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GOP Lawmakers Eye SNAP Cuts, Reducing Benefits for the Low Income at a Time of High Food Prices

The GOP again has SNAP food assistance benefits in their crosshairs. How might they make cuts? Can they muster the votes?

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values on April 2, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Cuts to Science Research Funding Cut American Lives Short − Federal Support Is Essential for Medical Breakthroughs

Biomedical researchers explain why everyone stands to lose from the Trump/DOGE reduces US investment in medical research.

Trump and Musk Are Making It Harder for the IRS to Catch Wealthy Tax Cheats

The DOGE dismantlement/takeover of the IRS continues apace.

How Worker-Owned News Outlets Are Changing the Media Industry

For growing numbers of media companies, employee ownership offers journalistic freedom and job stability.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Income disparity, Media watch, Social values on March 29, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Coffee Break: Covid Denialism Is Not a Cure; Updates on the War on Cancer and Medicare

Covid and cancer are not going away soon, but if Dr. Oz has his way, Medicare might.

This entry was posted in Africa, Coffee Break, Health care, Pandemic, Politics, Privatization, Science and the scientific method, Social policy, Social values on March 28, 2025 by KLG.

The Next American Constitution

Trump’s Constitution-trampling has historical predecents. Where might we be headed?

AI Robot Pets Can Be Adorable and Emotionally Responsive. They Also Raise Questions About Attachment and Mental Health

A discussion of AI companions consider some, but perhaps not enough, of the downsides.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Health care, Social values, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation on March 27, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Biomedical Research, Its Funding and Its Practice: Where Do We Go from Here?

How biomedical research is funded by public institutions and performed in universities and research institutions, both now in danger

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Health care, Science and the scientific method, Social values on March 26, 2025 by KLG.

The Dark Enlightenment: The Tech Oligarch Ideology Driving DOGE’s Destruction

How DOGE isn’t just tearing down institutions but also laying the groundwork for an experimental new kind of authoritarian rule.

When Will Courts Start Using Contempt Power To Stop Trump Administration Procedural and Constitutional Abuses?

I hate to put on my cynic’s hat, but I see a weird childlike faith in daddy figures behind the hope the the good daddy, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, will stop the mad bad dad Donald Trump. The other archetypal story line at work is the hero’s journey, with Roberts as the hero, […]

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Legal, Politics, Social values on March 24, 2025 by Yves Smith.

‘Quiet Panic’ as National Rental Assistance Program Set to Run Out of Cash

More “unsolvable” homelessness: A COVID-era emergency housing voucher is running out of cash — and there’s no plan to save it.

This entry was posted in Social policy, Social values on March 24, 2025 by Conor Gallagher.

Medicine Is Under-Politicised in the UK

A further discussion of how societal problems that impact medicine and health policy are largely kept out of political discourse.

The Far-Right and the Crypto Scam

How Trump and his allies use crypto to rig the rules of the game in their favor and fleece rubes.

Why the EU Is Failing

The Democratic Deficit is one reason why the EU is perceived to be failing; but there are others such as too much power being concentrated in one unelected institution and a lack of transparency

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Europe, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Social values, Taxes on March 17, 2025 by Kevin Kirk.