In Court Testimony, Climate Scientists Rebuke Montana for Support of Fossil Fuels
The landmark trial marks the first time in US history that kids are testifying in court about the effects of climate change on their wellbeing.
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Annual Numbers of Excess Deaths in the US Relative to Other Developed Countries Are Growing at an Alarming Rate
America continues to be exceptional, here in our level of excess deaths.
Read more...“Does Economics Do More Harm than Good?”
In a new book, George DeMartino offers some novel and pointed criticisms of economics, focusing on societal damage.
Read more...I Was a Wilderness Therapy Success Story. Then My PTSD Surfaced.
Wilderness therapy looks like yet another scam designed to extract funds from parents with self-destructive kids.
Read more...Human-Caused Warming to Surpass Paris Agreement Limit by 2037, Analysis Finds
Another troubling global warming assessment.
Read more...Small Town and Rural Hospitals Are at Risk of Closing Due to Funding
More pillaging of America, here in hospitals in flyover, where it won’t be noticed much before those practices start moving to the core.
Read more...Biden Signs Off on Restarting Student Debt. Why?
Do student debt concessions prove Democrats are just terrible negotiators? The real reason Party leaders do the debt ceiling dance.
Read more...Why Don’t We Get the Politicians We Need?
Some thoughts about why US and UK politicians are so bad
Read more...Saying That Students Embrace Censorship on College Campuses Is Incorrect
Do you agree with that the idea that campuses have a lot of censorship is greatly exaggerated?
Read more...As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage
In what’s known as the Medicaid unwinding, states are combing through rolls and deciding who stays and who goes. People who are no longer eligible or don’t complete paperwork in time will be dropped.
Read more...The Loss of Executive Function in the West
On the decay of executive function, or why just about no one seems able to manage his way out of a paper bag.
Read more...The Assisted Dying Debate Is Really About How We Treat the Living
A recent push to legalize assisted dying in France obscures more fundamental problems that plague end-of-life care.
Read more...Origins of Debt: Michael Hudson Reveals How Financial Oligarchies in Greece & Rome Shaped Our World
Michael Hudson explains how the treatment of debt winds up determing social structure.
Read more...The Move Toward a Four-Day Workweek Obscures Low Pay
Yves here. Like author Sonali Kolhatkar, your humble blogger has been skeptical of a four day, or better yet, 32 hour workweek without an increase in worker compensation. By Sonali Kolhatkar, an award-winning multimedia journalist. She is the founder, host, and executive producer of “Rising Up With Sonali,” a weekly television and radio show that […]
Read more...Workers in the South Are Defying History with Union Wins
Union campaigns are scoring more successes in the South despite the high-profile defeat at the Amazon wareouse in Bessemer, Alabama
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