Economists Fear Fed Minutes Show Central Bank Bent on ‘Unleashing Mass Unemployment’
The Fed confirms its true colors of being in the business of disciplining labor, whether it makes sense of not.
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A Next-Level Water Crisis: Colorado River Basin Faces Tier 2 Restrictions
More on the intensifying Colorado River water crisis.
Read more...Are Community Schools the Last, Best Shot at Addressing Education Inequity?
Community schools appear to be solving the long-standing education gap between the affluent and the less privileged.
Read more...Does Nature Have Rights? Victorian Polymath John Ruskin Thought So
Jeffrey Spear discusses how the insights of John Ruskin can help create a new paradigm for protecting the planet.
Read more...‘Dictatorship Never Again’: Massive Pro-Democracy Protests Sweep Brazil
Protestors in Brazil want to change the government, end neo-fascism, and ensure Constitutional rights.
Read more...Energy Workers to Stage More Protests as Companies Raise Bills but Not Pay
Employees at Drax, Grangemouth and other energy sites will walk out every fortnight as firms rake in huge profits.
Read more...Oakland-Based Cooperative Builds Community Through Collective Property Ownership
East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative takes historic real estate off the speculative market in West Oakland to help residents.
Read more...Italy’s Upcoming Election and Its Ongoing Neoliberal Project
More on the EU upset over Italy’s move to the right, like the expected success of Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d’Italia) in Sept. elections.
Read more...How Employers Are Trying to Thwart a Wave of Union Drives
Union organizers are making headway, as measured by the more-aggressive cororate efforts to hobble them.
Read more...America, Land of the Dying? Alarming Study Shows U.S. Killing Its Own Population
American became an outlier among rich countries in mortality rates pre pandemic, and Americans are dying younger than their peers abroad.
Read more...PredictIt: The Closing of a Prediction Market
PredictIt is likely to shutter. A look at how contract holders may win or lose, as well as the loss of a window into voter sentiment.
Read more...Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Thirty-One: Uber’s Legitimate Cumulative Losses Top $32 Billion; P&L Improvements Driven by Much Higher Fares and Multi-Billion Dollar Transfers From Drivers to Shareholders
Even big fare hikes and cuts to driver pay have failed to produce profits at Uber. And these pricing changes are not likely to be sustainable.
Read more...Serotonin and the Unsubstantiated Chemical Imbalance Theory of Mental Disorders
A foundational theory on the role of serotonin is a mere unsupported intuition, but mass drug peddling is nevertheless based on it.
Read more...Think the Financial Crisis Is Over? Mortgage Servicers Still Abusing Borrowers For 10+ Years, Thanks to Lax Fannie/Freddie Oversight
Mortgage servicers are torturing borrowers who have been unable to pay for over a decade. All they are doing now is ripping off governments.
Read more...Why It’s Essential for Congress to Reauthorize Trade Adjustment Assistance
Workers attest that the Trade Adjustment Assistance has helped them move into new careers when employers offshore jobs. Will it be cut?
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