Category Archives: Politics

8 Percent of Americans Recently Changed Their Minds on Climate. What Gives?

If you’re trying to get someone to open their mind, you might consider the idea of a having tough, nuanced conversation … and actually hearing them out.

The Social Contract According to Elizabeth Warren

Warren on Uber, Federal taxes, #MedicareForAll, and theories of changes.

Trump’s Space Force: Nuclear Lunacy

Why Trump’s effort to revive Reagan’s “Star Wars” vaporware increases the risk of nuclear war.

The Planetary Health Diet Isn’t Much Use to People Living in Food Poverty

Diet has now become political. But will the food industry support more sustainable diets, particularly for low income consumers?

Brexit: Chasing Their Tails

More Brexit dithering, but at higher velocities.

Repeating the Mistakes of 1914?

n their enthusiasm for a new cold war against China and Russia, the western establishments of today are making a mistake comparable to that of their forebearers in 1914.

Brexit: Chaos

Despite May’s epic Brexit loss, she’s still barely changed her course of action.

The Shutdown Will Harm the Health and Safety of Americans, Even After It’s Long Over

Another set of shutdown costs.

Do Not Disturb: The Right to Disconnect

New York’s City Council has scheduled a hearing Thursday to debate a measure to enshrine a right to disconnect – which would bar firms from requiring workers to check e-mail or other electronic communications outside the normal workday unless their contracts specify otherwise.