More Than 9 Million People Use Freecycle Instead of Buying New
A bona fide sharing “economy”: Freecycle plans to add a lending and borrowing tool to encourage people to share with friends and neighbors.
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Coronavirus Collateral Damage: How a Case in Korea Hit a Small Business in the US
How coronavirus is causing some US businesses headaches, and potentially distress
Read more...Informative Transgressions
Is it just me, or are more people engaging in social transgressions so they can be heard?
Read more...The Candidate’s Dilemma: “I Call on My Opponents To Stop Calling on Me To Drop Out.”
Why lazy thinking on Dem candidate odds is wrong.
Read more...Why Is Trump Trying to Kill a Small Agency with a Big Impact on Public Safety?
Quelle surprise! Trump is out to terminate an independent agency that has stepped into the EPA’s void.
Read more...Coronavirus: To Prep or Not To Prep
Some are going into coronavirus prepper mode. Does this make sense, and if so, what precautions are worthwhile?
Read more...Boris Johnson, Not Donald Trump, Is the Real Blue-Collar Conservative
Is Boris Johnson misunderstood?
Read more...Secret US Chemical Warfare Contracts at the UK Porton Down Lab – Dead Monkeys Tell Their Tales, But Live Skripals Can’t
The UK told a very big fib about its Porton Down lab….and it looks like it matters.
Read more...New Deal, New Patriots: How Roosevelt’s Welfare Programmes Made America Great Again
Who’d have thunk it? Having goverment do more for citizens, such as New Deal programs, leads to citizens willing to do more for their county.
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Alaska’s Marine Ecosystem Is Changing ‘Decades Too Early’ Due to Climate Crisis
More sad news for wildlife in Alaska.
Read more...The Race to Slash ‘Red Tape’ in Post-Brexit Britain Has Begun. How Can It Be Resisted?
Brexit is being used to accelerate the neoliberal race to the bottom.
Read more...3 Energy Sectors Most Threatened by the Coronavirus
The coronavirus has already whacked energy prices. But which products are particularly vulnerable?
Read more...Michael Hudson: The Democrats’ Quandary – In a Struggle Between Oligarchy and Democracy, Something Must Give
The Democrats’ civil war over who controls the party may be coming to a head.
Read more...CalPERS’ Dishonest Response to Representative Jim Banks Regarding Chief Investment Officer Ben Meng and CalPERS’ Chinese Investments
Rep.Jim Banks pressed CalPERS on dodgy Chnese investments. CalPERS gave Banks a free shot via flagrant lies, but will Banks catch on?
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