Category Archives: Banana republic

More Jockeying on Kentucky Pension Case, Mayberry v. KKR

Mayberry v. KKR may finally be getting to the starting line.

Pelosi Removes Katie Porter… Bringing Joy & Gratitude To Every Crooked Bankster On Wall Street

Pelosi doubles down on Team Dem’s loyalty to Big Finance.

Will the Senate Confirm Coup Plotter Victoria Nuland?

Showing his true uber-hawkish colors, Biden wants to put Victoria Nuland in a position where she can do even more damage.

Right to Repair: Saves Consumers Money, Promotes Local Jobs Rather than Global Supply Chains

U.S. PIRG resport says adopting broad right to repair provisions would save U.S. housholds money and promote local employment.

Stunning Brick & Mortar Meltdown, Manhattan Style: The Collapse of Retail Rents Before & Now During the Pandemic

Store rents had already plunged, amid a surge in vacancies. Then in the spring, the market froze; when it thawed, rents dropped to 10-year lows.

Flint Water Crisis: Michigan AG Poised to Indict Ex-Gov Snyder, Other Officials, Later This Week, But on What Charges?

The Michigan AG reportedly will soon bring criminal charges against ex-governor Rick Snyder and others for actions in the Flint water crisis.

Health Workers Unions See Surge in Interest Amid Covid

The COVID-19 pandemic has fuelled health care union organizing efforts, including a success at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Caolina.

Trump Designates Cuba a State Sponsor of Terrorism; Biden Likely to Reverse (Quickly?)

Trump designates Cuba a state sponsos of terrorism. What actually changes? How extensive will Biden’s inevitable policy reassessment be?

‘Transparency’ and the New EPA Pollution Rule: Ripe for CRA Overturn by the New Congress

The EPA enacted a contested rule on data disclosure and rulemaking. The new Congress willl likely invoke CRA procedures and overturn it.

New York City Proposes Bill to Regulate Algorithms Used in Hiring

New York City Council proposes bill to regulate the use of hiring algorithms. Familiar issues arise that bedevil similar attempts at effective regulation.

As the Vulnerable Wait, Some Political Leaders’ Spouses Get Covid Vaccines

KHN continues its coverage of the vaccine distribution shambles, with political spouses allowed to get jabbed before those at higher risk.

Whoops, Dander Way Back Up: What’s With the Vaccines?

A detailed discussion around the world of some of the many ways officials and executives are impeding the districution of vaccines.

MAGA Cosplayers Seize Capitol While Cops Flounder

How could a rabble occupy the Capitol despite months of fulminations about a Trump coup and a rally date announced well in advance?

Michael Hudson: Looking Forward to 2021

Micheal Hudson gives a sobering 2021 forecast.

2021: Year of Living Dangerously?

Does the West recognize how many emerging economies are dangerously close to breaking points? Can they control their bad neoliberal reflexes?