Thursday, September 25, 2025
Trump’s Border Wall is a Multi-Billion Dollar Corporate Handout
How Trump made the long-standing border boondoggle even bigger.
Elizabeth Warren Wants Green Trade Deals. What Does That Mean?
Is what Democratic candidates mean by “green trade deals” what environmentalists and trade experts mean?
Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #6 in Westerville, Ohio
Candidates! Candidates! Candidates! ★★★Twelve candidates on one stage!★★★ Come on down!
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/15/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Biden, Buttigieg, Gabbard, Warren, Yang, influencers, woman truckers, SpaceX, Fortnite, PG&E, The Economist throws in the towel on robot cars, power outage, scientists supporting non-violent direct action, Medicaid estate recovery, inequality, Simone Biles, politeness
How to Know Which Impeachment Polls to Believe – and Which to Skip
Since impeachment looks likely to stay front and center of the news, how to make sense of polls.
Making Profit Should Not Now Be the Primary Goal of a Business: Being Net-Zero Carbon Should Be
Central banker Mark Carney argues for green economy gradual transition, Can’t get too much in the way of almighty profit.
California’s New Transparency Law Reveals Steep Rise In Wholesale Drug Prices
Drug price data in Califorinia shows mind-boggling increases in wholesale prices since 2019. Of course, the industry claims that that information is misleading.
The IMF Convenes in Washington, Deaf to the Suffering It Causes Across the Planet
A brief reminder of the IMF record of failure and harm.
Down to the Wire, Last Chance for Our 2019 Fundraiser!
Final call for this year’s fundraiser. Please chip in if you haven’t already, and very big thanks if you have!
Countdown!
We met one of our final goals! One left to beat! Will you help make this the best fundraiser evah?
What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Coups?
Will the “impeachment inquiry” culminate in a coup, or not?
Closing Hours of Fundraiser, About to Hit Our New $ and Donor Targets!
So close to our fundraiser targets! Will you be one of the ones to push us over the top?
Thomas Piketty’s New Book: Impressive Research, Problematic Solutions
Capital and Ideology is a quantitative history of inequality, a largely noneconomic theory of social stratification, an investigation into the social roots of current populism, and a political manifesto for the European left.
