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U.S. Declares a Vaccine War on the World
The U.S. fumbled its coronavirus response. Its intent to hoard vaccine profits only isolates it from other countries working on remedies.
Read more...COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Surge: The Impact of Wisconsin’s In-Person Primary Vote
Yves here. Correlation is not causation, but the Wisconsin primary looks to have ushered in more Covid-19 infections. By Phillip Alvelda. Originally published at the Institute for New Economic Thinking website The world is on edge at the prospect of a resurgent wave of infections. Models and speculation are rife, but facts remain scarce, which […]
Read more...5 Ways to Make Voting Easier for Everyone in America—Even in a Pandemic
Not surprisingly, unfriendly voting methods have a lot to do with the US having the lowest turnout rates among developed countries.
Read more...Political Scientist Tom Ferguson on Big Money and Social Conflicts in the Covid-19 Era
An incisive take from the no-holds-barred Tom Ferguson.
Read more...Craig Murray Documents Abuse of Process, aka Kangaroo Court, via Butchered Indictment
The UK court is play so dirty with Craig Murray that it might make our FISA court look good.
Read more...Bernie Sanders Says It Is ‘Nauseating’ to See Corporations Praise Frontline Workers as ‘Heroes’ While Refusing to Pay Them More
Whatever you may think of Bernie Sanders suspending his presidential campaign, his criticism of corporations who laud workers as heroes while refusing to pay them is spot on.
Read more...Capitalism vs. Safety, Health: An Old Story Again
A short history of the fight to make workplaces less dangerous to your health.
Read more...Department of Justice, State AGs to Target Google for Antitrust Violations, WSJ Reports
WSJ reports the DOJ and various state attorneys general will soon file antitrust lawsuits against Google, but is short on legal details.
Read more...Exclusive: Countries To Face a ‘Wave’ of Corporate Lawsuits Challenging Emergency COVID-19 Measures
Will Covid-19 trigger reprehensible investor-state dispute settlement suits?
Read more...The Lockdown Protestors Are Not Working Class
Contesting the messaging about lockdown protests.
Read more...Medicaid Providers At The End Of The Line For Federal COVID Funding
Neglecting facilities that serve Medicaid patients in the Covid-19 rescues puts health infrastructure for the poor at risk of collapse.
Read more...U.S. COVID-19 Contact Tracing Programs Designed for Failure, Despite Bloomberg Money; Why Can’t the U.S. Copy the Lessons of Hong Kong’s Success?
The US has turned to contact tracing as the latest panacea for slowing the spread of COVID-19. Major flaws in the design of these programs will limit their success.
Read more...Trump CFPB Appointees Use COVID-19 Crisis as Rationale to Weaken Consumer Protection
Trump appointees use the COVID-19 crisis to rollback consumer protections against financial predation put in place by the CFPB.
Read more...Big Oil Taking $1.9 Billion in CARES Act Tax Breaks Aimed at Helping Small Businesses in ‘Stealth Bailout’: Report
$1.9 billion in CARES Act tax breaks intended to allow small businesses to keep people employed are instead being funnelled to fossil fuel executives.
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