Why COVID-19 Will Strain the Safety Net for Homeless Vets to the Breaking Point
While the COVID-19 crisis is unprecedented, the slapdash response underscores how fragile the safety net for America’s homeless really is.
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The Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Is a $2 Trillion Slush Fund for Washington Cronies
Why you should hate the coronavirus “stimulus” bill.
Read more...Covid-19 Hits the Dual Economy: Incomes Destroyed at the Bottom, Profits Supported at the Top
Why preserving (big) corporate profits will not bail out the economy.
Read more...Can the Intra-Party Rift Be Healed, At Least For Now? Or Must the Fight Be Fought in 2020?
Is the Democratic Party redeemable?
Read more...What the Government Needs to Do Next to Tackle the Crisis
Jamie Galbraith describes what government needs to do to keep hospitals and the real economy functoning during the coronavirus crisis.
Read more...Debt and Power: An Interview With Michael Hudson
Micheal Hudson explains how the ancient approach to managing debt is far superior to ours.
Read more...Why the Coronavirus Pandemic Could Weaken the School Privatization Agenda
Coronavirus-generated suspensions of testing throws a monkey wrench into the charter school agenda.
Read more...Low-Cost Ventilators Could Be Available Next Year. But Will It Happen?
Will the US get serious about getting more ventilators?
Read more...Prisons and the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Must Be Done NOW to Prevent Catastrophe
Interview with prison expert Michele Deitch about what can be done to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in prisons: NOW!
Read more...Triggering a Global Financial Crisis: Covid-19 as the Last Straw
An ambitious deleveraging plan as a Covid-19 response.
Read more...I Knew My Dad Was a Sexual Predator
A predator needs many enablers. We only need to turn one.
Read more...Harvard’s “Let Them Eat Veritas”: Richest University’s Poor Students Shafted as School Provides Spotty, Inadequate Help as It Throws Them Out of Dorms and Jobs
Harvard’s appalling response to coronavirus has thrown many low income student under the bus.
Read more...Mr. Market Loses It Over Coronavirus Risk: Oil Tanks, S&P Futures Trades Halted on Limit Down Overnight, Gold Jumps
Coronavirus infects Mr. Market.
Read more...Let’s Get Real. Economists Have a Women Problem
Lynn Parramore discusses another blindspot for most economists : their treatment of women. Happy International Women’s Day!
Read more...Revillaging: Looking to Our Roots as We Redesign Towns and Cities
Revillaging as a way to improve communities by improving daily life.
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