Category Archives: Guest Post

Yanis Varoufakis: How Progressives Could Still Win the 21st Century

Could progressives obtain power through a Progressive International movement?

Links 10/8/2020

Latest Nobel Prize in Chemistry Demonstrates How the US Patent Office Screws Inventors

A high profile example of the train wreck called the US patent process.

Trump’s New Healthcare Executive Order

Trump believes he protected people with pre-existing conditions and eliminated surprise billing via an executive order. He did not.

2:00PM Water Cooler 10/7/2020

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Bleak Views of Melting Antarctic Ice, From Above and Below

Two troubling recent studies clarify projections of glacial ice loss, sea-level rise, and the need to act on climate.

Links 10/7/2020

Chamber of Commerce Quietly Supports a United Government Led by Democrats

The Chamber of Commerce cozying up to Team Dem is quite a bellweather.

2:00PM Water Cooler 10/6/2020

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Covid-19 and the Global Addiction to Cheap Migrant Labor

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the world’s structural dependence on exploitable labor.

Right to Repair Redux: Massachusetts Ballot Questions

Massachusetts has another right to repair ballot question, updating its 2012 provision that resulted in landmark 2013 legislation.

Daniel Ellsberg on the Assange Extradition and Growing Fascism

Daniel Ellsberg, in an interview with Paul Jay, describes the threat the Assange show trial poses for journalists around the world.

2:00PM Water Cooler 10/5/2020

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Pandemics and Inequality

Pandemics have a long tail, including their impact on inequality.