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The EU Zombie Uses Trump as Cover to Further Feed on Citizens

Ursula and company are inching towards using emergency powers for first installment of 900 billion ‘rearmament’ because Trump.

This entry was posted in Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Guest Post, Russia, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class, UK on May 5, 2025 by Conor Gallagher.

Responsibility to Protect and Humanitarian Military Intervention

Humanitarian military intervention sounds like an oxymoron and often winds up being one. Nevertheless, there are rules of engagement.

This entry was posted in Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Social policy, Social values on May 5, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Coffee Break: The Attack on Scientists and Scientific Research Continues, Plus One Great Result on a Vaccine That Prevents Cancer

Part the First. Convergence and Consensus in Science, or and how to interpret scientific results in context. From Holden Thorp, the Editor-in-Chief of Science: Kathleen Hall Jamieson believes that scientists need to talk…about convergent evidence. “Unlike declarations that a consensus exists, a claim that convergent evidence exists honors science’s norms of critique and correction by […]

This entry was posted in Coffee Break, Guest Post, Health care, Science and the scientific method, Social policy, Social values on May 2, 2025 by KLG.

Federal Cuts Gut Food Banks as They Face Record Demand

An update on the worsening shortfalls at food banks as the impact of Federal cuts takes hold.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class on May 2, 2025 by Yves Smith.

The Legal Limits of Trump’s Crackdown on Sanctuary Cities Like Philadelphia

Trump is escalating his campaign against sanctuary cities, and potentially even sanctuary churches. How might that play out?

What’s Preventing a United Front Against the Trump Regime?

Trump won’t change, but his foes must, argues Norman Solomon.

This entry was posted in Politics, Social policy, Social values on April 29, 2025 by Conor Gallagher.

Scholars Under Fire

An in-depth look at pressure campaigns against scholars.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Guest Post, Media watch, Middle East, Politics, Social policy on April 26, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Coffee Break: The Current State of Science During Trump v.2.0 Plus One Signal Advance

As someone who has spent most of his working life as a scientific worker and later as an academic scientist, graduate supervisor, teacher, grant reviewer, and administrator, the current devastation being visited upon my colleagues and their institutions is sickening. I have never thought my work was more useful or more important than anyone else’s. […]

This entry was posted in Coffee Break, Health care, Regulations and regulators, Science and the scientific method, Social policy on April 25, 2025 by KLG.

As History Erasure Intensifies, Independent Internet Archives Are Helping Fortify the ‘Digital Preservation Infrastructure’

How internet archives are thwarting the reactionary campaign to rewrite history and censor inconvenient information and ideas.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Social policy, Social values on April 25, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Company Accused of Organizing National Rental Housing Cartel Goes on Offense as Trump DOJ Mothballs Price-Fixing Case

In a lawsuit against Berkeley, RealPage contends that using pricing algorithms to coordinate residential rents among mega landlords is “free speech.”

The Dangerous Illusion of Climate Resilience

The latest floods, wildfires, and other disasters reveal the flaws of adaptation as the main response to climate change.

‘Making the West Great Again’

At her recent meeting with Trump, IItalian PM Giorgia Meloni declared her allegiance to “western nationalism.” What does such nonsense portend for Italy and Europe?

This entry was posted in Europe, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class on April 23, 2025 by Conor Gallagher.

How Trump Deportations Fit Into War Against American Workers

Rather than cracking down on employers exploiting immigrant labor, we’re getting an assault on unions and rendition of immigrant activist students. And an increase in H1 and H2s to further drive down wages and worker protections is likely coming.

This entry was posted in Market inefficiencies, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class on April 21, 2025 by Conor Gallagher.