Wednesday, December 17, 2025
How the Covid Pandemic Could Save Us
The Covid pandemic has created a hinge moment of change, in which governments and citizens have demonstrated their ability to undertake reforms which would have been impossible before the pandemic.
Summer Rerun: The Victory of Privilege
Privilege went from an idea discussed by a few activists to a mainstream concept. How does the idea work in practice? What is its history?
The Pandemic Is Us (But Now Mostly Them)
The pandemic is largely to be over in the Global North, at least among the vaccinated…or so it seems.
Fun with DIY Box Fans (and Protection from Covid through Filtration and Better Ventilation)
If you can’t afford a fancy air purifier, here is a low-cost DIY alternative.
Insurance Giants Under Fire from First Nations for Backing Trans Mountain Tar Sands Pipeline
Dozens of events on four continents hope to turn up the pressure on the insurance industry that underwrites Canada’s Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline.
Device Makers Have Funneled Billions to Orthopedic Surgeons Who Use Their Products
Federal officials say that some of the money changing hands has corrupted doctors and endangered patients.
Why the Neoliberal Drive to Privatize Everything Is Running Out of Gas
A look at the current acceptance of neoliberal policies.
The 2021 Corporate Bamboozle On World Food Systems
Mega-corporations are set to win control of global governance of food and agriculture at the UN Food Systems Summit later this year.
Delta Force: Notes on Our Newest Covid Variant of Concern
The increasingly dominant Delta variant: Vaccines and transmissibility (especially through children) during “Vaccine Summer.”
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/18/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
The Framers Would Call the United States of Today Corrupt. And They’d Be Right
The Framers sought to bad a culture of gift giving. How’s that working out?
