovative Wealth Douglas Heagren | Mergent College Advisors Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moneytreepodcast Follow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/money-tree-investing-podcast Follow on Twitter/X: https://x.com/MTIPodcast For more information, visit the show notes at https://moneytreepodcast.com/wall-street-is-selling-beer-743   

HR2 Bessent Surfaces as Fed Chair Contender. Many U.S. Men Struggle to Thrive. 6-23-25 by John Rush

For the first time, ex-Mossad agents who led the exploding pager and walkie-talkie plot against Hezbollah, which garnered worldwide attention in September, detail their 10-year undercover op in an interview with correspondent Lesley Stahl. Meeting in Israel, the agents, who recently retired from service, share never-before-known details that caught Hezbollah fighters by surprise and ultimately spurred change across the region from Lebanon to Syria to Iran. Last year, the Veterans Administration announced it would begin funding clinical trials to explore the use of psychedelic drugs for treating post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and addiction. However, these trials are small, and even if successful, it will likely be years before veterans can access psychedelics at the VA. Many U.S. veterans struggling with PTSD aren't waiting. Thousands of them are traveling overseas seeking relief at psychedelic retreats where these substances are legal to use, mostly in indigenous ceremonies. Correspondent Anderson Cooper follows nine veterans on a psychedelic journey to the west coast of Mexico, where they hope to find healing. Correspondent Jon Wertheim goes behind the scenes as George Clooney makes his Broadway debut, starring in an adaptation of the 2005 Oscar-nominated movie “Good Night, and Good Luck.” Clooney co-wrote both the original screenplay and this play, which tell the story of pioneering journalist Edward R. Murrow, who took on Senator Joseph McCarthy. Clooney calls it a fight for the ages and says the plot, which revolves around themes of truth, intimidation and courage in corporate media, resonates today. Now 64, the actor tells Wertheim why he finally feels ready to take on the role of Murrow himself. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Have you been on a trip that completely changed your life–your health, ambitions, perspectives? Today we're diving into how travel can completely change the trajectory of your life, as it has ours. While Liz says, “Don't wait, just go!,” Lee has some reassuring tips and tricks to let the stress of finances go, and realize how travel is an investment into the well-being of your mind, body, and spirit. We'll explore how travel has made us braver, more in tune with our bodies, and how it's challenged us to become better people for our community back home. So–let's expand our suitcases AND worldviews–hop on that plane and change your life!   

Many U.S. shoppers know Target as a place to get everyday items like groceries and paper towels, as well as clothes and homegoods. But recently some shoppers have stopped buying things at Target as part of boycotts over its pullback from policies around diversity, equity and inclusion. In the first episode of this special What's News series, host Alex Ossola digs into how Target got here: the company's history and why shoppers are upset with Target in particular at a moment when many other companies are also changing their DEI policies. In your feed, you can find the second episode of this series, looking into the boycotts' impact on Target's business and on those of Black entrepreneurs with products on Target's shelves.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Among the nation's nearly 14 million estimated unauthorized immigrants, more than two million didn't sneak over the border or overstay a visa but rather took what was once a legal pathway to the United States endorsed by President Joe Biden. The problem with that? Well, Biden isn't president anymore, Donald Trump is. And so, what was legal just a few months ago, could easily be illegal tomorrow. The question is, what happens to people who made reasonable plans for staying in the US but suddenly find themselves illegal virtually overnight? What about their families, their kids, their employers? USA TODAY Immigration and Border Reporter Lauren Villagran joins The Excerpt to share her reporting on this developing story.Episode Transcript available hereAlso available at art19.com/shows/5-ThingsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Many U.S. farmers have evolved under free trade and grown dependent on exporting food. With tariffs already impacting the cost of U.S. exports, how will farmers handle renewed changes in trade policy?This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, White House correspondent Asma Khalid, and national correspondent Kirk Siegler.The podcast is produced by Bria Suggs & Kelli Wessinger and edited by Casey Morell. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Many U.S. office workers have gotten used to hybrid or remote work in the past few years. These arrangements changed where people live and added flexibility to their schedules. But now, the trend seems to be reversing – some companies are wanting people back in the office five days a week, and President Trump said federal employees need to end remote work, too. Drew Goins, Molly Roberts and Heather Long discuss how the balance of power between employers and their workers is shifting, and whether our cities and our lives can really go back to the way they were. Additional reading by Post columnists: Heather Long: Who will follow Amazon back into the office?Catherine Rampell: Return-to-work mandates are an invisible pay cut Subscribe to The Washington Post here.

Now that President Donald Trump has retaken the White House and is shaking up Washington with an onslaught of executive orders and controversial nominees for his Cabinet, correspondent Lesley Stahl profiles the longest-serving Senate party leader, Mitch McConnell, on his life, legacy and what he will do next since stepping down from Senate leadership. Tariffs were a signature of President Trump's campaign and are now part of his economic agenda promising to protect American trade and recover manufacturing jobs. Correspondent Scott Pelley interviews Robert Lighthizer, the top trade negotiator during Trump's first term who continues to be an informal advisor and confidant of the president. Last year, the Veterans Administration announced it would begin funding clinical trials to explore the use of psychedelic drugs for treating post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and addiction. However, these trials are small, and even if successful, it will likely be years before veterans can access psychedelics at the VA. Many U.S. veterans struggling with PTSD aren't waiting. Thousands of veterans are traveling overseas seeking relief at psychedelic retreats where these substances are legal to use, mostly in indigenous ceremonies. Correspondent Anderson Cooper follows nine veterans on a psychedelic journey to the west coast of Mexico, where they hope to find healing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the 5 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Mercedes Schlapp: Airport officials say Reagan Airport will be closed at least until 11 am today. Dulles & BWI are not impacted.U.S. Figure Skating confirms several team members were aboard American Airlines Flight 5342 Many U.S. Figure Skating Championship contestants and coaches are believed to have been on the crashed jet (The Star)American Airlines flight 5342 midair crash Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile, and @heatherhunterdc. Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Thursday, January 30, 2025 / 5 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, you'll learn the answer to the eighteenth possible question on your U.S. Citizenship Civics Test, "How many U.S. Senators are there?" In addition to the question and answer, Andrea will provide a brief history lesson as well to help you understand the question and answer.As you prepare for your U.S. Citizenship Test, you can download my "Audio Pack", which includes all 100 civics lessons, a Citizenship Guide, and Audio Flash Cards for easy memorization of all 100 questions & answers at StudyWithAndrea.com/USA.#USCitizenship, #CitizenshipTest, #NaturalizationTest, #USHistory, #CivicsTest, #USGovernment, #CitizenshipPreparation, #ImmigrationServices, #NewAmericans, #USCitizenshipTestQuestions, #USCitizenshipStudyMaterials, #CitizenshipTraining, #USALearning, #CitizenshipResources, #AmericanHistory, #USConstitution, #BranchesOfGovernment, #RightsAndResponsibilities, #USSymbols,Join our exclusive webinar on November 21, 2024, to learn proven strategies for acing the TOEFL test! Discover expert tips on mastering each section, improving your test-taking skills, and boosting your confidence. Whether you're aiming for a high score or looking for last-minute advice, this session has you covered. Register now at www.EnglishEveryDay.com/TOEFL and take your TOEFL prep to the next level! Join us on November 21, 2024, for an exclusive webinar packed with strategies to help you ace the TOEFL test! Gain valuable insights on each section, boost your confidence, and refine your test-taking skills. Whether you're aiming for a top score or seeking last-minute guidance, this session is for you. Secure your spot today at www.EnglishEveryDay.com/TOEFL and elevate your TOEFL prep! Support the show

In some cases, people may forgo food or medicine to pay their energy bills.  Learn more at https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/ 

