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Monday, October 13, 2025
Koch Influence Taints New Tufts-Based Think Thank: The Tentacles of the Mercatus Center
A timely reminder that despite the raging pandemic, Koch interests keep up their efforts to influence politics and academia.
A Levels: Government’s U-Turn Has Left Universities in the Lurch
The A-level crisis is increasing pressures on UK universities already stressed by COVID-19, as are their US and Australian counterparts.
New York City Faces Another “Drop Dead”: How Many Other Cities Will Wind Up in Distress?
We are at best only at the end of the beginning of big cities’ Covid-19 pain. What comes next?
Covid-19: Carmageddon Beckons Unless Work from Home Continues
Another way Covid-19 is wreacking havoc on major cities.
Paltry Flint Toxic Water Settlement: Let’s NOT Kill All the Lawyers (at Least Not Some of Them)
Michigan gets off easy with its $600 million settlement of allegations that lead-tainted water in Flint has caused permanent brain damage for its victims.
‘They Have Nowhere To Run’: Inmate Families, Advocates Push for Prisoner Release as California Wildfires Engulf State
The prisons that house some inamets lie in the path of wildfires, and California hasn’t yet furloughed them or moved them to safety.
Something Remarkable Just Happened This August: How the Pandemic Has Sped Up the Passage to Postcapitalism
Yanis Varioufakis discusses the emerging shape of postcapitalism.
Earl Katz: Regenerative Agriculture and Massive Planting of Trees is Our Only Hope
Earl Katz, an early climate change warrior, looks at the dwindling number of options humans have for alleviating global warming.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/21/2020
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How the Agricultural Lobby Is Sabotaging Europe’s Green Deal
The European Commission’s ambitous Green Deal plans are already stumbling over bureaucratic infighting and ag industry opposition.
