What Does Erdogan’s Reelection Mean for the New Cold War?
With nationalists empowered in parliament and the West all but certain to keep up the with-us-or-against-us pressure, Turkiye moving closer to the East appears more likely.
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The Decline In Coal Appears To Have Been Exaggerated
Carbon reduction promises get thrown out the window as countries like the UK, Australia, and China embrace king coal.
Read more...Links 5/28/2023
American Officials Erase US Role in Empowering Their New Number One Enemy China
American elites have magically forgotten they were the ones who moved US industry to China in order to make a buck.
Read more...Denials of Health Insurance Claims Are Rising — And Getting Weirder
Americans continue to suffer due to the Obama administration’s failure to take on health insurers.
Read more...Links 5/27/2023
Origins of Debt: Michael Hudson Reveals How Financial Oligarchies in Greece & Rome Shaped Our World
Michael Hudson explains how the treatment of debt winds up determing social structure.
Read more...The Move Toward a Four-Day Workweek Obscures Low Pay
Yves here. Like author Sonali Kolhatkar, your humble blogger has been skeptical of a four day, or better yet, 32 hour workweek without an increase in worker compensation. By Sonali Kolhatkar, an award-winning multimedia journalist. She is the founder, host, and executive producer of “Rising Up With Sonali,” a weekly television and radio show that […]
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Read more...Workers in the South Are Defying History with Union Wins
Union campaigns are scoring more successes in the South despite the high-profile defeat at the Amazon wareouse in Bessemer, Alabama
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Why Are US Military Personnel Heading to Peru?
The ostensible goal of the operation is to provide “support and assistance to the Special Operations of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces and National Police of Peru,” including in regions recently engulfed in violence.
Read more...More American Cities Considering Free Public Transportation
In fits and starts, the idea of free public transportation is getting more of a following in the US.
Read more...The Expanding Role of Medicaid in US Health Care
Medicaid is more of a heavyweight than you might have realized.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 5/25/2023
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