Denver's Erik J Clarke on President Biden's 'American Jobs Plan'

Denver's Erik J Clarke on President Biden's 'American Jobs Plan'

Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here with @ErikJClarke about the implications for Denver, Colorado and the nation from President Biden's new infrastructure plan to fulfill his campaign promise to "rebuild the backbone of America". The expansive proposal, called the American Jobs Plan, intends to build 20,000 miles of roads and highways and to repair the 10 most economically significant bridges in the country among a sprawling list of other projects that Biden said would confront the climate crisis, curb wealth inequality and strengthen US competitiveness. The measure includes hundreds of billions of dollars to expand access to high-speed broadband; replace lead water pipes, ensuring access to clean drinking water; and upgrade the electric grid, making it more reliable while shifting to new, cleaner energy sources.It also seeks to improve community care facilities for seniors and people with disabilities, modernize schools and retrofit homes and office buildings while dedicating funding to training millions of workers and supporting initiatives that strengthen labor unions. The spending over eight years would generate millions of new jobs, Biden said. To pay for the package, he proposed a substantial increase on corporate taxes that would offset the spending over the course of 15 years. Among the changes, Biden called for a rise in the corporate tax rate to 28% from 21% and measures to force multinational corporations to pay more taxes in the US on profits earned abroad. The funding plan would unwind major pieces of Donald Trump's tax-cut law, which lowered the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% and was his predecessor's signature legislative achievement.

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Human and Material Detritus at Mumbai's Deonar Waste Mountains

Human and Material Detritus at Mumbai's Deonar Waste Mountains

"'I came to see the mountains as an outpouring of our modern lives,' Roy writes, 'of the endless chase for our desires to fill us.' Readers of Behind the Beautiful Forevers will be drawn to this harro...

30 Syys 202130min

Isn't The Case For Us All To Work With Our Hands Not Stronger Than Ever Now?

Isn't The Case For Us All To Work With Our Hands Not Stronger Than Ever Now?

In this (reposted) interview, Dr. Matthew B. Crawford talks to Claudia Cragg @KGNU about 'Why Office Work is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good. This iconic book also explores why some jobs offer...

16 Syys 202121min

COVID19, Its Possible Lab Origins and the indispensable Horseshoe Crab

COVID19, Its Possible Lab Origins and the indispensable Horseshoe Crab

Claudia Cragg (Twitter: @claudiacragg) speaks here with William Sargent about his book, Crab Wars, now out in a newly revised edtion. Surviving almost unmolested for 300 million years, the horseshoe c...

2 Syys 202125min

How Ordinary People Saved a Country From Greed

How Ordinary People Saved a Country From Greed

Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks with Robin Broad and @IPS_DC's John Cavanagh, authors of The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed. In a time when countless comm...

19 Elo 202148min

Just Because.... Joanne Greenberg, One Of Our Most Interesting Past Guests

Just Because.... Joanne Greenberg, One Of Our Most Interesting Past Guests

No apologies. She is always just delightful. Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here with Joanne Greenberg (born September 24, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American author who published some of h...

12 Elo 202117min

M. J. Fièvre on How To Be A 'Bad Ass Black Girl' (w update to help Haiti!)

M. J. Fièvre on How To Be A 'Bad Ass Black Girl' (w update to help Haiti!)

UPDATE: For those who want to help Haiti, M.J. suggests there are two options for two different solid organizations. Ayiti Community Trust and Fokal. https://secure.givelively.org/donate/ayiti-demen/f...

6 Elo 202140min

stef m. shuster On The Banning of Medical Care for Transgender Youth

stef m. shuster On The Banning of Medical Care for Transgender Youth

In the US, several states are making strong moves to ban medical treatment for transgender youth. The laws are intended to prohibit doctors from providing gender confirming hormone therapy, puberty bl...

22 Heinä 202142min

Now streaming on Amazon Prime, from Maria Diane Ventura, 'Your Color'

Now streaming on Amazon Prime, from Maria Diane Ventura, 'Your Color'

Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here with Filipina American filmmaker, Maria Diane Ventura (Instagram @mariadianeventura) whose new film 'Color' (German: Deine Farbe) is streaming on Amazon Prime f...

15 Heinä 202139min

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