Robert Reich | It Was a Trade War That Helped Cause the Great Depression

03 March 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Robert Reich | It Was a Trade War That Helped Cause the Great Depression  Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page Reich writes: "Trump this morning: 'When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win. Example, when we are down $100 billion with a certain country and they get cute, don't trade anymore - we win big. It's easy!'" READ MORE National Rifle Association members look over pistols in the Remington display at the 146th NRA annual exhibit on 29 April 2017, in Atlanta, Georgia. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images) ALSO SEE: Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About the NRA but Were Too Embarrassed to Ask When Gun Owners Meet for the NRA Convention, Gun Injury Rates Seem to Decline Julia Belluz, Vox Belluz writes: "America has around one mass shooting, defined as at least four people shot, per day on average. But for a few days in May this year, that gun injury rate is likely to drop." READ MORE A woman walks through a home looking at water damage. (photo: Claire Harbage/NPR) US Income Inequality Hits a Disturbing New Threshold Josh Eidelson, Bloomberg Excerpt: "U.S. wage growth remains slow and uneven, with African-Americans and women still at a clear disadvantage while the wealthiest are accumulating more money than ever, a new analysis of census data shows." READ MORE The strike, which began last Thursday, is a fresh demonstration of the enduring power organized labor still holds in West Virginia, even as it has waned significantly since its height in the mid-20th century. (photo:  ALSO SEE: West Virginia's Militant Minority A Massive Strike Is Actually Working Mason Adams, VICE Adams writes: "The walls of the West Virginia State Capitol rang loudly Wednesday with a familiar sound: Hundreds of state teachers chanting, singing and shouting at Mountain State lawmakers in what had become a nearly week-long, statewide strike." READ MORE Hands typing on a computer keyboard. (photo: hamburg_berlin/Shutterstock) Open Internet Advocates Pressure US Senators Before Midterms Creede Newton, Al Jazeera Newton writes: "As the clock ticks on the effort to restore net neutrality, advocates see hope in using the midterm elections in the US to hold elected representatives feet to the fire of the public's demands." READ MORE A demonstrator with the number 43 written on her face, symbolizing the 43 students who were kidnapped on September 26, 2014, in Iguala, Guerrero. (photo: Reuter Mexico 'Ready to Make Arrests' in Case of Missing 43 Students teleSUR Excerpt: "Mexican authorities are preparing to arrest dozens of people implicated in the kidnapping and alleged murder of 43 student teachers in southern Mexico more than three years ago, the prosecutor in charge of the case has revealed." READ MORE Pollution from a factory. (photo: Reuters) Trump Taps Chemical Company Lawyer to Lead EPA Superfund Office Timothy Cama, The Hill Cama writes: "President Trump is nominating a senior attorney at Dow Chemical Co. to lead the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) office responsible for highly contaminated Superfund sites." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation