Ruminate

Ruminate

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  • Why are Conservatives so Sensitive?

    It is time that we change the narrative from leftist being labeled as sensitives to conservatives. Lets call out their fear-mongering and lies. Start calling out their sensitivity and irascible behavior.

    Those Conservative snowflakes are trying to cancel everything. 

    13 min
  • The re-introduction of Company Towns in America

    A Nevada bill proposal is set to be the most dangerous law to worker freedoms.

    Sources: https://apnews.com/article/legislature-legislation-local-governments-nevada-economy-2fa79128a7bf41073c1e9102e8a0e5f0

    https://prospect.org/economy/company-towns-still-us/

    https://www.history.com/news/5-famous-company-towns

    https://www.jstor.org/stable/621766?seq=1

    https://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/company-towns/

    https://oxfordre.com/americanhistory/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.001.0001/acrefore-9780199329175-e-569

    https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/reports/2019/09/10/474336/modern-company-town/

    https://www.derrytownship.org

    https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/housing/company-towns-1890s-to-1935/

    8 min
  • The Case for a $15 Minimum Wage

    A Progressives Guide for debating the $15 dollar minimum wage. 

    Sources: https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/19/australia-minimum-wage-rise-13-dollars-week-increase-staggered-fair-work-commission

    https://jacobinmag.com/2019/08/house-national-minimum-wage-fight-for-15-rashida-tlaib

    https://www.epi.org/publication/why-america-needs-a-15-minimum-wage/

    https://journalistsresource.org/studies/economics/inequality/the-effects-of-raising-the-minimum-wage/

    https://research.upjohn.org/up_press/227/

    https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=524803

    https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets-economy/090516/what-are-pros-and-cons-raising-minimum-wage.asp

    https://www.thebalance.com/u-s-inflation-rate-history-by-year-and-forecast-3306093

    https://www.rateinflation.com/inflation-rate/australia-historical-inflation-rate/

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-economy-wages/australias-minimum-wage-rises-slowly-as-growth-inflation-cool-idUSKCN1T004X

    https://www.jstor.org/stable/41445397?seq=1

    https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/01/economism-and-the-minimum-wage/513155/

    https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=MIN2AVE

    https://research.upjohn.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1220&context=empl_research  

    13 min
  • The Death of Democracy in Myanmar
    Located in Southeast Asia, Myanmar has just experienced another brutal coup, leaving citizens tormented in their fight to restore democracy.
    Sources:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55902070
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-12992883
    https://www.britannica.com/place/Myanmar
    https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-blocks-facebook-08ce7dd971655e839d6a81e7391d9e4f
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-12990563
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukTraDoVm_k
    https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/rohingya-crisis
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/08/three-finger-salute-hunger-games-symbol-adopted-by-myanmars-protesters
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/11/us-treasury-sanctions-10-burmese-military-leaders-for-coup-role
    10 min
  • Lets talk UBI
    Everything you need to know about UBI
    https://www.yang2020.com/what-is-freedom-dividend-faq/
    https://theconversation.com/is-basic-income-a-good-idea-heres-what-the-evidence-from-around-the-world-says-132337
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J713MK_B27s
    https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/spending/
    https://www.thebalance.com/u-s-federal-budget-breakdown-3305789
    https://www.yang2020.com/what-is-freedom-dividend-faq/
    https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/why-we-should-all-have-a-basic-income/
    https://aflcio.org/what-unions-do/social-economic-justice/minimum-wage
    https://research.upjohn.org/up_workingpapers/260/
    https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/2/19/21112570/universal-basic-income-ubi-map
    https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/042315/what-are-some-examples-value-added-tax.asp
    12 min
  • GameStop and the Stock Market

    Friendly guide to everything that occurred with GameStop stocks and a look into day trading

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/technology/robinhood-risky-trading.html

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/akdaj5/join-robinhood-class-action-lawsuit

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIBuo0Yxz44&t=1173s

    gamestop stock price increase

    https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/shortselling.asp

    https://berniesanders.com/issues/free-college-cancel-debt/

    https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/robinhood-webull-m1-reopen-gamestop-stock-trading-2021-1-1030019926

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/29/gamestop-stocks-robinhood-reddit/

    https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/29/robinhood-is-still-severely-limiting-trading-gamestop-holders-can-only-buy-one-additional-share.html

    https://www.stockbrokers.com/guides/beginner-investors

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/shehanchandrasekera/2021/01/28/exiting-robinhood-could-create-a-tax-nightmare-for-crypto-users/?sh=603c27c34ad6

    13 min
  • The Unknown Stain of America
    Discover America's hidden and incredibly shameful history 
    Sources:  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1449330/
    https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/07/09/200444613/californias-prison-sterilizations-reportedly-echoes-eugenics-era
    https://apnews.com/article/georgia-archive-only-on-ap-immigration-f2008d23c5f9087f4214d9722dfb097e
    https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/no-mas-bebes/
    https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/unwanted-sterilization-and-eugenics-programs-in-the-united-states/
    https://www.history.com/topics/germany/eugenics
    https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/g-unfit
    https://www.mic.com/articles/53723/8-shocking-facts-about-sterilization-in-u-s-history
    https://msmagazine.com/2011/07/21/sterilization-of-women-of-color-does-unforced-mean-freely-chosen/
    https://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book-excerpts/health-article/forced-sterilization/
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/tubal-ligation/about/pac-20388360
    “Killing the Black Body” Dorothy Roberts
    “Risky Mothers and the Normalcy Project” Angela Frederick
    https://time.com/5737080/native-american-sterilization-history/
    12 min
  • Where's my Coffee?
    Let's talk about the history and future of Coffee
    Sources: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Distribution-of-suitability-changes-by-region-and-the-land-use-classes-with-forest-cover_fig5_269419801
    https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaav3473
    https://sprudge.com/starbucks-would-prefer-you-dont-think-too-hard-about-that-20m-relief-fund-151839.html
    https://www.mashed.com/235657/why-scientists-say-a-global-coffee-crisis-is-imminent/
    https://www.ncausa.org/about-coffee/history-of-coffee
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IN4ZcZAUbA
    https://time.com/5318245/coffee-industry-climate-change/
    https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17012019/coffee-climate-change-risk-wild-arabica-endanagered-kew-study
    https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-to-save-coffee-from-climate-change/
    https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/01/10/144988133/drink-coffee-off-with-your-head
    9 min
  • AMLO & the Future of Mexico

    What is Mexico's President all about???

    Sources :

    https://www.worldoil.com/news/2020/9/18/pemex-projects-production-declines-amlo-s-new-refinery-to-slash-oil-export-volumes

    https://newrepublic.com/article/152834/lefts-delusions-mexicos-new-president

    https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/01/31/mexicos-new-minimum-wage-thanks-for-trying/

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanielparishflannery/2020/07/01/president-lopez-obrador-is-failing-mexico/?sh=191e693812f0

    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andres-Manuel-Lopez-Obrador

    https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/09/22/the-politics-of-insecurity-in-mexico-between-narcissism-and-political-failure/

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/americas/mexico-femicide-coronavirus-lopez-obrador-intl/index.html

    https://americasquarterly.org/article/mexican-women-are-angry-amlo-should-start-listening/

    https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-mexico-coronavirus-pandemic-mexico-city-5d985937d6fe36262b6dbafa0859fb64

    https://www.letraslibres.com/mexico/politica/el-ine-en-la-mira

    https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-05-13/mexico-poised-to-plunge-into-its-worse-recession-in-recent-memory-moves-to-reopen-parts-of-its-economy

    7 min

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