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    Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News WE WILL FIGHT, WILL YOU BACK US? We battle for your right to know every day. We do not buy into the message of the day, or tow the corporate line. We cut to the chase and show you the story you were not supposed to see. Will you – each of you – get behind us with what you can afford? Will you do that? Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   FOCUS: Robert Reich | We Get What We Measure: Why Policymakers Overlook Profits as the Source of Inflation Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Substack Reich writes: "Every month we hear about inflation resulting from wages pushing up prices, but we don't hear about record-high profits pushing up prices." Why they're intent on reducing jobs and wages instead O ne of my goals in this newsletter is to help you uncover the ways wealth and power shape public policy. Today, I’m going to focus on a topic that may seem wonky to you — but that’s exactly th...

    26 September 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News FOLKS. WE — REALLY — NEED SOME PROGRESS ON DONATIONS — We are looking at really poor fundraising returns. Some of you are going to be offended, but we have to improve on this situation. We need you to help. The time is now to get it done. With urgency. Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   FOCUS: Robert Reich | Corporate Greed, Not Wages, Is Behind Inflation. It’s Time for Price Controls Robert Reich, Guardian UK Reich writes: "Corporations are using rising costs as an excuse to increase their prices even higher, resulting in record profits. We need limited price controls to break this cycle." Corporations are using rising costs as an excuse to increase their prices even higher, resulting in record profits. We need limited price controls to break this cycle O n Wednesday, policymakers at the Federal Reserve – America’s central bank – continued their battle against inflati...

    21 September 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News FUNDING IS A SERIOUS MATTER — Lack of basic funding for is one of the few things that can kill RSN. It is something that we have to address when it happens. No choice. The truth is that most of our readers like and trust RSN but cannot be bothered taking the time to donate what they can afford. Like it or not we have to address that now. With respect. Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   Andy Borowitz | Trump Demands Special Master Be Fired and Replaced With Extra-Special Master Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker Borowitz writes: "Infuriated by Judge Raymond Dearie's requests for information in the Mar-a-Lago documents case, Donald J. Trump has demanded that the special master be fired and replaced with what he called 'an extra-special master.'" READ MORE Abortion rights advocates protest in D.C. over the summer. (photo: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post) These T...