This Day in Legal History: Great Chicago FireOn October 8, 1871, the Great Chicago Fire ignited, marking one of the most devastating urban disasters in U.S. history. The fire burned for two days, fueled by dry conditions and wooden structures that dominated the cityscape. It destroyed over three square miles of Chicago, killing around 300 people and leaving 100,000 residents homeless. In the aftermath, the catastrophe highlighted the dangers of poor urban planning and inadequate fire-prevention measures.The devastation led to a complete overhaul of building codes and fire safety regulations. Chicago introduced stricter fire-resistant building requirements, mandating the use of materials like brick, stone, and iron instead of wood for new construction. The city also improved its firefighting infrastructure, investing in modernized equipment and more efficient water systems.These reforms had a ripple effect across the country, influencing urban development nationwide. Many U.S. cities adopted similar codes, fundamentally reshaping fire safety standards. Today, much of modern building regulations, including fire codes that require sprinkler systems and fireproof materials, can trace their origins back to the lessons learned from the Great Chicago Fire of October 8, 1871. The event is a lasting reminder of how disasters can drive lasting legal and regulatory changes.The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments over whether a federal court can continue to oversee a consumer class action against Royal Canin and Purina after the plaintiffs amended their lawsuit to remove federal claims. The case involves claims from pet owners who argue that the companies misled them into believing prescription pet food was required and conspired to inflate prices. Initially filed in Missouri state court, the case moved to federal court after Purina's request. The companies' attorney, Katie Wellington, argued that federal jurisdiction should remain despite changes to the lawsuit, citing Congress's codification of supplemental jurisdiction principles. However, justices like Elena Kagan and Chief Justice John Roberts expressed skepticism, questioning whether a prior version of the lawsuit, no longer relevant, should dictate jurisdiction. Both seemed to support the companies argument initially but appeared to reconsider after hearing from the consumers' attorney, Ashley Keller, who maintained that the Eighth Circuit correctly returned the case to state court.The case's procedural history, including its back-and-forth between courts, complicates the jurisdictional question. The justices appeared to struggle with balancing precedents and whether altering the claims should impact the court where the case is heard. The broader question hinges on civil procedure and jurisdiction when a lawsuit is amended post-removal from state to federal court.The concept of supplemental jurisdiction, which allows federal courts to retain jurisdiction over state law claims if a case initially involves federal claims, even if the federal issues are later removed is central to the companies' argument.Supreme Court Wrestles With Venue in Prescription Pet Food FightFTX has received court approval to begin repaying billions of dollars to customers after its bankruptcy plan was approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John Dorsey. The plan allows FTX to use up to $16.5 billion in recovered assets to repay customers affected by the crypto exchange's collapse. Under the plan, 98% of customers with claims of $50,000 or less will be repaid within 60 days of the plan's activation. FTX's bankruptcy was triggered by founder Sam Bankman-Fried's misappropriation of customer funds to cover risky bets made by his hedge fund, Alameda Research. Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison, and FTX has been recovering assets ever since.FTX will prioritize customer repayments over claims from U.S. government agencies like the IRS and Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The company has worked with global liquidators and settled various disputes to move forward with repayments. Some customers, however, are unhappy with the repayment structure, citing the rise in cryptocurrency prices since 2022, which they feel should be reflected in their recovery amounts. Despite these objections, FTX argues that it is not feasible to return the same crypto assets, as they were largely misappropriated.FTX cleared to repay billions to customers after bankruptcy plan approval | ReutersThe EPA has finalized the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI), mandating an accelerated replacement of lead service lines in drinking water systems. The new rule requires replacing 10% of lead pipes annually over a decade, up from the previous 3%, with the process beginning in 2027. The EPA estimates that up to 9 million lead pipes remain in use across the U.S., posing significant health risks, especially to children. The rule also lowers the lead action level in drinking water from 0.015 to 0.010 milligrams per liter, triggering faster public notifications and filter distribution when lead is detected.The effort is backed by $15 billion from the 2021 infrastructure law, along with additional funding from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. It closes loopholes allowing extended replacement times and pressures homeowners to replace privately owned lead pipes. The rule reflects the Biden administration's emphasis on clean water as a priority, though legal challenges to the LCRI are expected. EPA Administrator Michael Regan reiterated that no level of lead in drinking water is safe due to its severe health impacts.EPA to Finalize Mass Lead Drinking Water Pipe Replacement PlanAnd in my column for Bloomberg this week, I talk a bit about a favorite bugbear of mine: film production tax incentives.California is losing its dominance in the film industry as productions move to other states and countries offering more attractive tax incentives. While expanding California's film tax credits might seem like an immediate solution, this approach could worsen the competition among states, leading to a "race to the bottom" in offering incentives. Instead, the state should focus on long-term solutions such as investing in infrastructure, green initiatives, and workforce development. These investments would create lasting economic benefits, rather than the temporary boosts provided by film tax credits.Tax credits for film productions have proven costly, with minimal sustained economic impact. Jobs created during productions are often short-lived, and sometimes the credits are sold, benefiting entities with no connection to the state. In contrast, California could use tax incentives to build shared production facilities and promote eco-friendly practices, lowering production costs and attracting filmmakers.Additionally, tying tax credits to workforce development through partnerships with educational institutions could create a skilled labor force within California. This would help sustain the industry locally while reducing the state's reliance on temporary incentives to compete with other regions. By investing in long-term infrastructure and labor, California can rebuild its film industry more sustainably. California Should Look Beyond Film Tax Credits to Boost Industry This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

Mike explains how the southern border crisis has stretched to cities far away from it.

In this episode, you'll learn the answer to the eighteenth possible question on your U.S. Citizenship Civics Test, "How many U.S. Senators are there?" In addition to the question and answer, Andrea will provide a brief history lesson as well to help you understand the question and answer.As you prepare for your U.S. Citizenship Test, you can download my "Audio Pack", which includes all 100 civics lessons, a Citizenship Guide, and Audio Flash Cards for easy memorization of all 100 questions & answers at StudyWithAndrea.com/USA.Support the Show.

In this episode, you'll learn the answer to the eighteenth possible question on your U.S. Citizenship Civics Test, "How many U.S. Senators are there?" In addition to the question and answer, Andrea will provide a brief history lesson as well to help you understand the question and answer.As you prepare for your U.S. Citizenship Test, you can download my "Audio Pack", which includes all 100 civics lessons, a Citizenship Guide, and Audio Flash Cards for easy memorization of all 100 questions & answers at StudyWithAndrea.com/USA.Support the Show.

