US police forces at a minimum set up the conditions that allowed for Malcolm X to be killed. How far does their culpability extend?
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Monday, September 15, 2025
Deathbed Confession: FBI and NYPD Responsible for Malcolm X Assassination
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:13 am | 56 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/22/2021
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Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 144 Comments »
FAIR Act: Will Congress Finally Complete the Project the CFPB Fumbled and Ban Mandatory Arbitration Clauses?
With the reported support of Biden, will Congress ban mandatory arbitration clauses in common consumer and employment contracts?
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 12:55 pm | 6 Comments »
Links 2/22/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:58 am | 132 Comments »
Sanders ‘Confident’ $15 Minimum Wage Possible Through Senate Reconciliation
“Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is not incidental to the federal budget and is permissible under the rules,” Senator Bernie Sanders says.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 39 Comments »
Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 6 – U.S. Airlines Lost Over $35 Billion in 2020
The airline biz is on track to being America’s biggest welfare queen.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Pandemic, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 33 Comments »
Google’s Dominance of Online Ads is a Big Deal. Here’s How to Fix It.
Legal scholar Dina Srinivasan talks to INET’s Lynn Parramore about reining in Google and restoring fairness to a regulatory Wild West.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Legal, Media watch, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:13 am | 14 Comments »
Plastics Watch: Annie’s Homegrown Vows to Eliminate Ortho-Phthalates from Its Mac and Cheese
Annie’s Homegrown ventures where FDA has feared to tread and vowed to eliminate phthalates from its macaroni and cheese.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Health care, Regulations and regulators, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 9:55 am | 15 Comments »
Links 2/21/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 167 Comments »
Feds OK’d Export of Millions of N95 Masks as U.S. Workers Cried for More
Despite a national shortage of N95 masks, the U.S. government quietly granted an exception to its export ban on protective gear.
Topics: Banana republic, Health care, Pandemic
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 5:25 am | 17 Comments »
Links 2/20/2021
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 196 Comments »
Republicans Offer Preview of Brutal Climate Policies in Texas
Some Republicans are not letting the crisis in Texas go to waste.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:22 am | 78 Comments »
Artificial Intelligence Could Mean Large Increases in Prosperity—But Only for a Privileged Few
Labor-saving advances in artificial intelligence may undo the gains from globalization and pose new challenges for economic development
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:23 am | 74 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/19/2021
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Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 84 Comments »
Hoist on His Own Petard? Kentucky Attorney General’s Apparent Plan to Settle Landmark Pension Case Mayberry v. KKR Likely to be Undermined by Discovery
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron may have outfoxed himself by joining a landmark case against grifting private equity moneybags.
Topics: Banana republic, Hedge funds, Legal, Politics, Private equity, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 8:58 am | 7 Comments »