Surgical Masks: From Protection to Fashion?
A random walk through the world of masks.
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Tom Ferguson: Big Business Takes Cash as Workers Laid Off, States and Cities Go Bust
Tom Ferguson and Paul Jay discuss how Democrats and Republicans distaste for accountability by finance and big corporations is playing out in the coronacrisis
Read more...Mass Unemployment Is a Failure of Capitalism
Why unemployment is a feature of capitalism.
Read more...From Juanita Broaddrick to Tara Reade: In Forty Years Has Nothing Changed at All?
Remember Juanita Broaddrick? The fact that you probably don’t speaks volumes about our political culture.
Read more...Don’t Do It Again! The Swedish Experience With Negative Central Bank Rates in 2015-2019
Why negative interest rates were a bust.
Read more...Hunger Rises Dramatically in America
Hunger levels are shooting up and Republicans want to do as little as possible about it.
Read more...The Federal Reserve’s Coronavirus Crisis Actions, Explained (Part 6)
What the Federal Reserve has been up to lately, such as bailing out the shale gas industry.
Read more...Betsy Sweet: “In Maine, We Live the Climate Crisis Everyday”
Betsy Sweet, a Democratic primary candidate for the US Senate, explains why a progressive policy agenda is popular in Maine.
Read more...People and Jobs? Or Wealth? The Government Has To Decide Which To Prioritise, and There Is Only One Right Answer
Why landlords, banks, and pensions need to be sacrificed to save jobs and businesses from the ravages of coronavirus.
Read more...Some Communities Are Being Forced to Fight School Closures and Privatization in the Midst of the Pandemic
Citizens opposing a school restructuring plan in Minneapolis remind local officials: “The educational system actually belongs to us.”
Read more...In Quest of the May Day Strikes
A round-up of May Day strike coverage.
Read more...The False Dawn of Ending Coronavirus Lockdowns
It would be nice if relaxing the lockdowns would solve a problem, any problem….
Read more...Jesse Ventura Could Pose a Greater Threat Than Biden or the Democrats Believe
How Jesse Ventura could upset the already wobbly Biden apple cart.
Read more...Tale of Two Cities Redux: HK to Ease its COVID-19 Restrictions, While NYC Situation Remains Dire
Hong Kong’s public health authorities protect its population from COVID-19, via use of masks; NYC, by contrast, flounders.
Read more...Pandemic Profiteering: How the Military Goes to the Head of the Covid-19 Bailout Line
How the coronavirus has helped the US military up its grifting game.
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