Corporations funnel significant funds to anti-reform police foundations, while publicly supporting PR campaigns for police reform.
Saturday, July 18, 2026
The John Deere Strike: Organized Labor’s Turning Point?
Will the Deere strike become a watershed event, a PATCO in reverse?
Insurance Focused on Virtual Visits? The Pros and Cons of a New Twist in Health Plans
The pandemic has made patients more comfortable with telemedicine for doctor visits. Insurers are betting that some patients will now embrace new types of health coverage that encourages video visits — or outright insists on them.
Bad Biden Foreign Policy
Biden is as bad as Trump on foreign policy. The press has been absent save ampllifying the arms merchants’ hissy over the Afghanistan exit
Swimming With Sharks in the Maldives
Maldivians are changing their attitudes towards sharks, sparking a tourism boom. Tourists bring plastic, creating a waste disposal problem.
Wolf Richter: The Amazing Explosion of New Businesses Continues as Americans Strike Out on their Own
Including Wolf’s 2 cents about the high “failure rates” of new businesses, being a small-business owner himself.
Why Record Numbers of Workers Are Quitting and Striking
Workers are getting uppity. What is surprising is that it took so long.
More ‘Disease’ Than ‘Dracula’ – How the Vampire Myth Was Born
On the Great Vampire Epidemic and other elements of vampire backstory.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/15/2021
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Moving Beyond America’s War on Wildfire: 4 Ways to Avoid Future Megafires
Under a changing climate, we will have to learn to coexist with wildfires in the U.S. West.
Community Clinics Shouldered Much of the Vaccine Rollout. Many Haven’t Been Paid.
Clinics are owed tens of millions of dollars, at minimum, for shots they’ve given since the vaccines received emergency authorization.
