Conviction of Steven Donziger, said one critic, “perfectly encapsulates how corporate power has twisted the U.S. justice system to protect corporate interests and punish their enemies.”
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Saturday, July 18, 2026
Six-Month Sentence for Lawyer Who Took on Chevron Denounced as ‘International Outrage’
Topics: Banana republic, Environment, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 5:25 am | 26 Comments »
Links 10/2/2021
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 202 Comments »
Tylenol Could Be Risky for Pregnant Women – A New Review of 25 Years of Research Finds Acetaminophen May Contribute to ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders in Children
New reasons to be wary of acetaminophen.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Regulations and regulators, Risk and risk management
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:07 am | 52 Comments »
Incomes Got Chewed Up by Inflation. Americans Spent Heroically on Goods, But Not on Services. Eviction Moratoriums & Forbearance Implicated
Consumers have made big changed to their spending patterns in response to inflation.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Pandemic, Real estate
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:35 am | 14 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/1/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Folies de Capital Hill ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 100 Comments »
When the New York Times Colludes With the Billionaire Class
The New York Times a bit too obviously curries favor with the very best people.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Income disparity, Media watch, Taxes
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 26 Comments »
Links 10/1/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 153 Comments »
Banks Around World Are Suffering Big Outages, Leaving Millions of Customers in Lurch At Worst Possible Time
Twenty banks (some suffering repeated outages), six countries (one in lockdown), five continents, tens of millions of unhappy customers.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:49 am | 30 Comments »
Avoiding Water Bankruptcy in the Drought-Troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran Can Learn from Each Other
Water woes are becoming part of the new normal. What can be done to alleviate them?
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:07 am | 31 Comments »
Progressives Defy House Leadership on Vote on Biden $1.5 Trillion “Highway” Bill, Hold Line on Deal for $3.5 Trillion Package w/ Social Services and Climate Change Spending
The effort to get the House to rubber-stamp a $1.5 trillion Senate-dictated infrastructure bill has gone pear-shaped.
Topics: Banana republic, Economic fundamentals, Global warming, Health care, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:04 am | 69 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/30/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Big Doings up on Capitol Hill! ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 106 Comments »
Covid Is Killing Rural Americans at Twice the Rate of Urbanites
Covid has triggered a hospital crisis in rural American that is killing Covid and non-Covid patients.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Pandemic, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 63 Comments »
Links 9/30/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 123 Comments »
Rikers Island: “Humanitarian Crisis” with Dead Cockroaches, Urine and Feces, Plastic Bags in Lieu of Toilets, Lack of Food and Water; Guards Call in Sick to Escape Appalling Conditions, Covid Risk
As deaths rise at Rikers, legislators and the press are having a hard look at the horrific conditions.
Topics: Banana republic, Income disparity, Legal, Pandemic, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:07 am | 25 Comments »
Keir Starmer’s Speech – Labour’s Best Thing Since Stale Bread
It’s not capitalism that has to change, the Labour leader told us. It’s you.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:42 am | 31 Comments »



