Category Archives: Guest Post

Lever News Silences Workers’ Voices and Gets the Story Wrong in East Palestine Derailment Coverage

A close reading and media critique of Lever News’ East Palestine coverage.

Links 2/26/2023

People Got Used to Higher Prices and Are Outspending Even Raging Inflation. They Don’t Want This Thing to Land

Year-over-year growth in consumer spending, adjusted for inflation, outpaced the pre-pandemic average. Month-over-month, seasonally adjusted, growth spiked.

5 Reasons Why Much of the Global South Isn’t Automatically Supporting the West in Ukraine

The so-called Collective West and the rest of the world have a yawning gap in how they view the war in Ukraine.

Jim Chanos: The Golden Age of Fraud in Finance

Famed short seller Jim Chanos discusses the ever-rising role of fraud in the US financial system and his views of China.

2:00PM Water Cooler 2/24/2023

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Links 2/24/2023

Madrid Has Become a New Miami, Attracting Well-Heeled Latin Americans

Spain’s golden visa program has helped to attract thousands of affluent Latin American politicians and business owners to Madrid, but its days may be numbered, at least in its current form.

2:00PM Water Cooler 2/22/2023

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In Rural America, Right-to-Repair Laws Are the Leading Edge of a Pushback Against Growing Corporate Power

After years of efforts to advance right-to-repair rules, farmers are starting to get traction.

New Notes on Global Warming

Global warming is accelerating faster than what our best minds are planning for, if indeed they’re planning at all.

The Government Makes a Profit on Defaulted Student Loans

The Federal government’s unheard of profits on defaulted student loans confirms that the scheme is predatory. And defaults are set to rise.