Ukrainian dirt on the Bidens is languishing! Why is that?
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
We Need to Stop the Overdiagnosis Disease. Step 1: Remove Vested Interests
Time to stop treating people as targets for disease treatments.
Sacramento Teacher Strike Is a Warning to #RedForEd Movement Everywhere
Sacramento teachers are threatening to strike after the district plans to renege on an agreement it signed in December 2017.
The Return of la Marine
Today, the divide from which Marine Le Pen profits has reached alarming proportions, most recently with the eruption of the revolt of the gilets jaunes.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/8/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Buttigieg, O’Rourke, Sanders on open borders, Sanders and the Latinx vote, Warren, DSA, Stacey Abrams, copper, robot cars, Google and AI ethics, Amazon and writers, Boeing 737 orders, succulent plants, soil, slow journalism, identity politics, Tolkien, Japanese manhole covers
Right to Repair Initiatives Gain Support in US
Minnesota may soon be the first state to adopt right to repair legislation, and measures are pending in a total of twenty states. Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren recently endorsed a national right to repair for farm equipment.
Climate Research Must Change to Help Communities Plan for the Future
Climate scientist Robert Koop argues for national investment in universities analogous to that of long-standing cooperative extension programs but applied to scientific climate risk management.
Brexit: Disintegration
Brexit crunch week starts. And something will break, it’s just not clear precisely what.
Bill Black: Tom Friedman Just Noticed that the UK “Has Gone Mad”
Bill Black uses Tom Friedman’s recognition just this week that Brexit is a mess as the foundation of a detailed takedown of Friedman’s propaganda, um, views.
Meetup Reminders: Washington, DC This Friday April 12 with Matt Stoller; Boston Thurs April 25; Milwaukee Wed May 1; Minneapolis Thurs May 2
Hope you can make one of our upcoming get-togethers! See our meetup times and venues.
Plastic Watch: 2.5 Trillion Dollar Annual Cost of Ocean Plastic Pollution
New study finds ocean plastic pollution costs $2.5 trillion dollars annually – and that estimate fails to account for direct and indirect impacts on human health, or the fisheries, transport, and tourism industries.
Has Privatization Benefitted the Public?
To ensure public acceptability, some benefits accrue to many in the early stages of privatization in order to minimize public resistance. However, in the longer term, privatization tends to enrich a few but typically fails to deliver on its ostensible aims.
