Some Quick Thoughts About Russia’s Resilience and America’s Malaise
Seeking reader input on preliminary hypotheses on why Russia is faring better than expected under the sanctions while the US is suffering.
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How Organized Labor Leads the Fight for Safer Workplaces
Workers forming unions at Amazon and Starbucks want better wages and benefits and other labor protections union workers enjoy every day.
Read more...Rishi Sunak Could Become PM. Here’s What He Doesn’t Want You to Know
From offshore dealings to right-wing think tanks, a guide to Rishi Sunak, the man who could become the UK’s richest PM
Read more...Widely Used Hospital Gowns Show Signs of Exposing Workers to Infection
Visibly filmsy “isolation” gowns, OK’d by the CDC for Covid and other infectious disease care, have been found by a new study to be unsafe.
Read more...Supremes Kayo Climate Change Regulation: West Virginia v. EPA
The Supreme Court last week scuppered the ability of the EPA to implement climate change regulation under the Clean Air Act- absent further action by Congress.
Read more...How to Get Rid of Medical Debt — Or Avoid It in the First Place
A primer on how to deal with an American affliction, medical debt.
Read more...Privacy in the Wake of Dobbs: How Safe Are Your Medical Records and Digital Data If Prosecutors or Bounty Hunters from No-Choice States Come Knocking?
To answer the privacy question posed in the headline in a couple of words: not very. Expect a flurry of litigation involving no-choice and pro-choice states and the feds on issues of extraterritoriality, enforcement, and evidence.
Read more...New York Times Shows How McKinsey “Guided” Major Opioid Players, Causing Even More Deaths
More on how McKinsey has gotten away with murder.
Read more...Damage from Air Pollutants You Won’t Hear About from Your Doctor
A useful reminder that the health costs of bad air are more extensive than most people realize. But what to do?
Read more...Drax Eyeing California as Site of New Biomass Carbon Capture Plant
UK company Drax is pitching a huge project, and seeking huge subsidies. for an unproven biomass technology.
Read more...U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Two Separate Bayer Glyphosate Appeals in One Week
Three significant glyphosate decisions have been handed down in the last week, two by the U.S. Supreme Court and one by a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Read more...“Why the Ukraine Crisis Will Make Little Difference to Dollar Supremacy”
Why the depth of the U.S. securities market will extend dollar hegemony beyond what would seem to be its natural sell-by date.
Read more...‘Infuriating’: Biden Rebuked for Continued Opposition to Supreme Court Expansion
Democrats mull various options, from Supreme Court expansion to abolition of the filibuster, the the wake of the overturn of Roe last Friday.
Read more...Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade by 5-4 Vote, Thereby Leaving it to States to Make Their Own Abortion Laws
The Supreme Court Friday overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to an abortion. States are once again free to impose their own arbortion restrictions, including outright bans.
Read more...CalPERS Continues to Endanger Employees During Extended Covid Surge Over Union Objections; Falsely Said It Was Complying With California Requirements; Appears To Be Understating Case Count
CalPERS is having employees service the egos of managers by coming to the office rather than protecting them from Covid by teleworking.
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