To Tackle Inequality, We Need To Start Talking About Where Wealth Comes From
How to combat cultural beliefs that justify extreme inequality.
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Russia Is Defeating The U.S. In The Middle East Oil Game
The US made a mess of Iraq, and at considerable cost, and Russia is in the process of picking up the best pieces.
Read more...Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #11 in Las Vegas, NV
Candidates! Candidates! Candidates! ★★★ Six candidates on one stage! ★★★ Come on down!
Read more...CalPERS’ Election Rigging: Pushing for Most Costly, Insecure Online and Phone Voting Despite Abject Failure, Why? To Help SEIU Influence Election
CalPERS remains unwilling to run clean and secure elections. One has to wonder why.
Read more...Plastic Watch: Congress Considers Bill to Impose Extended Producer Responsibility, AKA ‘You Break It, You Buy It’
The Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act would impose extended producer responsibility.
Read more...Not All Keynesian Spending Is Equal
How “Keynesian” ideas regularly misrepresent Keynes.
Read more...On February 6 Antarctica Was Warmer Than Orlando, But Mainstream Democrats Fiddle as the Planet Burns
Democrats ex Sanders are punting on climate change.
Read more...A Full Scale Attack on Medical Debt
An integrated proposal for ending medical debt.
Read more...What the Heck Happened to Surprise Billing Legislation? (Or, It’s Never Too Late for the Lobbyists to Win)
Surprise billing is proving awfully hard to kill.
Read more...The Public’s Right to Know: HA! How Courts and Federal Agencies Stonewall on Citizen Access to Government Information
Summary of some ways the US government de facto restricts access to public information.
Read more...The Paris Agreement Set an Unrealistic Target for Global Warming. Now What?
Is the 2 degree global warming target unrealistic? What now follows?
Read more...Progressives to Voters Skeptical of Bernie Sanders: This ‘Big Tent’ Movement Is a Winning and Practical Choice
Sen. Bernie Sanders is now being declared the new Democratic frontrunner, and progressives are reaching out to voters that remain skeptical.
Read more...Right to Repair Roundup: One Step Forward, One to the Side
A modest civilian advance in the battle over the right to repair – and a brief snippet on how the US military manages creatively to waste resources in the same realm.
Read more...EU Plans to Measure True Climate Impacts of LNG Imports From US Fracked Gas
With climate impacts comparable to coal, the European Commission is planning to study methane reductions emission, with implications for fracked gas US producers.
Read more...Lower Income Towns in New Hampshire Voted Heavily for Sanders; Richer Towns Did the Opposite
Lower income towns in New Hampshire voted heavily for Sanders, while richer towns did the opposite.
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