Aiding and Abetting Trump as Tweeter-in-Chief
The media fixation with Trump’s tweets is leading them to shirk real reporting on what Trump is up to.
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18 States Sue Betsy DeVos to Reinstate Rules Protecting Students from Predatory Private Colleges
More pushback against Betty DeVos’ support for educational profiteering.
Read more...Quelle Surprise! Study Confirms that ACA Narrow Networks Exclude Top Cancer Doctors
A new study confirms NC’s longstanding observations of the dangers that narrow networks pose to participants in ACA plans.
Read more...CalPERS CIO Sings Out of Tune, But Board Applauds His Poor Performance
A former chief investment officer critiques a remarkable, and not in a good way, performance by CalPERS’ CIO Ted Eliopoulos.
Read more...Stadiums or Schools: An Analysis of Public Expenditures
A look at yet another sop to the rich, in this case sport franchise owners: government-supported stadiums.
Read more...Gaius Publius: An Investigation in Search of a Crime
How one element of the investigation into Trump is a nothingburger even if it pans out.
Read more...CalPERS’ Massive Copyright Infringement Strongly Resembles Case That Awarded $19.2. Million in Damages
An key precedent confirms that CalPERS’ massive copyright infringement could generate over $10 million in damages to both the NYT ad and WSJ.
Read more...Inequality: How We Got Here, and What Should Be Done
More discussion of the causes of rising inequality and possible remedies.
Read more...Follow the Money: Non-Profit Hospital CEOs Quietly Collect Their Millions While US Health Care Reform Battle Rages
The gravity defying pay given to top health care managers, particularly the top managers of non-profit hospital systems.
Read more...Norman Solomon: Is ‘Russiagate’ Collapsing as a Political Strategy?
Russia scaremongering is losing its punch as a political rallying call, but the Democrats aren’t giving up on it.
Read more...Bill Black: Bank Whistleblowers United Makes Its Latest Lemon Award – to the UK
The UK rejects the idea of rewarding whistleblowers, despite the fact that the US experience shows it to be a sound way to catch abuses.
Read more...Lee Camp: Here’s Why There Is No Legitimate Healthcare Debate In This Country
A righteous rant about why the way Americans have been propagandized to think about healthcare is a travesty.
Read more...Nick Turse: The Special Ops Fallacy – Throwing Elite Resources at “Winless Wars”
The US is enamored with special ops as a magic bullet in America’s many “interventions”. There’s a big gap between enthusiasm and results.
Read more...Mass Incarceration’s Dangerous New Equilibrium
On the shameful origins of and incentives behind mass incarceration.
Read more...It’s Not (Just) the Working Class. It’s the Service Class
Why the way for Democrats to regain political power is to target the service class…assuming they can bring themselves to do that.
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