Another False Start in Africa Sold with Gates Foundation Green Revolution Myths
The Gates-Foundation-promoted Green Revolution has proven harmful and also crowded out safer and effective ecological agriculture projects
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Jury Finds Derek Chauvin Guilty of Second Degree Murder, Third Degree Murder and Second Degree Manslaughter in George Floyd Trial
Jurors in the George Floyd trial found Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts: second degree nurder, third degree murder and second degree manslaughter
Read more...Opioids Crisis: Trial of Four Drugmakers Begins in California
Tennessee judge enters default judgment against opioids manufacturer Endo Pharmaceuticals for discovery misconduct.
Read more...The CDC’s VAERS and Vaccine Complications: The System is Broken
The CDC has been visibly remiss in gathering and updating Covid data in VAERS, and that typifies its pandemic mismanagement.
Read more...Two Dozen Senators Tell Biden It Is ‘Past Time’ to Finally Close Guantánamo
Senators press Biden finally to close the Guantánamo Bay offshore military prison, where 40 men are still being held despite global outrage.
Read more...How Taiwan Beat COVID-19 – New Study Reveals Clues to its Success
There’s much to be learned from Taiwan’s success in preventing COVID-19 from taking hold, as vaccines roll out and new variants emerge.
Read more...How China Is Offering an Alternative to the IMF
China has been setting up currency swap lines with many countries. But is this an idea that is ahead of its time?
Read more...Daunte Wright’s Killing Makes the Case for Shrinking Police Budgets
The failure to rein in police shootings of people of color is leading to new calls to defund the police. Top Dems remains silent.
Read more...Pricey Learning Pods Are Now Helping Vulnerable Students. Will the Trend Survive the Pandemic?
A case study of the “innovation” of learning pods, and why they are being promoted as an alternative to remote instruction.
Read more...Whither AOC?
Trying to make sense of AOC’s gambit of giving $160,000 at $5,000 a pop to Dem Congresscritters who mainly hate her.
Read more...Experts Lay Out Their Case Against Carbon Pricing
Climate change policy advocates have turned against market approcaches like carbon offsets, which have clearly failed. But what next?
Read more...Slaughter Central: The United States as a Mass-Killing Machine
Puttig some metrics on America’s dedicated killing devices, from guns to armaments.
Read more...Lessons from the First New Deal for the Next One
Whether it is called “Build Back Better” or a Green New Deal, it is imperative to reject the false dichotomy of “jobs against climate.”
Read more...UNCTAD’s Richard Kozul-Wright on the Post-COVID World Economy: Out of the Frying Pan… Into the Fire?
Kozul-Wright warns that for a sustainable Covid-19 recovery, it is key to abandon policies that concentrate economic power and wealth
Read more...Why Joe Biden Does Not Remind Me of FDR
Can anyone see Joe Biden halting a bank run with policy, and then a radio address to the American people?
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