Sandy Hook Anniversary: Time for Insurance So Gun Owners Bear the True Cost of Gun Ownership
Time to make gun owners pay for the full cost of their hobby.
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Class and Beyond: Case-Deaton’s “Deaths of Despair,” Embodiment, and Neoliberal Epidemics
Can a theory of epidemiology put a stake in the heart of neoliberalism — and identity politics?
Read more...DNC’s Unity Commission Further Dividing the Party
It should come as no surprise that “unity” in the Democratic Party means purging dissidents.
Read more...Republicans Plan to Cut Food Stamps as Homelessness Rises in the US
Republicans want to take food out of children’s (and adults’) mouths by cutting food stamps. One likely result is an increase in homelessness.
Read more...Eastern Europe Showed How Neoliberalism Produces Reactionary Populism, Like Trump
Trump’s antecedents in Eastern Europe show how widening inequality and failed economic promises pave the way for reactionary politics.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Deficit Talk Is a Trap. Will Democrats Fall Into It?
The Democrats would join the Republicans in using deficits to justify cutting Medicare, Social Security, and other services. Don’t let them.
Read more...Life After Coal
In Germany’s Appalachia, the last coal mine is closing.
Read more...Aurelius Capital Sues to Dismiss (Our Colony) Puerto Rico’s Bankruptcy Case Based on the Appointments Clause
An Aurelius Capital lawsuit supports both good governance and an end to Puertoo Rico’s colonial status.
Read more...The Movement to Replace Neoliberalism Is on the Ascendency – Where Should It Go Next?
The time is ripe for a movement to replace flawed mainstream economics…but what must it do to succeed?
Read more...Unemployment is Miserable and Doesn’t Spawn an Upsurge in Personal Creativity
A new study on unemployment confirms decades of research showing that people are happier when they work, even if they have an income.
Read more...A New Supreme Court Case Could Cripple Public Employee Unions
A case before the California Supreme Court poses a fundamental threat to public employee unions’ funding.
Read more...The Super Wealthy Oxycontin Family Supports School Privatization With Tactics Similar to Those That Fueled the Opioid Epidemic
A fortune derived from the relentless marketing of painkillers is now being used to expand charter schools.
Read more...LA School Board Ready to Rumble Over Charter Schools
The LA school board is finally cracking down on charter schools’ intransigence.
Read more...Skyscrapers and Land Values: Evidence from Chicago on the Costs of Building Tall Cities
Why “building tall” is not an answer to urban housing affordability.
Read more...Third Way Democrats Double Down on Anti-90% Agenda With More Attacks on Public Schools
The Democrats are sticking firmly to their anti-middle class ways, as their renewed attacks on public schools show.
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