Randy Tift, Former USAID Chief A&A Policy Officer, joins Mike Shanley as co-host, along with guest Michael Metzler, Executive Director of USAID's Private Sector Engagement (PSE) Hub. As the first formalized private sector engagement office, USAID is the longest running donor in the space. USAID's influence continues to evolve, especially as more U.S. foreign assistance professionals are shifting their focus towards the local development of communities and engaging in the private sector space. With this shift comes the need for new policies and strategies necessary to streamline future projects and to support complex relationships between USAID and private sectors. This impactful discussion focuses on USAID's Private Sector Engagement's (PSE) priorities and progress, learning from PSE USAID projects, PSE and localization, and USAID and impact investing.  IN THIS EPISODE: [3:53] Michael Metzler gives a rundown of the history of USAID's Private Sector Engagement. [7:00] What inspired USAID to shift their focus to the commercial interests of their private sector partners and how has this shift benefited USAID and their private partners?  [12:44] Michael touches on why USAID is such a great resource for private sectors and local partners trying to establish themselves to tap into.  [15:00] Randy introduces PSE Modernize, the overarching term for several initiatives that USAID has launched to track the agency's private sector partnerships, and to bring data to bear for USAID planners, both in the missions and in DC. This has brought more order to managing PSE partners, resulting in a real system for customer relationship management and knowledge management. Michael shares his thoughts on the launch. [23:00] Michael discusses Compass, the Salesforce-based enterprise customer relationship management system that USAID is preparing to launch. He also touches on the staff that will be running and implementing Compass.  [28:25] Randy asks Michael how USAID will engage with companies that work through supply chains, that cross borders, or work across sectors and industries? How will USAID incentivize the support for those complex relationships with their workforce? [34:00] Discussion of the A&A Strategy and the Private Sector Engagement Policy, both launched in December of 2018. What has been accomplished and learned throughout the years since these launches? [42:00] Michael touches on the Unlock Aid Organization.  [45:43] How has USAID developed and updated their systems to better assist local partners and private sectors?  [52:38] Randy inquires about the continuing role of nongovernmental organizations and nonprofits in private sector engagement and relationships with the Development Finance Corporation. [58:30] Michael touches on the Edge Fund and why it was created. KEY TAKEAWAYS:  Many U.S. foreign assistance professionals disagreed on the importance of  engaging with multinational corporations, and even local firms, whose primary motive is mere profit. But there's really been a major shift in terms of the development community and engaging the private sector.  USAID founded the first formalized private sector engagement office in 2000 with the intention to formalize an approach and its thinking around engaging with the private sector. The Private Sector Engagement Policy and the A&A Strategy, both firsts of their kind, were both released in December of 2018. Michael reflects on that time period and what the resulting awards have accomplished. When the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) was created, there was a significant hole in the agency in terms of its ability to transact. Thus, the Mission Transaction Unit was created to allow for the transaction that USAID brings into the DFC. QUOTES: “Focusing on the actual commercial interests of our private sector partners is not only a good thing to do, it's an absolutely necessary thing to do. In fact, we went further than that and said, it's actually a history of how we are going to do development into the future. So out of that recognition came the first ever PSE policy for the agency, and, if you read the policy, you will see that it presents a very bold vision.” - Michael Metzler “USAID has one of the best networks in the business community, as well as a wide team of experts in all technical areas. These are areas that private sectors would like to tap into. USAID has some of the best reputations and the best connections with government officials that can be leveraged. For a company that's coming from the outside that is trying to establish themselves, that is gold.” - Michael Metzler “It's remarkable for partners to know that for any private sector engagement concern, they can find out who those people are. For various reasons, including security, most technical leads for health or food security are not listed, you have to do research to find out who they are. But with PSE, you know who they are, it's public.” - Randy Tift “Localization, I also read as not just localized within the countries themselves, but actually engaging these smaller businesses that do struggle to break into larger contracts.” - Michael Metzler RESOURCES: Aid Market Podcast  Mike Shanley - LinkedIn Randy Tift - LinkedIn BIOGRAPHIES: Michael Metzler, Executive Director, USAID Private Sector Engagement Hub: Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator Michael Metzler oversees IPI's Private Sector Engagement Hub, the Center for Economics and Market Development, and manages the Agency's relationship with the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. Mr. Metzler was previously the Executive Director of IPI's Private Sector Engagement (PSE) Hub.  Previously, Mr. Metzler was the Director of USAID's Development Credit Authority (DCA)  in which he successfully led efforts that mobilized over $6 billion of new financing for development projects in over 80 countries. He was also a leading Agency voice on the development of the BUILD Act, which created the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and managed the successful merger of the DCA office and program into the DFC. Prior to his DCA work, Mr. Metzler served as the Director of USAID's Economic Growth Office in Serbia, where he managed a diverse portfolio of projects focused on regulatory reform, local economic development, agriculture, enterprise competitiveness and economic security. Mr. Metzler has also served as a special assistant and adviser to several USAID administrators on issues related to financial markets, macroeconomic policy and regulatory reform. Before joining USAID, he was the director of a national house-building program for Habitat for Humanity International and served in the U.S. Peace Corps in Nepal. Mr. Metzler is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, where he studied development finance and economics.   Randy Tift, Former USAID Chief A&A Policy Officer: J. Randall (Randy) Tift is an advisor / consultant to international development organizations. He led a USAID reform initiative in 2017-21. Previously, he served on US Congressional staff, in field-based operations in global development, and as a policy manager in international affairs focused on relief and development, democracy, human rights, and national security. At USAID Randy served as Chief Acquisition and Assistance Policy Officer and as Senior Leader Champion for USAID's Effective Partnering and Procurement Reform (EPPR). EPPR established reforms in program cycle, partnering approaches and delivery mechanisms for more than $20 billion in annual USAID funding. Through EPPR and the New Partnerships Initiative, USAID continues to advance locally-led development, adaptive and collaborative programming, and diversification of the USAID partner base. From 2006-2017, Randy was Senior Adviser and Senior Director for Policy at World Vision. In this role, Randy managed WV policy engagement with US executive branch agencies in crisis response, operational risk, program effectiveness in fragile states, civil society strengthening, human rights, counter-terrorism, and other issues affecting WV brand, mission, and message. He coordinated US donor support for field programs promoting local advocacy and policy change as a critical driver of development outcomes in over 40 countries. From 1995-2006, Randy managed international development programs in the Balkans. As Chief of Party in Serbia, he managed the $50 million USAID Community Revitalization through Democratic Action (CRDA) program, supporting post-conflict civic participation, economic growth and income generation, stabilization and reconstruction assistance to Serbia. Randy also served as USAID Senior Adviser for Democracy and Governance in Romania, managing a portfolio of a dozen US and local implementing partners building coalitions for reform, promoting programs to remove barriers to free enterprise and economic growth, supporting independent media, and strengthening Romanian democratic institutions. Earlier, Randy served as coordinator of the US Congressional assistance program in the Romanian Parliament.

How do we protect ourselves from a corrupt Supreme Court? How can the gerrymandering crisis be stopped? What were the Founding Fathers thinking? Can the American Experiment survive?    Ari Berman of Mother Jones stops by Gaslit Nation to discuss his new book Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It. Berman shares insights into the troubling compromises that made the U.S. Constitution, the Koch-funded far-right plan to turn America into a dictatorship, GOP laboratories of autocracy in swing states like Wisconsin, what an American dictatorship would look like, and how to avoid that fate this November and beyond.   This week's bonus show includes a look at the growing campus protests over Israel's genocide in Gaza, Republican "free speech" hypocrisy, the need for radical self-care to build movements, and Ari Berman's take on the Gaslit Nation Self-Care Q&A, leading to some surprising answers. To get access to our bonus shows and invites to exclusive events, receive all episodes ad-free, and more, be sure to subscribe at the Truth-teller level or higher on Patreon.com/Gaslit! Thank you to everyone who supports the show – we could not make Gaslit Nation without you!   To our Patreon community, the Gaslit Nation Make Art Workshop: The Business Side of Things will publish, along with the transcript, the morning of Saturday May 4th! In the meantime, check out our Art is Survival chat group to connect with other artists in our community of listeners!   Show Notes:   Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People--And the Fight to Resist It by Ari Berman https://bookshop.org/p/books/minority-rule-ari-berman/19994801?ean=9780374600211   Opening Clip: Historian Timothy Snyder schools Marjorie Taylor Greene  https://twitter.com/rshereme/status/1781337606808060042   Clip: Medhi Hasan to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: "What do you say to a young progressive or an Arab-American who says to you, 'I just can't vote for Biden again after what he's enabled in Gaza.'?” https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1781120448186462407   Havana Syndrome evidence suggests who may be responsible for mysterious brain injuries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdPSD1SUYCY   Havana Syndrome mystery continues as a lead military investigator says bar for proof was set impossibly high https://www.cbsnews.com/news/havana-syndrome-culprit-investigation-new-evidence-60-minutes-transcript/   Havana syndrome: Report links mystery illness to Russian intelligence unit https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68706317   Havana Syndrome: The History Behind the Mystery https://www.fpri.org/article/2024/04/havana-syndrome-the-history-behind-the-mystery/   Russia Is Buying Politicians in Europe. Is It Happening Here Too? A former CIA officer explains how a vast, pro-Putin corruption network uncovered in Europe is a warning sign for the U.S. https://newrepublic.com/article/180630/russia-corruption-network-europe-buying-politicians-america   Europe—but Not NATO—Should Send Troops to Ukraine To Halt Russia's Advance, Kyiv Needs More Boots on the Ground https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/europe-not-nato-should-send-troops-ukraine   Anne Applebaum: “The pro-Russian caucus inside the GOP was defeated on Saturday, and with it Putin's dream of quickly occupying Ukraine. Now the US and Europe need to seize the moment to win, and end, the war” https://twitter.com/anneapplebaum/status/1782206525144015039   Netanyahu Resists U.S. Plan to Cut Off Aid to Israeli Military Unit: After months of inaction, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is poised to bar U.S. aid to an Israeli unit accused of human rights abuses https://www.propublica.org/article/netanyahu-resists-blinken-plan-sanction-against-israeli-military-unit   More than 200 bodies found in mass grave at Nasser Hospital in Gaza https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/more-than-200-bodies-found-in-mass-grave-at-nasser-hospital-in-gaza   With Whom are Many U.S. Police Departments Training? With a Chronic Human Rights Violator – Israel https://www.amnestyusa.org/updates/with-whom-are-many-u-s-police-departments-training-with-a-chronic-human-rights-violator-israel/   What to know about the U.N. vote on whether to admit Palestinians as full members https://www.wpr.org/news/what-to-know-about-the-u-n-vote-on-whether-to-admit-palestinians-as-full-members   David Rothkopf of Deep State Radio: “I'm a Jew-loving Jew. Anti-Semitism is never ok. Here's what is not anti-Semitism: Peaceful protest, criticism of the Israeli government, calling for an independent Palestine, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, using the term apartheid to describe Israel, questioning Zionism.” https://twitter.com/djrothkopf/status/1782406544287482221   How Johnson came to embrace Ukraine aid and defy his right flank https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/21/politics/ukraine-aid-mike-johnson-house-speaker-israel-taiwan/index.html   These 112 House Republicans voted against Ukraine aid https://www.businessinsider.com/which-house-republicans-voted-against-ukraine-russia-aid-2024-4   US House passes $95 billion Ukraine, Israel aid package, sends to Senate https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-vote-long-awaited-95-billion-ukraine-israel-aid-package-2024-04-20/   Congress passes bill that could unlock billions in frozen Russian assets for Ukraine More than $6 billion of the $300 billion in frozen Russian assets are sitting in U.S. banks. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/house-vote-billions-dollars-russian-government-money-sitting-us-banks-rcna148671   Mike Johnson's Campaign Contributions From Company Tied to Russia https://www.newsweek.com/house-speaker-mike-johnson-donations-russia-butina-1838501   CIA chief Pompeo met with sanctioned Russian spies, officials confirm https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/01/politics/pompeo-russian-spies-meeting/index.html#:~:text=CIA%20Director%20Mike%20Pompeo%20did,direct%20knowledge%20of%20the%20meetings.   Pompeo on releasing 5,000 prisoners in Afghanistan in deal with the Taliban https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/567924-pompeo-says-trump-administration-didnt-take-the-words-of-taliban/   Mike Pompeo is a Russia hawk, which could be a problem for his friend Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/editorial/opinion--mike-pompeo-is-a-russia-hawk-which-could-be-a-problem-for-his-friend-trump/2018/03/15/138aae70-288b-11e8-a227-fd2b009466bc_video.html   Father of Koch Brothers Helped Build Nazi Oil Refinery, Book Says https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/12/us/politics/father-of-koch-brothers-helped-build-nazi-oil-refinery-book-says.html  

