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Death rates up 40%, setting new 200-year high, life insurance company CEO says

Scott Davison is the CEO of OneAmerica, an Indianapolis-based life insurance company founded in the 19th century. To start the new year, Davison told the audience of an online news conference that “We …

Sun Jan 9, 2022

Time magazine names Elon Musk ‘Person Of The Year,’ the internet says nope

On Monday, TIME magazine offered up a preview of its upcoming “Person of the Year” issue. Since the Meredith Corporation took control of the magazine, the cover has been graced by capital-J …

Mon Dec 13, 2021

Debt collectors can now slide into your DMs as Trump social media rule takes effect

During the Trump administration, amongst all of the many terrible things being done in order to line the wealthiest Americans’ pockets at the expense of the rest of us, the Consumer Financial …

Sun Dec 5, 2021

Not-at-all fragile Cruz and Hawley say war on white men is the real problem in America

On a Halloween Sunday night, Republican Senators Josh Hawley, of Missouri, and Ted Cruz, of Texas, spoke at the National Conservatism conference in Orlando, Florida. Hawley’s topic was the need to …

Mon Nov 1, 2021

Buffalo's possible first female mayor, India Walton, delivers DoorDash when not campaigning

In June, India Walton, the Democratic Socialist candidate for mayor of Buffalo, New York, shocked the establishment when she beat four-term incumbent Democratic Mayor Byron Brown in the city’s primary …

Sat Oct 30, 2021

White House press secretary douses latest Republican talking point about bogus gas tax

For a very long time now, the majority of Americans have supported raising taxes on the very wealthiest people and entities in our country. For a very long time now, the Republican Party has gone …

Tue Jun 22, 2021

The Sackler family made billions off OxyContin, and a new ruling means they’ll probably keep it

The Sackler family is one of the richest families in America. They made billions upon billions of dollars selling drugs to Americans through their pharmaceutical outfit, Perdue Pharma. Their …

Sat Jun 5, 2021

Biden administration puts a halt to Trump’s last second Alaska wildlife oil-drilling plans

When the last Republican administration rode into office on a minority vote, slight electoral victory, the GOP knew they were closer than ever to their oily dreams of drilling in the Arctic National …

Wed Jun 2, 2021