Sunday, June 15, 2025

Countdown!

We met one of our final goals! One left to beat! Will you help make this the best fundraiser ever?

Closing Hours of the 2020 Fundraiser, About to Hit Our New $ and Donor Targets!

Please give in the home stretch to make this fundraiser a smashing success!

2:00PM Water Cooler 10/7/2020

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

Bleak Views of Melting Antarctic Ice, From Above and Below

Two troubling recent studies clarify projections of glacial ice loss, sea-level rise, and the need to act on climate.

Links 10/7/2020

Procrastinators of the World, Unite! Last Day, Last Chance for Our Fundraiser!

Don’t miss your last chance to make our 2020 fundraiser the best ever!

Trump Shoots His Campaign in the Head

Trump is back to his usual self-destructive form.

Brexit: Running the Clock Down

Why Brexit motion should not be confused with progress.

Chamber of Commerce Quietly Supports a United Government Led by Democrats

The Chamber of Commerce cozying up to Team Dem is quite a bellweather.

2:00PM Water Cooler 10/6/2020

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

Covid-19 and the Global Addiction to Cheap Migrant Labor

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the world’s structural dependence on exploitable labor.

Right to Repair Redux: Massachusetts Ballot Questions

Massachusetts has another right to repair ballot question, updating its 2012 provision that resulted in landmark 2013 legislation.

Links 10/6/2020

Thomas Frank’s Essential Insight – True Populism Is Transracial: An Interview + Review of The People, No! A Brief History of Anti-Populism

How Jim Crow laws were a backlash against 19th Century populism of having poor whites and blacks join forces to seek economic justice.

Daniel Ellsberg on the Assange Extradition and Growing Fascism

Daniel Ellsberg, in an interview with Paul Jay, describes the threat the Assange show trial poses for journalists around the world.