The precarity of the undocumented worker is the future of US labor relations.
Sunday, July 13, 2025
“You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling”: Why Are Young Men Giving Up on Sex?
Many, and perhapse even most, young American men have soured on sex. What could be responsible?
Do AI Models Think?
A new paper confirms early doubts that LLMs could ever meet AI boosters’ claims that they were intelligent.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Implausible Deniability and the Deep State
The Central Intelligence Agency has in many ways achieved the opposite of the purpose for which it was founded. Instead of increasing the security of the U.S., it has weakened it. The CIA is a main element of what is known as the Deep State, a permanent government that operates apart from the democratic machinery […]
“Is the US on the Path to Becoming a Failed State?”
Yes, the US is in the midst of multifaceted institutional collapse. But to see Trump as the cause as opposed to an accelerant is misguided.
A New Gold Rush Is Causing (Potentially) Irreversible Damage to the Amazon Rainforest, Study Warns
As the world is gripped by a new bout of gold fever that shows no sign of abating, the environmental risks for one of the world’s most important ecosystems are rising.
The 2025 Trade War: Dynamic Impacts Across US States and the Global Economy
Estimating the costs of the Trump trade war to Americans and foreign players.
“Trump Administration Closes In on Hard-Hitting Sanctions on Russia”
Russia sanctions enthusiasts try to talk over how Ukraine undercut Trump support with Ukraine’s attack on Russian nuclear deterrence assets
Coffee Break: Trump vs. Musk Omnibus
A scorecard in the Godzilla v. Mothra, um, Trump v. Musk slugfest.
China’s Rare Earths Weapon Could Kill Europe’s Auto Industry
More on US and European car-makers’ vulnerability to China’s new rare earths licensing regime.
Trump Administration Violating Yet More Individual Rights in Escalation Over ICE Raid Protests in Los Angeles
Over-the-top ICE enforcement is the gift that keeps giving to Trump Administration plans to eviscerate freedoms like the right to protest.
Are US Talks With Moscow and Tehran Just Propaganda in the Destabilization Campaigns?
With terrorism and economic warfare, Washington believes it has the “power to coerce.” And negotiations can help create divisions behind enemy lines.
The Threat From Extreme Centrists
Richard Murphy argues we should focus more on the centrists—”the people who want to maintain the status quo when it’s glaringly obvious that we need change.”
