“Less-Lethal” Weapon Abuse in Chile
On the deliberately vicious use of supposedly use of less lethal weapons.
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The NHS Is Opening Up to US Business: The Reassurances Are Demonstrably False
British officials dodged invitations to exclude the NHS from a US-UK trade deal. Not surprising, given how much public money already goes to the US healthcare industry.
Read more...Using History to Understand Hidden Wealth in the UK
Between 1920 and 1992, English elites concealed 20-32% of their wealth. Accounting for hidden wealth eliminates one-third of the observed decline of top 10% wealth share over the past century.
Read more...Financialization of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry
A takedown of the pharmaceutical industry’s assertion that it need to price gouge so it can invest in R&D. Profits go almost entirely to various forms of looting.
Read more...Coal Is Dead, But China Is Reviving It
Bad climate news: coal is far from over.
Read more...CalPERS Should Thank Us for Publicizing, and Therefore Undermining Their Repeated Efforts to Hand Private Equity Portfolio to BlackRock: BlackRock’s Mark Wiseman Fired for Affair With Subordinate, Leading to Suspension of New Investments from “Warren Buffett” Style Megafund
How we helped CalPERS, despite the fund’s concerted efforts, dodge a BlackRock bullet.
Read more...CalPERS Still Owns Toxic National Enquirer Via Hedge Fund Chatham; CEO Marcie Frost Falsely Says It Was Sold; Columbia Journalism Review Depicts Pending Sale as a Sham
CalPERS is trying to pretend it is done with the National Enquirer. A pending sale would still have CalPERS subsidizing the Enquirer’s costs.
Read more...Opening of Formerly Secret FDA Database Exposes Medical Device Failures, Spurring Lawsuits
The FDA kept a database of medical device malfunctions secret for decades.
Read more...America’s War Exceptionalism Is Killing the Planet
War is America’s new normal, and it’s deadly.
Read more...AOC Schools Mayor Pete on Why Means Testing Free College Is Such a Bad Idea
AOC rebukes Pete Buttigieg on his plan to means test expanded funding for college tuition.
Read more...Federal Prosecutors Initiate Criminal Probe of Six Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have initiated an investigation that could lead to criminal charges against at least six opiods companies.
Read more...Obama Privately Considered Leading ‘Stop-Bernie Campaign’ to Combat Sanders 2020 Surge: Report
Obama would try and stop Sanders if it looks likely Bernie would get the nomination – regardless of whether that’s the best shot to defeat Trump.
Read more...The Privatized Internet — Entire .ORG Domain Registry Sold to Investment Equity Firm “Ethos Capital”; Registration Fee Restrictions Removed
Private equity grifting meets internet domain names.
Read more...Making Sense of Bolivia’s Discontent
Unpacking the many political and policy contradictions in Bolivia over the past decade.
Read more...Lack of Right to Repair Limits Ability of US Military to Maintain its Own Equipment
Support for right to repair from an unlikely quarter: US military. Military hardware is sometimes shipped back to the states for repair.
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