Brexit as a Tightly Coupled Process
Stepping back to look at the Brexit trajectory.
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Elizabeth Warren’s Proposal for “Co-Determination”: Really a Second New Deal?
Strengths, weaknesses, and context of Elizabeth Warren’s “Accountable Capitalism Act”
Read more...CalPERS Election-Rigging: Delays Release of Proof of Incumbent Priya Mathur Approving Illegal Pre-Signed Expense Forms to Thwart Challenger Jason Perez
CalPERS is up to yet more election dirty tricks.
Read more...Brexit Is a Consequence of Low Upward Mobility
In the Brexit referendum, UK citizens were pleading through their vote – and non-vote – for a fair shot at the future.
Read more...The Militarization of Sports and the Redefinition of Patriotism
In the end, it comes down to one thing: who controls the national narrative.
Read more...A Rough Guide to the 12 Intelligence Officials Who Condemned Trump for Revoking John Brennan’s Security Clearance
Chutzpah!
Read more...What Should the EU Do About the Turkish Currency Crisis?
The Turkish lira has been under significant pressure in recent weeks. What is the EU’s exposure to possible crisis in Turkey and how should the EU react?
Read more...The Trump-Media Logrolling
Looking at who the media has silenced in the Trump era, such as critics of America’s wars and of Israel.
Read more...Tom Engelhardt: America’s Groundhog Day Wars
A look at how long and how deeply the US has been mired in its many wars.
Read more...Ten Years After the Crash, Some Progress, But Much More Remains to be Done
A reading of what has changed since the crash and what problems remain.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Progressives Ask Why So Many Unions Seem Anti-Progressive
Progressives are waking up to the fact that most unions are not on their side.
Read more...Donald Trump, Gun-Runner for Hire
Not only does America love guns but the Administration really loves gun merchants.
Read more...Ninth Circuit Orders EPA to Ban Chlorpyrifos Pesticide
Ninth Circuit orders EPA to implement a long overdue ban of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to developmental delays in children and nervous system damage to people and animals exposed. Court previously had to order Obama EPA in 2015 to act on the issue; it’s unclear whether this decision will survive appeal.
Read more...Amidst Rising Heat Waves, UN Says Cooling is a Human Right, Not a Luxury
The rising heat waves in the world’s middle income and poorer nations are threatening the health and prosperity of about 1.1 billion people, including 470 million in rural areas without access to safe food and medicines, and 630 million in hotter, poor urban slums, with little or no cooling to protect them.
Read more...ECB Fears Contagion from Turkish Lira Collapse, Bank Stocks Plunge
The Turkish lira’s swan dive is causing all sorts of collateral damage.
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