Local and state governments spend $1 billion annually to market the lottery, and in return Americans spend $70 billion each year on lottery tickets alone, 6 times what they spend going to movies. Almost all of it comes from people with low incomes, and the lower their incomes are, the more people play the lottery. When unemployment goes up, so do lottery sales. Lotteries marketed to the poor have taken the place of tax revenue extracted in more egalitarian ways.
Hosts Nina Shirazi and Adam Johnson talk to John Balzarini, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Delaware State University and Les Bernal National Director of Stop Predatory Gambling.
The Democratic takeover of both houses of Congress in the 2026 midterms is a check on Trump's executive overreach rather than a moral restoration. U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America isâŚ
Washington cut off $500 million in annual loans, sanctioned officials, threatened trade, and even discouraged cruise ships from docking, and Nicaragua still posted the region's fastest GDP growth inâŚ
Mozambique renews calls for answers over the 1986 plane crash that killed its first president, as unresolved questions surrounding the tragedy continue to cast a shadow over his legacy.
In this weekâs segment, we hear about the Southern Human Rights Organizers' Conference (SHROC), which will be held in Jackson, Mississippi, in December. But we begin with an analysis of the MichiganâŚ
Abayomi Azikiwe is editor of the Pan-African Newswire and a Detroit-based activist. Abdul El-Sayed won his election and will represent Michigan as a United States senator. He defied the DemocraticâŚ
