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Corporations
Thursday – April 18, 2019
Democrats Take on Corporate Profits and CEO Pay: A Closer Look
Seth takes a closer look at soaring corporate profits and CEO pay despite President Trump’s promise to be a champion of the …
Categories Corporations Dystopia Government Politics
Tuesday – April 9, 2019
Why Your Rent is So Damn High
In 2017 about 43 Million Americans spent more than $485 billion on rent, which is the most money ever spent on rent. …
Categories Corporations Documentary Government Interesting Videos
Friday – April 5, 2019
The Hidden War Over Grocery Shelf Space
There’s a hidden market in the supermarket — Vox’s Phil Edwards explains.
Categories Corporations Documentary Dystopia Food
Wednesday – March 13, 2019
Fast Food in the USSR: The History
Super interesting and funny video about the history of fast food in Russia.
Categories Corporations History Russia
Monday – March 4, 2019
How Plastic from Clothing Gets into Seafood
Microfibers, used to make things like yoga pants, are the ocean’s tiniest problem.
Categories Corporations Dystopia Environmental Interesting Science
Corn Syrup in Beer: It’s For Fermenting, Not As a Sweetener
Bud Light is touting that it doesn’t use corn syrup, but that doesn’t make it nutritionally much different from its competitors. Sweeteners …
Categories Corporations Fact Check Food Interesting
Saturday – February 2, 2019
Breakfast Is a Lie
The BMJ, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published a review of 13 controlled trials this week that determined breakfast “might not be a …
Categories Corporations Fact Check Food Interesting Science
Friday – February 1, 2019
Tuesday – January 29, 2019
The Term Litterbug Was Created by Beer, Beer Can, Bottle, Candy and Other Manufacturers
It is a beautiful, if evil strategy, simple and elegant: once underway it is even cheap to run, as it is powered …
Categories Corporations History Interesting TIL
Wednesday – January 23, 2019
The U.S. History of the Assault on Public Transport in the Last Century
Once upon a time the U.S. had an amazing public transportation infrastructure.
Categories Corporations History Interesting
The REAL Reason Cannabis Was Prohibited (Hint: Corporations)
It’s sad to see how much our world has been destroyed over the past 70 years as well as the health & …
Categories Corporations Documentary Fact Check Government History Interesting Videos
Friday – January 11, 2019
Coca-Cola Shaped China’s Efforts To Fight Obesity
The Coca-Cola company exerted strong influence over the way the Chinese government addressed the country’s growing obesity problem, according to a study …
Categories Corporations Food Government