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.
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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.
Read more...Big Oil Fears Keystone XL Ruling Means End of Easy Pipeline Permits
Important pipeline legal ruling, plus some context: the Trump administration didn’t pioneer US policy of greenlighting oil pipelines.
Read more...Harmoniously Denied: The Wider Implications of China’s Censorship on COVID-19
How China’s Covid-19 censorship illustrates how Chinese citizens have internalized what were once top-down controls.
Read more...Water Should Be a Public Good, Not a Commodity. Catalonia Is Showing How
The Terrassa Water Observatory puts citizens in the driver’s seat of water management.
Read more...Is the Tara Reade Story Approaching Critical Mass?
Biden is feeling enough heat about the Tara Reade rape accusation that he’s appearing on Morning Joe today. But can he make the story go away?
Read more...Unemployment Effects of Stay-at-Home Orders
Why ending the lockdowns won’t do all that much to lower unemployment.
Read more...The Price of Meat
Meat and the rights of meatpackers have come to the fore.
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