Who Will Stop the US-Russia Arms Race?
Real News Network interview with Professor Stephen F. Cohen on the insane arms race between the United States and Russia, which leaders from both parties are doing their utmost to stoke.
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The Euro Area’s Deepening Political Divide
The Euro is creating new fault lines. Eurozone leaders need to give greater priority to national interests, particularly of economic “losers”.
Read more...Surveillance is the DNA of the Platform Economy
The outcry over Facebook and Cambridge Analytica conveniently ignores the real issues: the pervasiveness of surveillance and the need to insist on stronger privacy rights.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Despite Officially Hating Trump, Democrats Like a Lot of What He Does
Yet another example of the Democrats’ hypocrisy.
Read more...Another CalPERS Victory: CalPERS to Publish “Court Reporter Style” Transcripts
CalPERS commits to publishing its open meeting transcripts.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Then Why Is Anyone STILL on Facebook?
If you’ve created an account, you can never escape Facebook. But you can at least stop making things worse for yourself.
Read more...Whistleblower Woes: Retaliation
SEC makes record whistleblower award, while meanwhile an Ethics and Compliance Initiative survey reports retaliation rates for reporting of corporate misconduct have doubled.
Read more...Hidden History of How US Corporations Gained Legal Personhood and Civil Rights
Interview with Adam Winkler about his book, We The Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights. The consequences of this victory skew US politics to benefit corporations at the expense of the public good.
Read more...Fifth Circuit Axes Fiduciary Rule: Over to the SEC
A panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit last week axed the fiduciary rule– which the Trump Labor Department had delayed implementing. Now what? It’s over to the SEC.
Read more...Criminalizing Peaceful Pipeline Protests: Are Oil Billionaires Trying to Undermine Our First Amendment Rights?
RNN interview discussing oil funding of state measures to criminalize peaceful pipeline protest as ‘eco-terrorism’. Penalties up to 25 years in jail and $100 k in fines. Others to follow?
Read more...NYC’s Fauxgressive Mayor De Blasio Turning into a Charter School Cheerleader
De Blasio again shows that he does not live up to his progressive branding.
Read more...How Well Does Financial Regulation Work?
Sadly, reactive regulations don’t have a great track record.
Read more...Thousands of Students Protest Gun Violence
A first-hand report on some of the student gun protests in California.
Read more...Worksheet for the 2018 Midterms (Democrat Biographies and Backers)
The Democrat Party in 2018: Candidate challengers and their backers.
Read more...Brexit: EU Tightens the Noose
Has the fatal Brexit standoff arrived, or will someone blink?
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