In this episode, you'll learn the answer to the eighteenth possible question on your U.S. Citizenship Civics Test, "How many U.S. Senators are there?" In addition to the question and answer, Andrea will provide a brief history lesson as well to help you understand the question and answer.As you prepare for your U.S. Citizenship Test, you can download my "Audio Pack", which includes all 100 civics lessons, a Citizenship Guide, and Audio Flash Cards for easy memorization of all 100 questions & answers at StudyWithAndrea.com/USA.Support the show

Is your money making you more money? If it's not, you are harnessing the power of our next financial term, "compound interest." In this episode, we brought in book author and financial expert Brian Feroldi to explain to us how compound interest works. Not understanding this term could cost us all big bucks down the road. Don't miss out and listen in to find out how money, makes money, makes money in this episode of the Cash Kid Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Transcript Welcome back Cash Kids! Alright, I’m going to get serious… listen up. We’ve hit on many financial terms this season already. But today. Today’s term is one that many, many, lose lots of money without even realizing it because they don’t understand how it works. If we Cash Kids can understand the power of “compound interest” early in life… guess what, we’ll have more later in life. And I’ve got a great financial expert and book author here to break it all down for us. Brian Feroldi is the author of the book, “Why Does the Stock Market Go Up?” We loved this book in our house and Brian agreed to come on the show to talk about it. Stay tuned, please… it’s a matter of big bucks down the road. The Cash Kid Podcast is underway! Intro tease: So you’ve got some cash. Maybe from an allowance, or that money your grandma gave you for your 7th birthday. Here you go, sweetie. Thanks, Grandma. Whatever it is, what are you going to do with it? Spend it, hide it away… or maybe invest it? Let’s start learning how to make that money grow. Time to learn how to be a cash kid. So joining us today is Mr. Brian Feroldi. Brian is a financial educator, podcaster, YouTuber, speaker, writer and author. Mr. Brian’s vision is to spread financial wellness, which is exactly what us Cash Kids need. Welcome to the show Brian. And first off, tell us a little bit about yourself. Brian Feroldi: Well, thank you for having me. It is a true honor to be here. I myself graduated from college in 2004 and I really put that down as the mark of the start of my money journey. Prior to that, I was taught absolutely nothing about about money growing up, despite graduating with a degree in business. I was taught next to nothing about personal finances. I was taught next to nothing about the stock market, about compound interest, about the basic principles of spend less than you earn, invest the difference, and grow your wealth. Now, after college, my dad handed me a copy of a very popular book back in 2004 called The Rich Dad Poor Dad, by Robert Kiyosaki. And that book was the first book I ever read that opened my eyes up to the idea that anybody can build wealth. Anybody can become wealthy in one generation. And importantly, rich people think differently about money than middle class people, and poor people do. And that book opened my eyes to the power of compound interest, introduced me to people like Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch. And that really kickstarted a love affair with everything related to money, personal finance and investing that continues to this day. So for the last 20 years since I launched that book, I have been doing everything in my power to educate myself and take that information, to educate other people about how to do better with their money. Cash Kid: All right. That's amazing. So first off, tell us about your book, “Why does the stock market go up?” Brian Feroldi: So I have been voraciously reading books about money and investing for, again, the last 20 years. One question that I always had about investing in the stock market is that lots of books I read essentially said the same thing. The stock market is the greatest wealth creation machine ever. The stock market grows at a compound annual growth rate of about 10% per year. And every time the stock market crashes, don't worry, that's the time to buy. The stock market will always come back. I bought that hook line and sinker. However, I didn't understand a fundamental question despite reading those great books. And that was I could see the long term chart that showed the U.S. stock market going up and to the right continually for decade after decade. But it was never explained to me why that happens. And I was always taught as a kid, what goes up must come down. So every time the stock market crashed, as it did in the year 2000, as it did in the year 2008, as it did in the year 2020, I always thought, Well, that's it. It's crashing. Why on earth would this stock market come back and continue on to a new high? So I wanted to answer that question fundamentally for myself and really get into the crux of why. Why does the stock market go up? So that was the that was the reason that I wrote the book, is that no such book like that existed. Cash Kid: Yeah. You cover a lot of topics in your book, but today we want to refocus on the financial term, compound interest. What would be the basic definition for compound interest? Brian Feroldi: Well, I think Benjamin Franklin has the best definition of compound interest ever. And he said money makes money, and that money makes money. And that money makes money. That's the simplest way to describe compound interest. It's the idea that if you can invest your money and grow it on a percentage basis over time, the interest that you earn on your money earns interest itself, which earns interest itself. And the net effect of that is that the total amount of wealth that you have grows at a faster and faster rate over time. To take a really simple example, let's pretend we invested $1,000 in the stock market and we earned 10% per year. Well, after one year we'd have $1,000 of our initial principal, plus $100 in gains. Then if we did that one more year, we would have $1,210 in gains. That extra $10 is interest on our interest from year one. And if you play that forward year after year, the interest that you earn on your interest actually becomes a bigger figure than the initial amount that you invested. Cash Kid: Yeah. So what do you think people most likely misunderstand about this topic? Brian Feroldi: Yeah, it's one of the hardest things for our brains to wrap their head around is the long term effects of compound interest. One of the most famous investors of all time is a guy named Warren Buffett. If anybody has ever heard of him, Warren Buffett is one of the ten richest people on Earth. He's worth over $100 billion. And what makes Warren Buffett so unique? He's the only one of the only people on the rich list of the richest 100 American people in the world that got there primarily through investing. Warren Buffett is 93 years old. And again, he's worth over $100 billion. And what's so fascinating about that is that 99%, 99% of his net worth came after he turned 55. 99%. So when he was 30 years old, he was probably only worth a couple of million dollars. A lot of money in absolute terms, but that's not a hundred plus billion dollars. So humans have a hard, hard time conceptualizing how big numbers can get after you multiply them out over a period of time. I have a really quick riddle to showcase this in principle. Centuries ago in China, somebody asked the King for a very simple, very simple favor. He said, Take out a chess board. Okay. And on the first and the first checker, I want one grain of rice. And all I want you to do is double the grains of rice for each piece on the chess board. And the king thought about it for a second, and he didn't agree to it because while it started out one grain of rice that doubled the two, that doubled to four, that doubled to eight. By the time you got to the end, it was more than all of the all of the rice in the entire world could produce combined. So that's really hard for our brains to conceptualize that things get bigger over time when they compound. Cash Kid: Yeah. So how does the stock market compound? Brian Feroldi: Yeah. So if you look back historically at the returns of the United States stock market, as represented by something called the S&P 500, the long term returns of the market are about 10% per year, meaning that your money compounds at about 10% per year. How does how does that happen? There's a couple of factors that cause that 10% compounding to occur. Thing number one is population growth. Each year the population of the United States and the world grows by about 1 to 2% percent. Not an absolute number like a million or 10 million. On a percentage basis, the population gets 1 to 2% bigger. That means that there are 1 to 2% more consumers each year around the globe that are buying goods and services from companies. Second, each year, American companies get 1 to 2% more productive. Product productivity is an interesting word. What that basically means is that we can produce the same or more goods or services with fewer and fewer inputs. So think about 40 years ago. Were there any robots or were there any computers in manufacturing? No. But if you look at factories today, here's lots of robots and there's lots of computers. Which makes productivity go up dramatically. So we can create more and more goods with fewer and fewer inputs in any given year. It's the differences are subtle. 