The United States federal government allocates a staggering $38 billion annually to prop up the meat and dairy industries. These subsidies significantly reduce the price of meat products, including hamburgers. Research from 2015 reveals that these subsidies slash the price of a pound of hamburger meat from $30 to the $5 we see...
Wage theft now outnumbers all other types of theft in the U.S., reaching $482 million (medium.com)
TIL: UN Resolution 3379 Passed in 1975 with a vote of 72 to 35 Determined that Zionism is A Form of Racism (medium.com)
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has been cited for multiple safety violations with workers exposed to chemical sludge (medium.com)
USA: The Minimum Wage Should Be $24 per Hour Not $7.25 (medium.com)
85,000 Police Officers in the USA have been investigated or disciplined for misconduct over the past decade (medium.com)
Breaking: Samsung Pulls Out of Israel Amid Moral and Economic Decline (medium.com)
Report: Facebook Parent Company Meta has been Censoring and Shadow Banning Pro-Palestinian Accounts (medium.com)
How The New York Times Lied During the Red Scare in the 1950’s and Now They are Lying Again about Israel (medium.com)
The New York Times and the Great Red Scare: A Historical Examination
Around 920,000 shelter animals are euthanized annually in the United States, with 390,000 of those being dogs (medium.com)
Meta is Shadow Banning Pro-Palestinian Activists | Mo Hamzeh & Chris Jeffries (youtu.be)
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A Pound of Hamburger Meat Would Cost $30 Without Tax Payer Subsidies (medium.com)
The United States federal government allocates a staggering $38 billion annually to prop up the meat and dairy industries. These subsidies significantly reduce the price of meat products, including hamburgers. Research from 2015 reveals that these subsidies slash the price of a pound of hamburger meat from $30 to the $5 we see...
TIL Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Was An Anti-Communist CIA Operative who Kept the Feminist Movement From Discussing Class; only Gender (medium.com)
Report: Since 2020, almost two-thirds of all new wealth went to the top 1% (medium.com)
From 2017 to 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor recovered $3 billion in stolen wages from employers (medium.com)
TIL Most Explosives used by Hamas Are Unexploded Israeli Bombs Dropped on Palestine (medium.com)
Pesticide Use Has Increased by Over 80% since 1990, Causing Pollinator Declines and Water Contamination (medium.com)
How the Meat and Dairy Industry Fund Carnivore an Keto Diet Fads Despite Health Concerns (medium.com)
According to the Federal Reserve Americans owe over $1.6 trillion in student loan debt, with the average borrower owing $37,667 (medium.com)
How Capitalism & Private Equity Firms Killed Red Lobster (lemmy.world)
Study: Microplastics found in Agriculture Clog Soil Pores, Prevent Aeration, and Cause Plant Roots to Die (medium.com)
TIL: Benjamin Netanyahu’s Family Originally had the Surname Mileikowsky When They Came to Palestine from Poland in the 1920s (medium.com)
Study: Harvard Researchers Say a Global Move to a Vegan Diet Would Avert 8.1 Million Premature Deaths Per Year (medium.com)
Study: Microplastics found in the Testicles of Every Human and Dog Participant in the Study (medium.com)