Political HHS Appointees Demand Authority to Rewrite CDC Reports
Trump partisans and the ongoing war against the CDC; seeking authority to amend Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Reports.
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NIH ‘Very Concerned’ About Serious Side Effect in Coronavirus Vaccine Trial
FDA mulls whether to follow British regulators in resuming a vacccine trial that was halted when a participant suffered spinal cord damage.
Read more...We Lost Because We Weren’t Big Enough (the Left in the UK and the US)
Where now for Anglo-American socialism?
Read more...The Bahrain-Israel Mutual Recognition
A take on why Bahrain followed the UAE in recognizing Israel.
Read more...Topsoil Degradation, Soil Erosion, and Soil Governance (Global or Otherwise)
How long will it take for the world to run out of topsoil? What will it take to avoid it?
Read more...Climate Crisis and Population Growth Will Displace 1 Billion over Next 30 Years
Think tank says climate crisis and population growith will lead at least 1 billion to migrate in countries with least ecological resilence.
Read more...More than 500,000 People in Oregon Flee Wildfires
West coast wildfire crisis extends beyond California to include parts of Oregon and Washington states, caused by rare windstorms..
Read more...America’s Dire Inequality Demands a New Conceptual Framework. This Economist Has One.
Lance Taylor explains that wage repression — far more than monopoly power, offshoring or technological change — is driving rising inequality.
Read more...CalPERS Cooks Its Books: Grossly Understated Investment Consultant Meketa’s Expenses in Annual Financials; Made a Criminal False Account by Burying the Cost
CalPERS violates accounting rules by hiding outside consulting costs in internal investment overheads. None of the possible reasons are good.
Read more...CalPERS’ Bad Numbers: CEO Marcie Frost’s Multi-Hundred Thousand /Year Advisor Randle Communications Missing from Board Reports
A remarkable series of accidents led to the CalPERS board not being told how much CEO Marcie Frost’s advisor Randle Communications costs.
Read more...‘Dereliction of Duty’: Outrage as USPS Board Issues Gushing Praise for DeJoy Amid Mail Slowdowns, Medicine Delays, and Straw-Donor Scandal
The latest sordid episode in the teardown of the US mail service.
Read more...Democracy Scares, from the Destruction of Bryan to the Abdication of Bernie: Why America Desperately Needs a Second Populist Movement but Ain’t Gonna Get One an interview + Review of The People, No! A Brief History of Anti-Populism by Thomas Frank
Thomas Frank explains why populist campaigners face such a hostile environment now.
Read more...Brexit: Pear Shaped
A desperate Government Brexit ploy, perhaps conceived to increase its negotiating options, has quickly become an own goal.
Read more...History Gives Reason to Hope That We Can Beat Inequality
Not surprisingly, fighting inequality has always been an uphill battle, but history gives some insight on tactics.
Read more...Influential California State University Council Calls for CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost to Go on Administrative Leave During Investigation by Inspector General
A CSU group has asked Gavin Newsom to put CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost on administrative leave while an inspector general probes governane failings.
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