1 to 2%. But when you grow that over a period of years, that leads to huge gains in the profit of profits of companies. The third thing is something called inflation, and that is just when products and services get more expensive on a dollar basis over time, that that's about a1 to 2 percent. And the final one I'll throw out there is global expansion. Each year, hundreds of millions of people go around the world, go from being in the poverty state or being very, very poor to being middle class. As their wealth increases, they can buy more and more goods from companies around around the world. So that increases the total pie that companies can go after. So each of these things are small, very, very small, almost in imperceptible in any given year. But when you add them up together and when you grow them over a long periods of time, that increases company profits at a compounding rate, which in turn increases the stock market at a compounding rate. Cash Kid: Couldn’t have said it better myself. Let's bring in another term and that's a dividend. What is a dividend? Brian Feroldi: Dividends are a wonderful thing to to to learn about. Every year, American businesses or lots of businesses around the world. They make a profit. A profit is simply what revenue you make minus all of your costs of the business. Businesses exist primarily to generate profits. What those companies do with those profits is entirely up to the companies. There's lots of things that they can do with the profits that they make. They can reinvest in themselves and hire more engineers, build more factories, open up new new geographies. They can pay off debt if they've borrowed money. They can reduce the amount of debt that they have. They can buy other businesses. That's called an acquisition. They can repurchase their own stock from the investors. The final thing they can do is if they have no better use of that money, they can just give it directly, give that cash that profits back to their shareholders. And when they do that, that is that is called a dividend. And you can think of a dividend. Kind of like the way you think of the interest rate on a bank account. You put your money into a bank and the bank pays you 5% interest. Well, if you have $100 in there, you're going to make $5 per year in an interest income with a stock instead of calling it the interest rate. We call it the dividend yield, and that is the cash payments that you get for every every hundred dollars that you have invested in a stock. So a dividend is very similar to interest from a bank. Cash Kid: Yeah. Now, how do dividends play a role in compound interest? Brian Feroldi: If you look back historically, dividends have played a huge role in how the stock market returns that 10% per year. Those other factors that I listed before, such as inflation, productivity, population growth and premiumization around the world, those account for about 6 to 8% of the 10% that investors earn on their money over time. Dividends have historically accounted for about 2 to 4% of that total return. So dividends are actually a really critical component of a way that investors can get that 10% compounded return as the cash comes in through owning dividend paying stocks. Those dividends are reinvested back into the company to buy more shares. So dividends are a really, really important way to generate compounding wealth in the stock market. Cash Kid: In your book you said like I forgot the guy's name, but it's like he invested 400. Was it per month? Brian Feroldi: Absolutely. I have a really simple example of a guy named Aaron. It's a fictional character in my book who invests $100 per week into the stock market. And you're right. The difference between if Aaron took the money out, if he spent the dividends that he had versus reinvested the dividends. It doesn't seem like that much in any given year, just like 2 to 3% spending versus reinvesting. But over a long period of time, it actually leads to millions, millions of extra dollars in your bank account. Cash Kid: Yeah. What should kids my age understand about the impact of compound interest in early investing? Brian Feroldi: Yeah. I am a huge fan of teaching. Teaching these kind of concepts in school. I would highly suggest that every kid out there go to the internet and type in compound interest calculator and do a simple calculation of what $100 invested in the stock market $100 a month could become if you invested it for ten years, for 20 years. For 30 years, for 40 years and more. A lot of people's eyes really open up when you showcase that a small amount of money invested consistently into an asset that compounds can literally become millions of dollars in their lifetime. And the best way to take advantage of that is to start shen you are young. T he younger you can start the, the more time you have on your side and the bigger your wealth can grow. So I wish that I could teach every kid in America or every kid in the world the power of compound interest. Cash Kid: Yeah, you say on the front cover of your book that this book has everything you should have been taught about investing in school, but weren’t. So what's your thought on the access of the amount of financial education or information provided right now? Brian Feroldi: When I was a kid. I was in school primarily in the eighties and nineties. Financial literacy or teaching these basic concepts was essentially nonexistent. And to be fair, it was never part of the school's criteria. So a lot of the teachers out there themselves weren't taught these basics financial concepts. I think it should absolutely be mandatory. Mandatory that you should learn about basics of personal finance, basics of investing before you graduate from high school. And I think you should be taught these basic principles starting in elementary school. They should be reinforced in middle school, and they should be really reinforced in high school and throughout college. Now, the good news there is that there is progress on this front. Many U.S. states now require that people take personal finance lessons before they graduate from college in my home state of Rhode Island. This bill, this was actually introduced just a few years ago that high school students must take a personal finance class before they can graduate. Dozens of other states have also followed suit. I would love it if it was instituted at the federal level, but until that happens, it's every parent's responsibility to make sure their kids are taught sound investing and money principles before they head off on their own. Cash Kid: Yeah, I mean, like, that's why we're here right now doing this interview, just to be able to reach more kids and teach them about compound interest. Is there anything we haven't asked you that you want to share with our audience? Brian Feroldi: Well, I think that you've done a fabulous job reading the book, researching and answering questions. And I think that what you are doing with the Cash Kids podcast is really, really fantastic. So I would say you did an excellent job covering the covering the basics, and I would really encourage people to go back and listen to your other podcasts too, so they can educate themselves. Cash Kid: And maybe last and a quick answer. What's at stake by not understanding compound interest? Brian Feroldi: The answer there is unfortunately, your financial future. If you can understand the power of compound compound interest, you can in one generation go from being born poor or middle class to ending as ending as a rich a rich person. And like it or not, money affects every aspect of our lives. It affects where you live. It affects the education you can get. It affects whether you can go on vacation. What kind of life experiences you have, what kind of automobile you can have if you can have health insurance or not. So money is the fuel that enables you to have a great life. So money impacts your life whether you want it to or not. And if you can learn about compound interest in harness is power. You can make money. You can have all the money you will ever need in your life. Cash Kid: Yeah. Mr. Brian Feroldi we appreciate your time and expertise. Please check out his book called “Why Does the Stock Market Go Up?” on Amazon. And Brian has created a website called https://stockinvesting.school/. And if you go there, he has a free five-day email-based course that you can enroll in. And over the course of five days he’ll teach you a lot of the basics that are covered in his book for free. Cash Kids, we have more terms, discussions, and skills to learn. Thank you for tuning in to this episode. If you have a question, please, reach out to me at cashkidspodcast@gmail.com and I’ll answer it in a future episode. You can also reach out via our website at cashkidpodcast.com. Follow us on Instagram and wherever you are listening, leave a review! We need your help reaching a larger audience and building the financial skills of the next generation. Cash Kid, out!

The Dudes dive into the non-fiction book, Hope of the Wicked: The Master Plan to Rule the World by author Ted Flynn. This book is 550 pages of information about the multi-century development of the politically charged and often cited New World Order. There is a spiritual battle going on throughout our world that has been happening since the dawn of time and is culminating in our global political theater. In Chapter 5, The Dudes discuss the mysterious Council on Foreign Relations' origins, spin-offs, control over the mainstream media and power base. Many people have called the Council a "Secret Government" that is actually running the United States of America. Founded in 1921, the roots of the Council date back to major US political players during the World War I era. Many U.S. Government leaders were involved in it's creation. The same influential families are well connected throughout the history of the Council. What a tangled web they weave.Follow us on Social Media! Like/Subscribe/Share!MerchandiseSponsor: Warriors for Freedom[INTRO/OUTRO]“Stomp It Away” by Silent Partner is licensed under CC-BY-NC 2.5“Ever Felt pt 2” by Otis McDonald is licensed under CC-BY-NC 2.5

In this episode, you'll learn the answer to the eighteenth possible question on your U.S. Citizenship Civics Test, "How many U.S. Senators are there?" In addition to the question and answer, Andrea will provide a brief history lesson as well to help you understand the question and answer.As you prepare for your U.S. Citizenship Test, you can download my "Audio Pack", which includes all 100 civics lessons, a Citizenship Guide, and Audio Flash Cards for easy memorization of all 100 questions & answers at StudyWithAndrea.com/USA.Support the show

Many U.S. military establishment bigwigs are pushing the development of automated and autonomous weapons systems. Roberto González questions whether this robo-fanaticism, as he calls it, is justified. He also describes efforts to address human warfighters' distrust of machines. (Encore presentation.) Roberto J. González, War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future University of California Press, 2022 The post Automated Warfare appeared first on KPFA.

