NYC vs Another Fracked Gas Pipeline: Notes From Activists On The Ground
A grass roots report on the fight against fracked gas.
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Department of Justice Indicts Two Drug Company Executives Over Opioid Sales; More to Come?
On Tuesday, the Southern District of New York and the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a series of indictments against one of the ten largest drug distributors in the US, Rochester Drug Co-Operative, and two former executives, the CEO and the chief compliance officer, and the latter has pled guilty and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. […]
Read more...The Antitrust Case Against Facebook You Need to Know About
“Facebook is undermining our country, our democracy.”
Read more...Bostonians: Be Sure to Stop by Our Meetup This Thursday, April 25; Meetups Coming in Milwaukee on Wed May 1 and Minneapolis on Thurs May 2
Please come to our meetup in Boston! You’ll have fun!
Read more...The Great Deformation: Why Income Inequality Has Become Intractable
Recent work on iinequality by Lance Taylor says this will be a particularly hard problem to solve.
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We’ve Endured Years of Bragging From Trump—What Would an American Trade ‘Victory’ Look Like?
Will Trump declare a win if his trade representative fails to negotiate a viable long-term solution with Beijing?
Read more...A Way-Too-Early Look at Bernie Sanders’ VP Choices
A review of Sanders’ options…..
Read more...Trump’s Iran Oil Market Gamble
Will Trump’s renewed sanctions against Iran backfire?
Read more...Boeing’s 737 Max Debacle: The Result of a Dangerously Pro-Automation Design Philosophy?
A deep dive on the 737 Max fiasco.
Read more...John Helmer: The Julian Assange Case Now Puts the US on Trial in a British Court – Is There a Get-Out-of-Jail Card for Assange?
A disucssion of legal issues in the Assange extradition case.
Read more...Boston Meetup Reminder for This Thursday, April 25; Announcing Location for Wednesday May 1 Milwaukee Meetup (and Need RSVPs!), Minneapolis Meetup on for Thursday May 2
More meetup details! Hope to see you soon!
Read more...Empire and Economics: The Long History of Debt Cancellation from Antiquity to Today
Get a cup of coffee. A meaty talk by Michael Hudson, Liz Theoharis, and Aliou Niang on the social and economic logic of debt cancellation back when it was a regular practice.
Read more...Is Trump for Detente or Militarism? – A Talk with Stephen Cohen
Professor Stephen Cohen dicusses Trump’s policies on Russia and China on Real News Network.
Read more...McKinsey: Doing God’s Work in Puerto Rico
McKinsey would have you believe it is covering itself in glory in Puerto Rico. A New York Magazine story suggests otherwise.
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