Stock Buybacks Stand in the Way of Biden’s Infrastructure Plan
Hedge fund managers are pushing U.S. firms to play Wall Street games instead of investing in technologies of the future.
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Fact-Checking is Dead, Killed by Snopes over Biden’s Broken Promise of $2,000 Checks
Snopes: $2,000 = $1,400
Read more...Despite Federal Moratorium, Increasing Number of Texas Renters Face Eviction as State Protection Expires
A Texas program meant to financially help renters who have fallen behind has barely taken root.
Read more...Mitch McConnell to U.S. Business: Stay Out of Politics – But Keep Those Contributions Coming
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tells U.S. business: stay out of politics, but keep those campaign contributions coming.
Read more...IMF, World Bank Must Support Developing Countries’ Recovery
COVID-19 continues to take an unprecedented human and economic toll; international institutions must support developing countries’ recovery.
Read more...New COVID Variants Have Changed the Game, and Vaccines Will Not Be Enough. We Need Global ‘Maximum Suppression
Vaccines alone won’t stem the COVID-19 pandemic: the case for why much mre still must be done, on a blocal basis.
Read more...Wikipedia’s Deep Ties to Big Tech
Contrary to its image as a cash-strapped, open public service, Wikipedia tries to hide that it is a wealthy NGO with close ties to big tech.
Read more...FBI Investigating Reporting Fraud at $62 Billion Pennsylvania Public Pension Fund, PSERS; Returns Allegedly Falsified to Avoid Increased Worker Contributions
A major public pension fund, PSERS, looks to have been cooking its books, to the degree that the FBI is asking difficult questions.
Read more...New York Joins Pot Party
New York becomes the fifteenth state to legalise possession of marijuana for those over the age of twenty-one.
Read more...Why India is Banking on Health Diplomacy to Grow African Footprint
India has stepped up its foreign policy re-engagement with African countries and has focused on health diplomacy.
Read more...Martin Luther King’s America Redux: “The Greatest Purveyor of Violence in the World”
Liz Theoharis commemorates the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “Beyond Vietnam” speech.
Read more...Christian Nationalism Is a Barrier to Mass Vaccination Against COVID-19
Some Christian evangelicals are rejecting Covid vacccines, and some of the current approches to increasing uptake will backfire with them.
Read more...China and US: Stumbling into War?
China and the US are doing an awful lot of chest-poking, and if anything, it’s getting worse under Biden. Could this sparring lead to war?
Read more...Twitter and YouTube Manipulation in Trial of Derek Chauvin for the Death of George Floyd?
Are our tech overlords trying to put their fingers on the coverage of the Derek Chauvin trial?
Read more...Preparing for a Wave of Non-Performing Loans: Are Banks at Risk?
On a aggregate basis, EU banks appear to have enough capital to weather even a bad Covid storm. A country-by-country look tells another story.
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