1+ hour, 15+ min ago   (742+ words) Capital One could have adopted Discover’s superior customer service. Instead, they allowed the customer experience to decline. “Hello, my name is Peggy” – Discover Credit Card commercial At the time these ads were running, my wife was working as a billing…...

3+ hour, 7+ min ago   (748+ words) Daily Kos This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication. Good morning, Newdists. It almost wasn’t a good morning here. I woke up this morning at around 5:00 and couldn’t get back to sleep. Since…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (51+ words) Daily Kos A cartoon by David Horsey. We'll get straight to the point: The financial hardships that Daily Kos is facing this year are tough. Was this story worth reading? Recommending and sharing stories helps us decide which stories are…...

18+ hour, 57+ min ago   (318+ words) Let’s free “them” from modern slavery A fascinating aspect of the US (and other first world countries) is the fixation of their citizens on “freeing” workers from poor countries of what they call “modern slavery”. You know, people working for…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (219+ words) Good evening, writers! I am at a little bit of a loss to think of what to write about tonight, but I was reminded by my local writing group, First Draft Detroit, that Talk Like a Pirate day is coming…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (101+ words) Daily Kos This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication. Since I can’t afford Trump’s tax preparers, I guess I better list income from all sources. I think everyone who receives Trump’s bribe, er,…...

3+ day, 15+ min ago   (280+ words) How a Native-led field team is reaching thousands of voters across Arizona’s tribal nations — and why we need help to keep it going through Election Day. This isn’t a program that parachutes in around Election Day. It’s a sustained, relationship-based…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (609+ words) Derrick Cleveland’s livelihood depends as much on thousands of workers in Canada as it does the 100 colleagues he works shoulder-to-shoulder with at the Welded Tube mill in Lackawanna, N.Y. Derrick and the other Lackawanna workers, all members of United Steelworkers…...

3+ day, 51+ min ago   (55+ words) Daily Kos This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication. We'll get straight to the point: The financial hardships that Daily Kos is facing this year are tough. This content was created by a…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (379+ words) Comedian Jimmy Kimmel revealed on Wednesday that his late-night show would not air an interview with James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, because of interference from the Federal Communications Commission under the Trump administration. Kimmel told viewers…...