Fiverr Stops Accepting Bitcoin-What It Means
Fiverr, the global marketplace for service beginning at just five dollars (hence the name) has announced that they have ceased taking Bitcoin as payment for their gigs. They began taking the currency in February of 2014 but have decided to…
Inequality, not poverty
THE key social, economic and political concern of our times, both domestically and globally, ought to be inequality, not simply poverty. Poverty has been far easier to address and to reduce, inequality, far more complicated, almost near impossible. Poverty is…
Donald Trump signs executive order defunding International Planned Parenthood
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday barring federal funds from organizations that promote abortion around the world, including the International Planned Parenthood Federation, in what activists say is the president’s first major pro-life action while in office. The…
The Corporate Media Isn’t Coming Close to Holding Trump Accountable
One of Donald Trump’s first official acts as president was to sign an executive order that will make it more expensive for first-time and low-income homebuyers to buy and keep their homes. His second act was to, among other possible…
What we actually lose when the USDA and EPA can’t talk to the public
Facts aren’t political Pexels Government science is useless if the public can’t learn about it In the summer of 2015 a tropical storm slammed into the mountains of Myanmar and triggered one of the largest landslides not caused by an…
Net Neutrality Faces A New Threat Under Trump
President Donald Trump named the top Republican at the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, a vocal adversary of net neutrality, as chair of the agency Monday. Appointed to his current FCC commissioner seat by former President Barack Obama at the…
1xBit Improves Bitcoin Sports Betting Services in Its Latest Upgrade
Bitcoin Press Release: The newly upgraded 1xBit Bitcoin sports betting platform now offers an enhanced betting experience to its users. January 24, 2017, Sydney, Australia – 1xBit is a well-known Bitcoin-based sports betting platform which has gotten better in the…
Understanding net neutrality: Seven essential reads
By The Conversation. Via shutterstock.com Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of archival stories. Ajit Pai. Federal Communications Commission With the selection of Ajit Pai to chair the Federal Communications Commission, President Trump has elevated a major foe of…
Moody’s Urges Washington to Manage Entitlement Spending
Moody’s Investors Service said Tuesday that U.S. decisions on taxing and spending would have a larger than usual impact on the nation’s credit profile in the near future. The analysis said President Donald Trump’s plans to cut taxes and spend…
Will President Trump Amend Dodd-Frank?
As of late, there has been talk amongst the new Republican Congress and President Trump to repeal and/or amend Dodd-Frank, and this could have a major impact on executive compensation issues. In fact, the Financial CHOICE Act has already been…