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In 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. said, “It is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is 11 o'clock on Sunday morning.” Not much has changed since. However, if the Church is supposed to be a place where we learn how to empathize with others, if it's supposed to reflect Heaven, then the Church ought to be the most integrated institution? In continuation of our series on “One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church,” Justin Hibbard surveys the broad diversity of the Catholic Church. Subscribe to Why Catholic? wherever you get your podcasts.Check out the Why Catholic Etsy shop (all proceeds support this podcast).Become a free subscriber or a patron of Why Catholic? and get the next episode and a discount code to the Why Catholic Etsy shop in your email inbox.Follow Why Catholic on Instagram.Subscribe to Why Catholic on YouTubeLike what you hear? Leave a 5-star rating and a comment on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.SHOW NOTES:* Full body cam footage of George Floyd arrest (Viewer Discretion Advised)* Demonstrations and Political Violence in America: New Data for Summer 2020 - ACLED* Martin Luther King Jr. on Meet the Press (1960)* Many U.S. congregations are still racially segregated, but things are changing - Pew Research* List of Popes by Country* Who Will be the Next Pope? 8 Main Candidates - Italy Start* World Youth Day 2023* Catholic Religious Orders* Hope for the Future of Ecumenicism by John Coleman - America, the Jesuit Review* Black Catholics' Experience of Segregation - Catholic Standard* What Must Never Be Forgotten by Shannen Dee Williams, PhD. - USCCB* Open Wide Our Hearts: US Bishops Pastoral Letter on Racism * A Brief History on the Catholic Church's Fight Against Racism Get full access to Why Catholic? at whycatholic.substack.com/subscribe

Hey Smarties! Make Me Smart is taking a little summer vacation this week. We'll be back in your feeds soon. But for now, enjoy a rerun of one of our favorite episodes of the year so far. To reach the Joe Biden administration's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, the country's energy infrastructure needs a massive overhaul, and fast. But many communities are not on board with the idea of a massive wind or solar farm in their area. Some counties are banning renewable energy developments before the planning can even begin. “All those wind turbines and solar panels, and then all the transmission lines that you need to build … it has a big footprint. And that creates lots of land-use conflicts,” said Ted Nordhaus, founder of The Breakthrough Institute. On the show today, Nordhaus breaks down climate NIMBYism, the threat it poses to our green-energy economy and what it might take to keep the green transition moving forward. In the News Fix: Work as we know it is changing. Many U.S. companies are already using ChatGPT in one way or another, and the artificial intelligence chatbot is replacing jobs. Plus, workers in Asia and Europe are going back to the office at much higher rates than American workers. Then, we'll hear from listeners about how later school start times have improved their family's mornings, the debate about what to call mocktails, and why Americans keep eggs in the fridge. Here’s everything we talked about today: “Decarbonization and its Discontents” from The Breakthrough Institute “Will NIMBYs sink new clean energy projects? The evidence says no – if developers listen to local concerns” from The Conversation “The Environmentalists Undermining Environmentalism” from The Atlantic “America needs a new environmentalism” from The Economist “Should I Learn Coding as a Second Language?” from Wired “1 in 4 companies have already replaced workers with ChatGPT” from Resume Builder “As Americans Work From Home, Europeans and Asians Head Back to the Office” from The Wall Street Journal “What's happened to the lunch places in office neighborhoods?” from Marketplace “Why do we refrigerate eggs and other countries don't?” from the Egg Safety Center What have you been wrong about lately? We want to hear your answer to the Make Me Smart question! Leave us a voice message at 508-U-B-SMART, and your submission may be featured in a future episode.

Hey Smarties! Make Me Smart is taking a little summer vacation this week. We'll be back in your feeds soon. But for now, enjoy a rerun of one of our favorite episodes of the year so far. To reach the Joe Biden administration's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, the country's energy infrastructure needs a massive overhaul, and fast. But many communities are not on board with the idea of a massive wind or solar farm in their area. Some counties are banning renewable energy developments before the planning can even begin. “All those wind turbines and solar panels, and then all the transmission lines that you need to build … it has a big footprint. And that creates lots of land-use conflicts,” said Ted Nordhaus, founder of The Breakthrough Institute. On the show today, Nordhaus breaks down climate NIMBYism, the threat it poses to our green-energy economy and what it might take to keep the green transition moving forward. In the News Fix: Work as we know it is changing. Many U.S. companies are already using ChatGPT in one way or another, and the artificial intelligence chatbot is replacing jobs. Plus, workers in Asia and Europe are going back to the office at much higher rates than American workers. Then, we'll hear from listeners about how later school start times have improved their family's mornings, the debate about what to call mocktails, and why Americans keep eggs in the fridge. Here’s everything we talked about today: “Decarbonization and its Discontents” from The Breakthrough Institute “Will NIMBYs sink new clean energy projects? The evidence says no – if developers listen to local concerns” from The Conversation “The Environmentalists Undermining Environmentalism” from The Atlantic “America needs a new environmentalism” from The Economist “Should I Learn Coding as a Second Language?” from Wired “1 in 4 companies have already replaced workers with ChatGPT” from Resume Builder “As Americans Work From Home, Europeans and Asians Head Back to the Office” from The Wall Street Journal “What's happened to the lunch places in office neighborhoods?” from Marketplace “Why do we refrigerate eggs and other countries don't?” from the Egg Safety Center What have you been wrong about lately? We want to hear your answer to the Make Me Smart question! Leave us a voice message at 508-U-B-SMART, and your submission may be featured in a future episode.

