From this piece of the Global Happiness Index: Traditionally, the global index has been dominated by Europe’s Nordic countries. The five Nordic countries that continually score high in the ranking “are doing something right in terms of creating good conditions …
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Why We Should Care About the Demise of the American Middle Class
Here’s a quick video on wealth equality, featuring the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, and one of his full-time employees who lives in her car, which she keeps in an Amazon parking lot, to provide the convenience of walking to work in the …
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John Steinbeck Shocked America
It’s the birthday of John Steinbeck, whose gut-wrenching mid-20th Century novels shot through the American consciousness like jagged bolts of lightning. Joining with folk singers of the day, e.g., Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, Steinbeck awakened millions of Americans to …
