Cassandra Vert

Financial writer, bookseller, strategic thinker, consultant, progressive activist, scifi geek, music lover, theater person, mastermind. B.A. University of California, Santa Barbara Cum Laude. J.D. University of Illinois. Member, California Bar. Would choose flight over invisibility but teleporting over both. Editor and contributing writer, FIX America, How Each of Us Can Help All of Us. Follow me on Twitter @buybk. Join me in progressive politics at www.planamerica.org
Regarding Conservatives and SNAP Benefits, What’s All The Fuss About Fish?

Regarding Conservatives and SNAP Benefits, What’s All The Fuss About Fish?

Tuesday night, Jon Stewart at The Daily Show highlighted a simmering resentment conservatives at FOX News have over how people…

11 years ago

Why You Should Care About LIBOR

What the LIBOR scandal is and why you should care about it.

12 years ago

For His Eyes Only: Mitt Romney’s Financial Shell Game

Romney's refusal to fully disclose all of his financial holdings and income raises red flags. There are no allegations of…

12 years ago

Daring to Speak the Truth About Job Creation Gets Venture Capitalist Shunned

It wasn't just what Nick Hanauer said that made his TED talk controversial, it was that he dared challenge conservative…

13 years ago

Giving Limbaugh the Bum’s Rush

27 years of inflammatory speech have finally caught fire in a campaign that hopes to send Rush Limbaugh into retirement.

13 years ago

Shenzhen Sweatshops: The Ultimate Goal of Corporatism

Chinese sweatshops are horrific, and they could happen here.

13 years ago

More Evidence That Mitt Romney Has No Clue How Real Americans Live

What Mitt Romney recently said about the rich and poor shows that he has no clue about the country. Here…

13 years ago

Beyond the Job Numbers: Who is Working?

These job statistics show who is working based on gender, race, and education.

13 years ago

With A Different Set of Values Our World Could Have Been Different

Profit is not the only measure of worth. What would the last thirty years have been like if we had…

14 years ago

How We Got Here: The View From Wall Street

There has been a lot of deserved talk about the three legs of corporatism: the right wing message machine, religious…

14 years ago