NATO leaders welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Lithuania this week, 16 months after Russia's invasion. President Zelenskyy voiced his frustration with the lack of a clear timeline for his country's entry into the alliance. Many U.S. lawmakers have raised concerns regarding the possibility of Ukraine's membership in NATO, fearing it will only escalate tensions with Russia and bring the alliance closer to conflict. Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova discusses her takeaways from the NATO summit, concerns over the use of controversial cluster munitions, and bipartisan support she's received from lawmakers for U.S. budget assistance to Ukraine. After a ​four-year term, United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley will retire in the fall of 2023, leaving a vacant spot to be appointed by the President and passed by the Senate. However, this position along with many other military positions is held up in the Senate by one Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who is protesting the Pentagon's policy that helps reimburse servicemembers for abortion costs if they traveled to a legal state to access one. FOX News National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin reveals what we know about the possible new Joint Chief of Staff General Charles Q. Brown, details what other military positions that have been on hold, and explains what needs to happen in order to fill these senior spots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NATO leaders welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Lithuania this week, 16 months after Russia's invasion. President Zelenskyy voiced his frustration with the lack of a clear timeline for his country's entry into the alliance. Many U.S. lawmakers have raised concerns regarding the possibility of Ukraine's membership in NATO, fearing it will only escalate tensions with Russia and bring the alliance closer to conflict. Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova discusses her takeaways from the NATO summit, concerns over the use of controversial cluster munitions, and bipartisan support she's received from lawmakers for U.S. budget assistance to Ukraine. After a ​four-year term, United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley will retire in the fall of 2023, leaving a vacant spot to be appointed by the President and passed by the Senate. However, this position along with many other military positions is held up in the Senate by one Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who is protesting the Pentagon's policy that helps reimburse servicemembers for abortion costs if they traveled to a legal state to access one. FOX News National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin reveals what we know about the possible new Joint Chief of Staff General Charles Q. Brown, details what other military positions that have been on hold, and explains what needs to happen in order to fill these senior spots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Best Christian Podcast in the Metaverse Canary Cry News Talk #644 - 07.10.2023 - Recorded Live to Tape BIDAMIN D | Climate Martyrs, Cluster Munitions, Akkadian AI, Covid Confessions  Deconstructing Corporate Mainstream Media News from a Biblical Worldview We Operate Value 4 Value: http://CanaryCry.Support Join Supply Drop: http://CanaryCrySupplyDrop.com Submit Articles: http://CanaryCry.Report Join the Tee Shirt Council: http://CanaryCryTShirtCouncil.com Resource: Index of MSM Ownership (Harvard.edu) Resource: Aliens Demons Doc (feat. Dr. Heiser, Unseen Realm) All the links: http://CanaryCry.Party   This Episode was Produced By: Pre-Show Prayer LittleOwen   Executive Producers Anonymous*** Dustin H***   Producers Lady Knight Little Wing Sir Marti K Knight of the Wrong Timeline Sir Ely P of the Amateur Martial Artists and Aspiring LARPers Sir Darrin Knight of the Hungry Panda's Sir LX Protocol V2 Knight of the Berrean Protocol Veronica D Sir Casey the Shield Knight Sir Scott Knight of Truth Sir Morv Knight of the Burning Chariots   CanaryCry.ART Submissions LittleOwen Sir Darrin Knight of the Hungry Panda's Sir Dove Knight of Rusbeltia   Microfiction Stephen S - Mercenary tycoon, Prigozhin, received a call from VictorBorg9, “Prigo-baby!  I have deep discounted inventory for your march to Moscow.  Have you considered my recent line of products:  Angels from Heaven, Kangaroo Cyborgs, and Robo-rhinos?”   CLIP PRODUCER Emsworth, FaeLivrin, Joelms, Laura   TIMESTAPERS Jade Bouncerson, Christine C, Pocojo, Morgan E   CanaryCry.Report Submissions JAM, Sir Ike, Nancie   REMINDERS Clankoniphius   SHOW NOTES HELLO, RUN DOWN 9:14 V / Prayer 4:41; Intro 3:12 P CLIMATE CHANGE/ECO TERRORISM/GLONINGER 11:46 V / Prayer 7:13; Intro 5:44 P Harassment of TV Meteorologists Reflects Broader Anti-Science, Anti-Media Trends (VOA) → NBC meteorologist cites UN study, claims US south will become unlivable by humans (Fox)   BIDEN/UKRAINE 37:32 V / Prayer 32:59; Intro 31:30 P Biden Weighs Giving Ukraine Weapons Banned by Many U.S. Allies (NY Times) Clip: Joe Biden soaks up with the sun with First Lady…after rough work week (NY Post)    DAY JINGLE/V4V/EXEC./supply/ 55:26 V / Prayer 50:53; Intro 49:24 P   FLIPPY 1:13:17 V / Prayer 1:08:44; Intro 1:05:15 P Some US schools deploying robots that surveil campuses and confront intruders (Yahoo/Insider)   COVID 1:25:59 V / Prayer 1:21:26; Intro 1:19:57 P  Covid Censorship Proved to Be Deadly (WSJ Oped)   AI 1:50:28 V / Prayer 1:45:56; Song 1:44:26 An ancient language, undeciphered texts just got translator, does job in seconds: A.I. (Fortune) → Why Learn Akkadian? (2010)  → For Those Who Want to Study Akkadian (2012)    CYBERPANDEMIC (next time) EV Charger Hacking Poses a ‘Catastrophic' Risk (Wired)   TREASURE/SPEAKPIPE/TALENT 2:10:07 V / Prayer 2:05:34; Intro 2:04:05 P   ANTARCTICA 2:38:17 V / Prayer 2:33:44; Intro 2:32:15 P June 28: Long-Lost Remnants Of Ancient Continents Still Lurk Beneath Antarctica (IFL Science) July 5: Did Russia Ban Chess In Antarctica After Scientist Murdered His Opponent? (IFL Science) July 7: What's Actually Beneath All The Polar Ice? (IFL Science) July 7: The Mystery Of Why Antarctica's Blood Falls Oozes Red Has Been Revealed (IFL Science)   V4V/TIME 2:47:12 V / Prayer 2:42:39; Intro 2:41:10 END

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Apply to fall policy internships (we can help), published by Elika on July 3, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Many U.S. congressional internship applications are closing in the next few weeks for Fall (Sep- Dec) internships. This is a relatively low-effort, high reward thing to do if you you're interested in testing your fit for policy. I (Elika) interned in my congressional office for a semester just from off-the-cuff applying to test my fit and build my resume. This experience has been incredibly helpful (I now work for the US government and it gives me some more credibility in D.C). Many applications are closing within the next 1-2 weeks. We're offering to support anyone considering applying. This is a particularly good fit if you're: Interested in working in policy, politics, or governance solutions to problems An undergraduate student Able to work part-time (10+ hours per week) If you think this could be a good opportunity, we recommend: Reading this guide to internships which has information on which offices to choose from and how to apply and more (including this helpful link of all the Congressional office internships) Making a list of offices you think you'd be a good fit for Applying! When in doubt, apply - there's no harm in applying if you're serious about exploring this opportunity. We're offering to support if you're interested. Sign up to get support applying here Things we can help with: Whether or not you'd be a good fit for the positions Review your resume, cover letter & offices you're interested in Accountability for submitting applications by the deadline Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org

You may be subject to green card abandonment or green card cancellation without even knowing it. Many U.S. permanent residents travel yearly without knowing they risk losing their lawful permanent resident (LPR) status. In this Podcast, you will learn about green card abandonment, a re-entry permit, Form I-407, and how to reinstate a green card after abandonment. You will also learn about serious green card abandonment consequences and how to avoid them.

U.S. universities educate thousands of foreign-born students. They graduate with skills the U.S. needs, and they want to stay here. The immigration system makes it hard for them to stay. Jon Marcus and Nicolas Rollason join Meghna Chakrabarti.

What has been the impact on trade and the trade deficit since the U.S. implemented tariffs on steel, aluminum, and goods made in China?Topics covered include:Has the shipping backlog been reduced at U.S. portsWhat are the dangers of running too high of a trade deficitHow large is the U.S. trade deficitWhat has been the impact of U.S. tariffs on trade, domestic production, and pricesHow Chinese direct-to-consumer retail companies Shein and Temu are driving prices of goods ever lowerWhy consumers should demand greater visibility on how products they purchase are madeFor more information on this episode click here.SponsorsUse code MONEY10 to get 10% off on your NAPA online order.NetSuite – the leading integrated cloud business software suiteShow NotesThe ‘ship backup has ended' at Los Angeles, Long Beach ports by Alejandra Salgado—Supply Chain DiveAmerica's Trade Deficit Surged in 2022, Nearing $1 Trillion by Ana Swanson—The New York TimesIndustry study tracks China tariffs' added costs to importers and consumers by Ben Unglesbee—Supply Chain DiveCosts of Trade Wars: The Distributional Consequences of US Section 301 Tariffs Against China by Kara M. Reynolds—SSRNCertain Effects of Section 232 and 301 Tariffs Reduced Imports and Increased Prices and Production in Many U.S. Industries by USITC—United States International Trade CommissionEconomic Impact of Section 232 and 301 Tariffs on U.S. Industries by USITC—United States International Trade CommissionThe other Chinese apps taking the US and UK by storm by Chelsea Bailey—BBCSecretive Shein Founders Build $40 Billion Fortune in Rapid Fashion by Venus Feng and Pei Yi Mak—BloombergShein sets ambitious revenue target ahead of IPO by Rachel Douglass—Fashion UnitedShein copycats chase its explosive growth by Eleanor Olcott, Qianer Liu, and Gloria Li—The Financial TimesTemu's Big Haul by Ella Apostoaie—The Wire ChinaThe High Price of Fast Fashion by Dana Thomas—The Wall Street JournalStealing More than Just Designs: Utilizing Environmental Law as a Remedy to Design Piracy by Fast Fashion Brands by Spencer Kluth—SSRNShein's Cotton Tied to Chinese Region Accused of Forced Labor by Sheridan Prasso—BloombergWorn: A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser—Penguin Random HouseMore than ever, our clothes are made of plastic. Just washing them can pollute the oceans. by Brian Resnick—VoxRelated Episodes212: Trade Wars Increase Prices and Poverty413: What if the World Stopped Shopping?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: St. Patrick's Day this year has fallen on a Lenten Friday. Many U.S. Bishops have issued dispensations for their dioceses, so the faithful can enjoy corned beef instead of the Friday fish fry. News Contributor, Catherine Hadro, has more on this. And, Ireland shares a proud Catholic heritage but cultural changes seem to be causing a shift. Correspondent Colm Flynn sat down with Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan to discuss the plans for the Catholic Church in Ireland and its strategy for engaging the youth. Also, we speak with Professor Philip Freeman, author of "St. Patrick of Ireland: A Biography," whose biography sheds light on Saint Patrick's faith journey, his two extant childhood letters, and his lasting legacy. When Ireland legalized abortion in 2018, a dark shadow came over the country. Patrick McCrystal of Human Life International joins us to share his reflections on his work in opening a pregnancy care center and his hopes for a pro-life Ireland. Two miles from the Vatican is the Church of St. Patrick in Rome, the parish of the American community living in the city. EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief, Andreas Thonhauser, has more. Finally this evening, we speak with Representative Stephanie Bice who has served Oklahoma's Fifth Congressional District and is committed to protecting American families and granting more paid family leave. Capitol Hill Correspondent, Erik Rosales, reports. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn

