Medi-Cal’s Fragmented System Can Make Moving a Nightmare
“To me, that’s how insurance works: One insurance ends, the other begins.” LOL no.
Read more...Category Archives: Guest Post
The Education System Isn’t Ready for Another Widespread Closure
Can online learning be saved? Lessons from the pandemic school closures.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/12/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Read more...Links 7/12/2023
Book Review: Richard Vague, “The Paradox of Debt”
And why finding reforms to our current economic system is a Sisyphean task.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Colonialism or Sovereignty? How the Global Financial System Traps Countries in Debt
Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor discuss how the international financial system traps Global South countries in debt, reinforcing a neocolonial order.
Read more...Big Oil’s Radical Proposal: Curtail Consumption, Not Production
Should the public take Big Oil advocating for energy conservation as a serious climate policy, or just a new flavor of greenwashing?
Read more...On Taking Walks
Is the flâneur necessarily an urban male?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/11/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Read more...Links 7/11/2023
Is Peru About to Descend Into Another Wave of Political Violence, This Time With US Troops on the Ground?
Peru’s Boluarte government has zero democratic legitimacy, is broadly rejected by the public and under investigation for numerous human rights violations. Now, with roughly 1,000 US troops stationed in the country, it faces a third massive march on Lima.
Read more...CDC’s HICPAC Prepares to Whack More Patients as Infection Control Experts Gather for August 22 Teleconference on Masks
“We said we’d *control* infection, right?”
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/10/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Read more...Links 7/9/2023
Kakhovka Dam Breach in Ukraine Caused Economic, Agricultural and Ecological Devastation That Will Last for Years
Ukrainian yields had already fallen by as much as 60 percent. With the loss of the dam and reservoir, agricultural production will shrink further, affecting food security around the world.
Read more...