Michael Cohen Celebrates Trump Organization Loss in Court — Michael Cohen once said he’d take a bullet for Donald Trump. His view changed after the Trump justice department sent him to jail for his role in covering up Trump’s payments to hide sexual liaisons with Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal. Cohen was sentenced to three years in federal prison…

Judge Will Review Receivers to Sell Off Some Operations — The trial hasn’t even begun, but Donald trump and The Trump Organization have already been found guilty of fraud. The only thing left for the jury to decide are the penalties, which could include the dissolution of Trump’s New York-based business operations. Judge Arthur Engoron dismissed Trump’s request for dismissal…

The Odds of Getting Boosted Greatly Diminish as Each Day Goes By — I published a story about the changes to the Medium Partner Program in early September and couldn’t have been more pleased. I accidentally stumbled onto a formula that worked for me in August, increasing my earnings by 40% over July and giving me, by far, my best month ever. …

If Not, He Was Complicit in Crimes Against Humanity — Forgive me if you've heard this from me before. I've accused Thomas Jefferson of pushing forward the forced breeding and rape of enslaved people to enrich himself and other Virginia plantation owners while saying it was out of concern for human rights. Others have argued that Jefferson ended the international…

Forget Casablanca, They’re Going to Disney World — Florida markets itself as a vacation wonderland: warm weather, cool breezes, beaches, palm trees, and theme parks. For people looking to move here, there's no state income tax besides everything above. The one thing you wouldn't expect to find more than other places are Nazis, Neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and white…

What Happened When a Black Family Tried to Join In — There wasn't initially much of a middle class in America. There were varying degrees of land-owning rich people and everyone else trying to scrape by. The most commonly attributed force associated with creating the middle class was the creation of government-backed housing programs providing VA and FHA loans to people…

Strom Thurmond’s Dedication to Racism — Strom Thurmond can be criticized for many things, but nobody can doubt his dedication. He was determined to fight the Civil Rights Act of 1957. That Act would establish the Civil Rights Division within the Department of Justice and a U.S. Civil Rights Commission. Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican, was…

How Deion Sanders Has Upset College Football — A college head football coach is judged solely on "What have you done for me lately?" Nick Saban at Alabama had scattered calls for his retirement at Alabama after an opening season loss at home to Texas and a weak victory at the University of South Florida (USF). This, despite…

Do They Have a Chance of Success? — Fifteen Caribbean nations have joined forces in seeking reparations of $33 Trillion from European countries. They formed Caricom, an economic and political union, to present a ten-point plan to outline their demands. The American consulting firm Brattle for Caricom estimates that Britain owes $19.6 trillion, Spain owes $6.3 trillion and…