Joe Biden’s Acceptance of Super PAC Shows Campaign’s Desperation
Biden’s acceptance of super PACS shows how desperate his campaign is – and also reveals who pays the piper, calls the tune.
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The Sanders Plan to Legalize Marijuana Does More Than Legalize Marijuana
Discussion of comprehensive Sanders plan to legalize marijuana: legal and political implications.
Read more...Global Protests Round-Up, Proposed Causes: Global Slump, Income Inequality, Social Media (and More)
Today’s global protests are an enormous story, bigger than Occupy. Here are some of the frames that journalists are using to cover them.
Read more...Elizabeth Warren’s Plan-itis: Excessive Lobbying Case Study
A hard look at a Warren plan reveals a lot not to like.
Read more...Global Protests Round-Up: Authoritarian Adaptation, Data Gathering, and the Role of Class
A review of the literature on global protests (as in Chile, France, Hong Kong, Iraq, Lebanon, and Spain/Catalonia).
Read more...Our Response to the Next Crisis Must Tackle Consumerism
Ideas for taking on consumerism.
Read more...The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic: Part 3 of 4: The Final Hammer-Blows
The crisis of the Roman Republic.
Read more...California Blackout: Turning the Lights Off
So first came the blackout….
Read more...The Famous Baseball-Watching Equality-Equity Graphic, Scrutinized
Turning to a classic policy debate: equality versus equity.
Read more...Dire Climate Change Warning in Report for Pentagon: US Military Could Collapse in 20 Years; Lack of Water, Domestic Disasters, Disease, Mass Migrations as Threats to Operations
Even the US military is not well prepared for Jackpot-level climage-change-induced disasters that look all too probable in the next 20 years.
Read more...Chile in Flames: The Neoliberal Model in Crisis Throughout the Region
An overview of the protests in Chile.
Read more...The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic: Part 2 of 4: The First Hammer-Blows
How the Roman Republic repeatedly rejected economic reforms and fell more and more to bloody insurrections by ambitious consuls and Senators.
Read more...Democrats Seek $70 Million Corporate Cash to Fund 2020 Convention
The Democratic convention is shaping up as a classic example of corruptoin.
Read more...Sacramento Bee Insinuates That CalPERS and Its Vendor Diligent Boards Have Grossly Deficient Security in Forthcoming Hit Piece Against Board Member Margaret Brown
CalPERS’ latest effort in its vendetta against pro-transarency board member Margaret Brown is a misfire, with Sacramento Bee reporter Wes Venteicher’s reputation as potential collateral damage.
Read more...Why Have Facebook and Other Tech Giants Gotten Away With Gobbling Up Competitors?
Why have regulators sat pat as Big Tech companies like Facebook and Google have done deals that look like violations of antitrust law?
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