To reach the Joe Biden administration's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, the country’s energy infrastructure needs a massive overhaul, and fast. But many communities are not on board with the idea of a massive wind or solar farm in their area. Some counties are banning renewable energy developments before the planning can even begin. “All those wind turbines and solar panels, and then all the transmission lines that you need to build … it has a big footprint. And that creates lots of land use conflicts,” said Ted Nordhaus, founder of The Breakthrough Institute. On the show today, Nordhaus breaks down climate NIMBYism, the threat it poses to our green-energy economy and what it might take to keep the green transition moving forward. In the News Fix: Work as we know it is changing. Many U.S. companies are already using ChatGPT in one way or another, and the artificial intelligence chatbot is replacing jobs. Plus, workers in Asia and Europe are going back to the office at much higher rates than American workers. Then, we’ll hear from listeners about how later school start times have improved their family’s mornings, the debate about what to call mocktails, and why Americans keep eggs in the fridge. Here’s everything we talked about today: “Decarbonization and its Discontents” from The Breakthrough Institute “Will NIMBYs sink new clean energy projects? The evidence says no – if developers listen to local concerns” from The Conversation “The Environmentalists Undermining Environmentalism” from The Atlantic “America needs a new environmentalism” from The Economist “Should I Learn Coding as a Second Language?” from Wired “1 in 4 companies have already replaced workers with ChatGPT” from Resume Builder “As Americans Work From Home, Europeans and Asians Head Back to the Office” from The Wall Street Journal “What’s happened to the lunch places in office neighborhoods?” from Marketplace “Why do we refrigerate eggs and other countries don’t? from the Egg Safety Center What have you been wrong about lately? We want to hear your answer to the Make Me Smart question! Leave us a voice message at 508-U-B-SMART, and your submission may be featured in a future episode.

To reach the Joe Biden administration's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, the country’s energy infrastructure needs a massive overhaul, and fast. But many communities are not on board with the idea of a massive wind or solar farm in their area. Some counties are banning renewable energy developments before the planning can even begin. “All those wind turbines and solar panels, and then all the transmission lines that you need to build … it has a big footprint. And that creates lots of land use conflicts,” said Ted Nordhaus, founder of The Breakthrough Institute. On the show today, Nordhaus breaks down climate NIMBYism, the threat it poses to our green-energy economy and what it might take to keep the green transition moving forward. In the News Fix: Work as we know it is changing. Many U.S. companies are already using ChatGPT in one way or another, and the artificial intelligence chatbot is replacing jobs. Plus, workers in Asia and Europe are going back to the office at much higher rates than American workers. Then, we’ll hear from listeners about how later school start times have improved their family’s mornings, the debate about what to call mocktails, and why Americans keep eggs in the fridge. Here’s everything we talked about today: “Decarbonization and its Discontents” from The Breakthrough Institute “Will NIMBYs sink new clean energy projects? The evidence says no – if developers listen to local concerns” from The Conversation “The Environmentalists Undermining Environmentalism” from The Atlantic “America needs a new environmentalism” from The Economist “Should I Learn Coding as a Second Language?” from Wired “1 in 4 companies have already replaced workers with ChatGPT” from Resume Builder “As Americans Work From Home, Europeans and Asians Head Back to the Office” from The Wall Street Journal “What’s happened to the lunch places in office neighborhoods?” from Marketplace “Why do we refrigerate eggs and other countries don’t? from the Egg Safety Center What have you been wrong about lately? We want to hear your answer to the Make Me Smart question! Leave us a voice message at 508-U-B-SMART, and your submission may be featured in a future episode.

[00:30] Biden Administration Ignores East Palestine Disaster (26 minutes) The train derailment and subsequent chemical contamination in East Palestine, Ohio, might end up being the worst environmental disaster in United States history. The Biden administration is still ignoring the catastrophe, focusing instead on creating a UFO task force. [26:00] Now the COVID Vaccine Saves You From Everything (9 minutes) The New York Post reports that people who did not get the COVID vaccination are at a higher risk of Type 2 diabetes, suggesting that people should get vaccinated to avoid multiple health problems. Meanwhile, CBS News ran an entire segment blaming the rise of heart attacks in young people on COVID instead of the COVID vaccines. [34:50] Breaking News: Marijuana Is Bad For You (4 minutes) Politico has finally admitted that marijuana is making people sick. Many U.S. states legalized marijuana before there were any real studies about how it affects people's health, but data now irrefutably shows the negative impacts of this $13.2 billion dollar industry. The Atlantic warns, “America Has Gone Too Far in Legalizing Vice.”

Social media platforms have evaded heavy regulation on their content moderation practices so far, but the jig may very well be up. Many U.S. states are considering enacting laws to rein platforms in. To date, two states—Florida and Texas—have passed laws that significantly limit social media companies' ability to moderate their platforms, and the measures look very likely to be up for Supreme Court review soon. Guests Alex Abdo—litigation director of the Knight Institute—and Brian Willen—one of the lawyers representing platforms challenging these laws—discuss these immensely important Supreme Court cases. The debate around if and how to regulate social media grows increasingly fierce, and the future of the internet hangs in the balance.Views on First is brought to you by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. Please subscribe and leave a review. We'd love to know what you think. To learn more about the Knight Institute, visit our website, knightcolumbia.org, or follow us on Twitter at @knightcolumbia or on Mastodon at the same handle.

Many U.S. military establishment bigwigs are pushing the development of automated and autonomous weapons systems. Roberto González questions whether this robo-fanaticism, as he calls it, is justified. He also describes efforts to address human warfighters' distrust of machines. (Encore presentation.) Roberto J. González, War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future University of California Press, 2022 The post Automated Warfare appeared first on KPFA.

The homelessness in Los Angeles seems much worse than the numbers suggest - might it be time to figure out a new way to generate a census? Many U.S. veterans land behind bars, but a unique new law may change that. California is facing a shortage of mental health workers. And speaking of California, it's awash with renewable energy...in all the wrong places.

Protester Zoe Warren tells MSNBC that Democrats fundraising off the reversal of Roe is some bullshit. President Joe Biden was rebuked Saturday for doubling down on his opposition to expanding the U.S. Supreme Court even after its deeply unpopular right-wing majority spent the past week ending the constitutional right to abortion care, weakening gun restrictions, undermining the separation of church and state, and eroding hard-won civil rights. Video shows LAPD officers shoving “Full House” actress Jodie Sweetin to the ground during protests for abortion rights. A Republican lawmaker called the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the nationwide right to abortion established nearly 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade a “victory for white life,” which was met with cheers at a rally held by former president Donald Trump. Many U.S. companies are planning to pay travel costs for employees seeking abortions. Rudy Giuliani got someone arrested for assault and described what the man did as a slap. Video surveillance captured something else.***The largest online progressive news show in the world. Hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian. LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET.Help support our mission and get perks. Membership protects TYT's independence from corporate ownership and allows us to provide free live shows that speak truth to power for people around the world. See Perks: ▶ https://www.youtube.com/TheYoungTurks/joinSUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE: ☞ http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theyoungturksFACEBOOK: ☞ http://www.facebook.com/TheYoungTurksTWITTER: ☞ http://www.twitter.com/TheYoungTurksINSTAGRAM: ☞ http://www.instagram.com/TheYoungTurksTWITCH: ☞ http://www.twitch.com/tyt

Many U.S. companies are keeping quiet about the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, but some have spoken up. We take stock of some of the mounting financial obstacles that await people trying to access abortion services. Wage gains for some workers could stop as a result of the Fed’s ongoing battle against inflation.

Many U.S. companies are keeping quiet about the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, but some have spoken up. We take stock of some of the mounting financial obstacles that await people trying to access abortion services. Wage gains for some workers could stop as a result of the Fed’s ongoing battle against inflation.