Saturday, February 7, 2026
Trump Seeks to Revoke California Emissions Waiver
Trump looks to rollback California’s 1970 waiver under the Clean Air Act, which allowed the state to set emissions standards.
Why 2020 Dems Should Target the Nonprofit Charter School Industry
How neoliberal grifters, pursuing charter school profits, destroyed an historic building.
Private Equity and Surprise Medical Billing
Private equity has glommed onto the healthcare sector, and drives the “surprise” medical billing. phenomenon.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/5/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Sanders, Weld, Climate Town Hall, Immaneul Wallerstein on the Resistance, employment situation, factory orders, services, ethanal, bulk shipping, Apple, hysteresis, Dorian and poultry farms, Harlan County coal miner protest, human speech, audio books and reading, influencers
Apple Blinks on Right to Repair: Or Does It?
Apple makes modest concessions on the right to repair. Seems to be less here than meets the eye.
Germany to Ban Use of Glyphosate By End 2023
Germany moves to reduce significantly the use of glyphosate – and ban it outright, starting in 2023.
Summers and the Road to Damascus
Why pushing on a string has never worked: monetary policy has never been robustly effective in promoting economic recovery or growth.
FabScrap Tackles Fashion Waste
FabScrap works with fashion companies to reuse and recycle fashion scraps, thereby mitigating the notorious waste in the fashion industry.
‘Father Is Surgeon’: How Money Talked in USC Admissions Scandal
Defense attorney releases emails documenting just how seriously USC officials weighed family donations in making admissions decisions.
UN High Seas Treaty Looks Set to Founder
Stage three of UN negotiations on a conservation treaty for the high seas would up last week without “a serious commitment”; prospects for a final agreement remain weak.
As Aerial Footage of Devastated Bahamas Emerges, Campaigners Ask How Much Destruction and Death Before Global Climate Action Taken?
Devastating footage of Dorian damage in the Bahamas: when will the world take meaningful action to arrest climate change?
Brexit: Thar She Blows
Does Parliament’s revolt agaist Boris Johnson on Brexit amount to progress?
