Neoliberalism Is Not a Viable Option
How neoliberalism contributes to the growth of fascism.
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What Are the Real Reasons Behind Washington’s Latest Show of Force Against Venezuela?
The US Empire’s drums of war are once again beating loud and hard in Latin America.
Read more...Lessons from China: Industrial Policy Works Even After Retaliation
A new study finds that industrial policy pays off, even after factoring in the cost of retaliation. So when will neoliberals wise up?
Read more...Asking the Wrong Questions About Antidepressants
A new “reassuring” study about withdrawal from antidepressants shows how blinkered the thinking around this type of medication is.
Read more...Has Extreme Poverty Really Plunged Since the 1980s? New Analysis Suggests Not
A new analysis challenges the widely-held view that extreme poverty has fallen sharply, and finds a big reversal due to neoliberal “reforms”
Read more...The Core Problem of Economic Inequality: How Much Is Too Much?
Experts accept that economic ineqality is inevitable. But how does one determine acceptable/producitve levels versus destabilitzing ones?
Read more...New Senate Report Details How Private Equity ‘Devastates’ Hospital Systems
A new report detials the impact of hospital system looting by private equity, here executed by Leonard Greene at Prospect Medical Holdings.
Read more...Autism Fabulist RFK, Jr. Shuts Down Research Into Possible Environmental Causes Even as He Escalated Broad-Based Attack Against Vaccines.
More on RFK, Jr.’s hypocrisy.
Read more...On Ukrainian Identity: Ukraine as a Buffer Zone
On the long process of Urkaine national identify formation and why, even with that, Ukraine was relatively late to become a state.
Read more...Data Centers Consume Massive Amounts of Water – Companies Rarely Tell the Public Exactly How Much
Data centers, with AI driving insatiable needs, not only hoover up tons of power but water as well. And water is already a contested resource
Read more...The EU’s Latest Plan to Stifle Online Privacy Is Terrifying
The “Chat Control” law threatens to transform the Internet into an even more centrally controlled, surveilled environment. And it could be a legal reality by October.
Read more...Can Putin Legally Stop the Ukraine Conflict Without First Controlling All the Disputed Territory?
The Trump team is still talking about Russia cedeing territory in Ukraine, aka land swaps. Some detail on why that is quite a stretch.
Read more...New Study Attempts to Candy-Coat Impact of Job Loss
A reader critical thinking exercise! Time to take a hard look at a study that argues that losing your job may not be all that terrible.
Read more...Coffee Break: 2025 Gubernatorial Races Provide Preview for 2026 Mid-term Elections
The New Jersey and Virginia 2025 gubernatorial elections provide a preview of the 2026 midterm elections occurring in the shadow of Trump.
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