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AOC and Ed Markey Introduce Green New Deal Resolution (and Let’s Remember It’s a DEAL)

The “climate” and “justice” sides of the Green New Deal.

This entry was posted in Environment, Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values on February 8, 2019 by Lambert Strether.

Servaas Storm: The Bogus Paper That Gutted Workers’ Rights

For years, governments in India and much of the developing world have followed the advice of a paper arguing that labor regulations actually hurt workers. The problem? The research was wrong.

Charter Schools Are Pushing Public Education to the Breaking Point

Not only do charter schools not improve student performance, but they are inefficient and drain resources from public schools. It should come as no surprise that resource-scarce schools who’ve also typically had their students cherry-picked have trouble.

The Real Reason Stock Buybacks Are a Problem

Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders propose what are actually modest restrictions on corporate stock buybacks to force their to give workers higher priority.

Take One Leave One – A New Way to Help the Homeless

Homelessness needs political solutions. But as temperatures plummet, communities are also finding a new way to both immediately practically help, and connect with, homeless people.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Income disparity, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class on February 5, 2019 by Yves Smith.

Let’s Say I Wanted to Escape Climate Change. Where Should I Go?

One expert says he gets versions of this question almost daily — usually from “people at big institutional real estate funds, rich people who want to buy land or already own land, or survivalist types.”

This entry was posted in Global warming, Guest Post, Social policy, Social values on February 4, 2019 by Lambert Strether.

Frail Seniors Find Ways To Live Independently

A short-term program to help poor seniors cope with their physical limitations appears to be very effective.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Health care, Social policy on February 1, 2019 by Yves Smith.

Millionaire-Driven Education Reform Has Failed. Here’s What Works.

Journalist Andrea Gabor’s new book heralds a “quiet revolution” in education you didn’t know was happening.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Guest Post, Politics, Social policy on February 1, 2019 by Yves Smith.

An American Budget

What a sound national budget might look like.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Guest Post, Politics, Social policy on February 1, 2019 by Yves Smith.

7th Circuit Rules Age Discrimination Law Does Not Include Job Applicants

Seventh Circuit hands down major age discrimination decision holding that federal disparate impact protection does not extend to job applicants and applies to employees only.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy on January 27, 2019 by Jerri-Lynn Scofield.

Los Angeles Teachers Make the Case That Charter Schools Are an Existential Threat to Public Education

Charter schools undermine public schools, and that’s a feature, not a bug.

Soros Warns Against AI Promoted Surveillance and Authoritarianism; Singles Out China’s Existing Tools and Ambitions

Soros just designated China’s AI and surveillance ambitions as the #1 enemy to “open societies”. Recall he’s already gone after Facebook and other US tech titans.

This entry was posted in China, Politics, Social policy, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation on January 25, 2019 by Yves Smith.