David Cameron promised to stop scammers and kleptocrats hiding behind British shell companies. But almost one in ten UK firms still do not declare ‘persons of significant control’
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Why I Am Still Worried About the Legitimacy of the 2020 Election Balloting Process
Voting in a pandemic
A Window into the Hearts and Minds of Billionaire Donors
Billionaires explain why they give money away.
China’s Covid-19 Recovery Is Intensifying Class Exploitation
China’s response to the pandemic is to furth disempower its domestic and peripheral populations.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/5/2020
COVID19 in the West ~ Biden’s polling ~ Biden’s Veepstakes ~ Trump and the economy ~ Obama’s house ~ Vote! ~ Voting debacles in Maryland and Los Angeles ~ Employment figures, and are they suss ~ GOOG ~ Bitcoin ~ The Fed and Moral Hazard ~ COVID19 testing ~ Policing in America ~ Money and power ~ Utility workers ~ Non-linear writing
Melting Ice Opens Doors for Wider Spread of Contaminants, Diseases
New pathways and new and more distant places are leading to additional scientific findings on impacts of melting Arctic ice.
Judges Try To Balance Legal Rights And Courtroom Health
Judges are making battlefield health calls in reopening courtrooms, and some policies don’t look very sound.
How Africa is Coping With Coronavirus
Politics and the caliber of social programs have influenced how countries in Africa have tried to limit the economic damage of the coronavirus.
Liz Theoharis: Organizing the Rich or the Poor? Which America Will Be Ours After the Pandemic?
Why the poor will be more successful in gaining material and political ground if they design initiatives and advocate.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/4/2020
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ICUs Become A ‘Delirium Factory’ For COVID Patients
COVID can infect the brain and current protocols may exacerbate the delirium it induces in some patients, as doctors aim to slow its spread.
