European workers collect paychecks while U.S. workers scrounge for food

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/business/economy/europe-us-jobless-coronavirus.html?searchResultPosition=3

 

Charlie Cooper

credible allegations of banking corruption and the office of the federal prosecutor in Southern NY

https://wallstreetonparade.com/2020/06/has-the-u-s-attorneys-office-in-manhattan-been-outsourced-to-wall-streets-law-firms/

 

Wall Street lawyers on both sides of every case.

 

Charlie Cooper

 

 

Maryland State Board of Elections splits along party lines regarding November election

https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-election-report-20200702-qb756jjd7ffazdcyb4xlnf56s4-story.html#nws=true

 

Democratic Board members want every voter to be mailed a ballot while Republican members want every voter to be mailed a ballot application.

 

Charlie Cooper

Get Money Out – Maryland (GMOM)

 

 

How hedge fund billionaires spend dark money in politics and the return they hope for

https://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/03/13065/how-dfer-leaders-channel-out-state-dark-money-colorado-and-beyond

 

Betting on corporate Dems to spur education “reforms” that will privatize schools.

 

Charlie Cooper

In 4 U.S. cities, the "student debt crisis is a civil right crisis," research finds

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/student-debt-crisis-creates-vicious-cycle-inequality-black-latino-neighborhoods-n1232388

Student debt crisis creates a 'vicious cycle' of inequality in Black, Latino neighborhoods, report finds. Students of color are more likely to take on student debt and disproportionately struggle to pay it back at higher rates than their white counterparts, perpetuating a "vicious cycle" of economic inequality along racial lines, research released Monday suggests.

Marty Wulfe

"America's student debt crisis is a civil rights crisis," according to a new analysis of student borrower data from New York, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and San Francisco. "America's student debt crisis is a civil rights crisis," according to a new analysis of student borrower data from New York, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and San Francisco.

Misclassification in U.S. unemployment data muddy true depth of downturn

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-01/you-ll-need-a-decoder-ring-to-figure-out-the-u-s-jobs-numbers?cmpid=BBD070220_OUS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=200702&utm_campaign=openamericas

 

Charlie Cooper

 

 

Corruption in the Judiciary: Thousands of U.S. judges who broke laws or oaths remained on the bench

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-judges-misconduct/

 

As in most states, Alabama’s nine-member Judicial Inquiry Commission is a mix of lawyers, judges and laypeople. All are appointed. Their deliberations are secret and they operate under some of the most judge-friendly rules in the nation.

 

Marty Wulfe