https://www.progressive-central.us2026-08-26 23:55:00https://www.progressive-central.us/blog-damage-when-only-rich-rule/damage-when-only-the-rich-rule-copySome folks find politics distasteful, and dirty so they don’t want anything to do with it. But know this; If you don’t have a seat at the table . . . .then you are on the menu. “ If you don’t want to engage in politics, you will find yourself ruled by people inferior to you”, said Socrates. Matthew Desmond, in his brilliant book titled “Poverty by America”, found on Amazon, reminds us that when President Johnson shepherded the “ Great Society” programs that passed transformational legislation outlawing racial discrimination, expanding access to health care (medicaid), food, and education and pushing the poverty rate down, Washington was just as polarized and broken as it is today. And Johnson pushed these programs only because a mass movement demanded their existence. People operating behind the corporate veil who commit crimes against people and planet in the blind pursuit of profits by any means necessary rarely ever get prosecuted and punished. The stories in this eBook will layout some of the shameful actions of these giant corporations. But these stories represent only a small sliver of the constant criminal behavior carried out when corporations capture and control the people’s governments, Federal, State and Local.2026-08-26 00:00:00https://www.progressive-central.us/blog-damage-when-only-rich-rule/here-is-what-we-citizens-can-doWhat Citizens can Do to Take Back America from the Oligarchs.2026-08-25 00:00:00https://www.progressive-central.us/blog-damage-when-only-rich-rule/11-lessons-from-historic-progressive-movements-you-can-apply-nowA practical list of lessons from abolition to labor and civil rights, showing how to organize, build coalitions, and win measurable progressive change today.2026-08-22 14:14:00https://www.progressive-central.us/blog-damage-when-only-rich-rule/top-12-progressive-policies-that-improve-everyday-life-and-how-to-advocate-for-themA practical list of twelve progressive policies that make life more affordable, healthier, and safer, plus concrete steps to advocate for each one.2026-08-21 15:53:00https://www.progressive-central.us/blog-damage-when-only-rich-rule/12-point-shopper-s-bill-of-rights-proposed-to-guard-against-corporate-greed-in-the-digital-age12-Point ‘Shopper’s Bill of Rights’ Proposed to Guard Against Corporate Greed in the Digital Age.2026-08-20 20:26:00https://www.progressive-central.us/blog-damage-when-only-rich-rule/the-damage-when-corps-get-slap-on-wristRepublican Wars and Citizens Neglected2026-08-19 20:00:00https://www.progressive-central.us/blog-damage-when-only-rich-rule/slap-on-the-wristBreakups, Fines and Restrictions on Corporations during 1950s to 1970s.2026-08-17 21:00:00https://www.progressive-central.us/blog-damage-when-only-rich-rule/watchdog-denounces-staggering-and-disgusting-hypocrisy-of-ai-industry-giants-put-plainly-silicon-valley-is-the-problem-threatening-our-ways-of-lifeArtificial Intelligence Corporations want Government help to extinguish critical danger they, themselves, created.2026-08-16 19:49:00https://www.progressive-central.us/blog-damage-when-only-rich-rule/september-21-2026-new-york-on-the-eve-of-the-united-nations-general-assembly-sen-bernie-sanders-i-vt-delivered-a-major-foreign-policy-address-today-at-the-historic-riverside-church-in-new-york-city-where-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-delivered-his-beyond-vietnam-speech-and-where-nelson-mandela-spoke-after-his-release-the-senator-s-full-remarks-as-delivered-are-belowSenator Bernie Sanders gives speech before introducing Bill to Pause and Regulate development of Artificial Intelligence.2026-08-24 13:59:00https://www.progressive-central.us/blog-damage-when-only-rich-rule-1/top-12-progressive-policies-that-improve-everyday-life-and-how-to-advocate-for-themA practical list of twelve progressive policies that make life more affordable, healthier, and safer, plus concrete steps to advocate for each one.2026-08-17 14:05:00https://www.progressive-central.us/blog-damage-when-only-rich-rule-1/top-12-progressive-policies-that-improve-everyday-life-and-how-to-advocate-for-them-1A practical list of twelve progressive policies that make life more affordable, healthier, and safer, plus concrete steps to advocate for each one.