As Trump Touts His ‘Great’ COVID Drugs, the Pharma Cash Flows to Biden, Not Him
Despite a miracle COVID-19 cure Trump attributes to state-of-the-art drugs, Big Pharma sends its donations to Biden’s campaign.
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What Should Europe Expect from American Trade Policy After the Election?
Biden promises to go back to an old normal. But how realistic is that on the trade front?
Read more...Have the Democrats Risked Ruin by Increasing Vaccine Hesitancy in the Electorate?
The Precautionary Principle and the politics of vaccine development
Read more...Battle Rages Inside Hospitals Over How COVID Strikes and Kills: Aerosols or Droplets
The wonky, seemingly semantic debate over SARS-COV-2 transmission has a real-world impact on what sort of protective measures health care companies need to take to protect their patients and workers.
Read more...Citi’s Recidivist Rule-Breaking and Incompetence Shows Persistence of Too Big/Complex to Fail Problem
Citi’s latest run-in with regulators shows why comparing big banks “too big/complex to fail” problems to those of Big Tech is all wet.
Read more...Michael Klare: How the US Plays Nuclear Chicken with Russia and China
eeping tabs on US nuclear provocations of Russia and China.
Read more...Why the Phrase “Access to Health Care” Should Always Pin Your Bullsh*t Detector (and You’re Not Alone)
How the ubiquitous phrase “access to health care” erases financial and “administrative burdens,” a fact now only beginning to be recognized by health are professionals.
Read more...Pandemic Erects Barriers for Prized Bloc of Voters in Nursing Homes, Senior Facilities
How voters in retirement facilities are being disenfranchised.
Read more...Rana Foroohar and Mark Blyth: How Deep Will the Depression Get?
Rana Roroohar and Mark Blyth discuss the elections, tech, China, and Covid v. recovery with Paul Jay.
Read more...CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost Says She’s Not in Charge and Lies to the Board About Receiving a Warning from the Fair Political Practices Commission
CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost doesn’t even bother to lie well.
Read more...New York City Seeks to Shortchange Teachers on $900 Million of Back Pay
Another sign of increasing budget problems in New York City.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: How Progressives Could Still Win the 21st Century
Could progressives obtain power through a Progressive International movement?
Read more...Trump’s New Healthcare Executive Order
Trump believes he protected people with pre-existing conditions and eliminated surprise billing via an executive order. He did not.
Read more...Live Blog: Vice-Presidential Debate in Salt Lake City, UT
Pence v. Harris
Read more...Trump Shoots His Campaign in the Head
Trump is back to his usual self-destructive form.
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