20% of Inmates in California Jails on Psychotropic Medications
Why are inmates in California jails being medicated at much higher rates than in the past?
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Can Canada’s Mutual Help Financial Organizations for Disenfranchised Blacks Serve as a Model for the Un and Underbanked in the US?
Are Canada’s mutual-assistance-based financial groups a guide for how minority and disadvantaged groups can escape the tax of overpriced bank services like check cashing?
Read more...Europe Buys More Russian Gas Despite Strained Relations
Russia remains very much entwined in Europe’s economy.
Read more...Globalisation, Government Popularity, and the Great Skill Divide
How do voter reactions to globalisation vary by skill level?
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SEC Gives Private Equity Firm Welsh Carson a Wet Noodle Lashing Over Purchasing Kickback Abuse
More SEC enforcement theater on the private equity front.
Read more...Warren Buffett’s Mortgage Companies Engage in Alleged Discrimination Against Minority Borrowers, Violating Fair Housing Act
An investigative report suggests that Berkshire Hathaway’s mortgage lending operation discriminates against minority borrowers.
Read more...New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Resigns Due to Sexual Assault Allegations, After Getting Away With Selling Out Homeowners
Good riddance to Eric Schneiderman.
Read more...Brexit: Crisis Nigh
Brexit crunch time is approaching fast.
Read more...200th Anniversary of the Birth of Marx and a Revolution in Understanding History
How Marx recognized the economic forces that give rise to and perpetuate ideologies that promote injustice.
Read more...Links 5/5/18
Gimme Shelter Q1 2018 Update: Rents and House Prices All at or Near New Extremes
Why buying a house looks to be a better deal than renting, even at today’s nosebleed prices.
Read more...Corbyn’s Critics: Time to Come Round
After six shocks in three years, can Corbyn sceptics face the party’s new reality?
Read more...How Bill Cosby, Obama and Mega-Preachers Sold Economic Snake Oil to Black America
How neoliberal ideas infected black politics.
Read more...Reader Inquiry: How’s Your Climate?
Seeking reader observations on the impact of climate change in their environs.
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