Why COVID-19 Will Strain the Safety Net for Homeless Vets to the Breaking Point
While the COVID-19 crisis is unprecedented, the slapdash response underscores how fragile the safety net for America’s homeless really is.
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The Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Is a $2 Trillion Slush Fund for Washington Cronies
Why you should hate the coronavirus “stimulus” bill.
Read more...COVID-19 and the Working Class in the United States
Whither the working class after the Sanders campaign?
Read more...The Irish Buddhist Monk Who Faced Down the British Empire
Dhammaloka’s story sheds new light on the history of non-violent resistance.
Read more...Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread: Coronavirus and Food Security
UN warns about coronavirus and food shortages. Will the crisis revive policies to encourage regional and national food self-sufficiency?
Read more...Covid-19 Hits the Dual Economy: Incomes Destroyed at the Bottom, Profits Supported at the Top
Why preserving (big) corporate profits will not bail out the economy.
Read more...Can the Intra-Party Rift Be Healed, At Least For Now? Or Must the Fight Be Fought in 2020?
Is the Democratic Party redeemable?
Read more...COVID-19 and Class in the United States
Globalization , globalizers, and COVID-19.
Read more...How Far Will Trump Go To Save U.S. Shale
The U.S. shale oil industry had considerable problems before Saudi Arabia and Russia launched their oil price war. What comes next?
Read more...‘This Is a Massive Scandal’: Trump FDA Grants Drug Company Exclusive Claim on Promising Coronavirus Drug
Granting “orphan” drug status to Gilead Sciences for remdesivir, its potential coronavirus treatment, is a massive boon to the company.
Read more...At Long Last the Government Can Borrow Straight From the Bank of England – As Modern Monetary Theory Has Always Suggested It Should
The UK embraces modern monetary theory….and perhaps hopes no one notices.
Read more...Rule Number 1 for Government Bailouts of Companies: Make Sure Voters and Taxpayers Share in the Upside
If the public is to be asked to give bailouts to businesses, it should get something back for its money. It needs to share in any upside.
Read more...Sanders Calls for ‘Unprecedented Legislative Response’ to Coronavirus Crisis—Not Corporate Bailouts
Republicans have tabled a corporate bailout plan to calm markets. Can Bernie Sanders and others redirect the stimulus to reflate the economy?
Read more...Bailout Shenanigans: Making 2008 Look Good?
The bailout bill looks shameless, even by Trump Administration standards.
Read more...A Modest Proposal: Make Sure the Public Knows, in Real Time, When Congresscritters are Dumping Shares
The COVID-19 specter led Congresscritters to coo reassurance, and dump shares. A modest proposal: require immediate disclosure of trades.
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