The Fifth Anniversary of the Grenfell Tower Fire, Aesthetics, and Social Murder
What were the causes behind Grenfell Tower’s beautiful, smooth facade?
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Climate Deniers and the Language of Climate Obstruction
From narratives about fossil fuels as a solution to climate advocates as out of touch with reality, here’s how the fossil fuel industry and its allies are weaponizing words to delay climate action.
Read more...Michael Hudson Talks About Almost Everything with Jonathan Brown
Another blockbuster interview with Michael Hudson.
Read more...What Does Capitalism Repress? A Jungian Perspective.
Who or what does capitailsm serve?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 6/17/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Read more...100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt
An in-depth study reveals the scope and severity of medical debt in the US is much worse than previously thought.
Read more...Mexico to Take Legal Action Against US Construction Materials Giant, Vulcan, for Environmental Damage
The Mexican government’s legal action against Vulcan has drawn accusations of “anti-business attitude[s] and rhetoric” from both sides of the US Senate.
Read more...Noam Chomsky: Ukraine Is a Diplomacy No-Go Zone
If this is what Western “realism” about Ukraine looks like, our goose is cooked.
Read more...Gun Money Predicts Congressional Voting Better Than Party Alone
An analysis of gun lobby contributions to Republicans and Democrats
Read more...Railroads, Logistics, and War, US Versus Russian Style
Now the Russian military is supposedly no good because it relies arguably overmuch on railroads and muscle rather than pallets and forklifts.
Read more...Gazprom Reduces Gas Flows To Italy
More on the dastardly gast cuts to Europe by Gazprom.
Read more...Why Won’t Academia Let Go of ‘Publish or Perish’?
From new PhDs to full professors, the pressure to publish entrenches scientists in the current system, making it resistant to change.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 6/15/2022
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Read more...JFK’s Canadian Coup
When Canadian PM John Diefenbaker said no to nuclear missiles in 1961, JFK helped Lester Pearson replace him.
Read more...Fertilizer Prices Are Soaring – and That’s an Opportunity to Promote More Sustainable Ways of Growing Crops
The fertilizer price crisis may represent an opportunity….but can farmers take advantage of it?
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