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Dick Cheney (1941–2025): The dark legacy of a war criminal

Originally published: Antiwar.com on November 5, 2025 by Alan Mosley (more by Antiwar.com) (Posted Nov 06, 2025)

Former U.S. vice president Richard “Dick” Cheney died on 3 November 2025 at age 84; his family said he had suffered from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.
Debt ceiling hypocrisy: U.S. boosts military budget while restricting food stamps for poor

Originally published: Geopolitical Economy Report on June 2, 2023 (more by Geopolitical Economy Report) | (Posted Jun 06, 2023)

U.S. politicians from both parties agree: the deficit doesn’t matter. In their bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling, Biden and Republicans are boosting military spending to $886 billion while making it harder for poor people to receive food stamps and welfare.

Democracy Needs Public Media w/ Victor Pickard
Scott Ferguson

Victor Pickard returns to Money on the Left six years after his first appearance on the show to discuss the state of the U.S. media system under Trump 2.0. Pickard is C. Edwin Baker Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication and Co-Director at the Media, […]
Public Employment & Training from the Great Society to the “End of Welfare as We Know It”
Scott Ferguson

This month, Scott Ferguson speaks with Mario Rendina about the politics of public employment and training in the United States as they shifted over the course of the late 20th century. Rendina brings over thirty years of hands-on experience working within municipal government in Tampa Bay, Florida—specifically within Hillsborough County. Grounded in his extensive career […]
The Public Banking Institute
Scott Ferguson

In this episode, we speak with Walt McRee (President) and Peter Winslow (Vice President) of the Public Banking Institute (PBI) about their past and ongoing advocacy for public banking. Founded in 2011 by author Ellen Brown and a core collective of advocates, PBI aims to break the monopoly of Wall Street’s private banking system by […]