Food Stamp Work Rules Don’t Increase Employment, Researchers Say
Quelle surprise! Punitive food stamp restrictions do not produce an increase in work levels.
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Palantir’s Manifesto Is the Agenda of the New Class Reconfiguring the System’s Power Structure
Palantir’s manifesto is the stated agenda of a new class within the system’s power structure, driven by a binary worldview of 0 and 1
Read more...Industrial Agriculture and the Future of Food and Health
We have discussed the Great American Food System (GAFS) throughout this series, most recently in review of What to Eat Now (2025) by Marion Nestle. That the GAFS is productive, in both tonnage and profit (for some) is a given. But a common view of its critics is that much of this production is misguided, […]
Read more...What Does it Mean to Work Under Algorithmic Eyes?
AI surveillance and algorithmic management threaten worker autonomy and dignity.
Read more...Louisiana Advances One of the Country’s ‘Cruelest’ Anti-Homeless Bills
One homeless advocacy group said the bill, which would require homeless people to perform unpaid labor to pay for involuntary treatment, “evokes debtor’s prisons, convict leasing, and the ugliest day of Jim Crow.”
Read more...Bombing Schools Abroad, Destroying Education at Home
As the US and Israel work to destroy Iranian education centers and cultural heritage sites, US oligarchs want to put a meter on knowledge.
Read more...Sanders Leads Launch of ‘Union Now’ Movement to Fight ‘Status Quo Economics’
Union Now event featuring Sanders, NYC Mayor Mamdani, and Association of Flight Attendants-CWA international president Sara Nelson hits right notes, but is thus far light on details.
Read more...Gig Jobs and Crime: Evidence from Food Delivery Platforms in France
Is gig work socially beneficial as an alternative to survival via crime?
Read more...After the Iran War: A New World Order, but Not a New System
The Iran War has accelerated the emergence of a new world order, but the world system remains the same. This distinction is crucial.
Read more...Zero-Waste Community Kitchens Turn Scraps into Flavor-Packed Dishes
On community restaurants that practice and teach food sustainability through optimal cooking to reduce waste and improve health.
Read more...Standing Witness to University Complicity in Criminal Wars of Aggression
Military-related research at universities helps the imperialist state find ways to more effectively kill people around the world who resist US domination.
Read more...Prediction Markets Make a Bet Against Public Health
Online prediction markets evade safeguards against gambling and risk normalizing addictive behaviors.
Read more...How the Iran War Could Reshape the Global Cultural Order
The Iran War and the Hormuz struggle could end U.S. oil and financial unilateralism, ultimately dismantling Western cultural dominance
Read more...Satyajit Das: The Wages of War
War is not only bad for living things, but is also not-so-hot for economies and of course, societies.
Read more...Coffee Break: East Asia and the War in West Asia, RIP Metaverse, Cetacean Doulas, and Social Sycophancy
Part the First: The War in West Asia Viewed from East Asia. The daily updates compiled here have been essential for cutting through the fog of war associated with the current War in West Asia. Many people have marveled at the sheer stupidity of another unnecessary (to be redundant) war of choice in the Middle […]
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