Take One Leave One – A New Way to Help the Homeless
Homelessness needs political solutions. But as temperatures plummet, communities are also finding a new way to both immediately practically help, and connect with, homeless people.
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Why Not Start Saving the Biosphere by Outlawing Private Jets?
A forcing device for how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in one industry
Read more...Links 2/4/19
Let’s Say I Wanted to Escape Climate Change. Where Should I Go?
One expert says he gets versions of this question almost daily — usually from “people at big institutional real estate funds, rich people who want to buy land or already own land, or survivalist types.”
Read more...How Howard Thurman Met Gandhi and Brought Nonviolence to the Civil Rights Movement
Howard Thurman demonstrates how individuals can have great influence on social movements.
Read more...Trump and His Golfing Buddies Continue Neoliberalism’s Assault on the Veteran’s Administration
Trump and his golfing buddies from Mar-a-Lago flawlessly execute the neoliberal playbook for privatization
Read more...Links 2/3/19
Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Pricing, and Collusion
Even relatively simple pricing algorithms systematically learn to play sophisticated collusive strategies.
Read more...A Serious Green New Deal Would Take Up One-Third of the Economy—Are We Ready for That?
Looking at some of the ramifications of a Green New Deal.
Read more...Haven’t Enough to Keep You Awake At Night? Try The Doomsday Clock For A Truthful State Of The Union
As Trump takes the US out of Reagan’s nuclear arms pact with Russia, it’s time to have a look at the Doomsday Clock.
Read more...Frail Seniors Find Ways To Live Independently
A short-term program to help poor seniors cope with their physical limitations appears to be very effective.
Read more...Links 2/1/19
Michael Hudson: Trump’s Brilliant Strategy to Dismember U.S. Dollar Hegemony
Trump’s neocon extremists are burning the US dollar house down.
Read more...Millionaire-Driven Education Reform Has Failed. Here’s What Works.
Journalist Andrea Gabor’s new book heralds a “quiet revolution” in education you didn’t know was happening.
Read more...An American Budget
What a sound national budget might look like.
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