Federal District Judge Dan Polster pushes parties to the litigation and others concerned to craft a comprehensive settlement to the opioid crisis; attorney general Jeff Sessions’ DoJ seems more interested in fence sitting that rolling up its sleeves.
Sunday, August 10, 2025
Confidential Shell Oil Report Prompts Lawsuit: They Knew About Climate Change Decades Ago
RNN interview with Carol Muffett discussing what Royal Dutch Shell knew about fossil fuel driving climate change and when they knew, as confirmed in a Confidential 1986 Report published last week by a Dutch source. Let the lawsuits proceed.
Trade War or Not, China Risks a ‘Minsky Moment’
How China’s officials are trying to protect the county’s economic glass jaw.
Monopoly Capitalism: At The Breaking Point?
Michael Hudson discusses monopoly capitalism on the Laura Flanders show.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/6/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China tariffs, Sanders in Jackson, Warren, Wisconsin, employment situation, teachers strikes, health care costs, Mississippi flooding, Isao Takahata
The Hidden Network That Propelled Civil Rights in America
Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders relied on black entrepreneurs to make their work possible.
Michael Hudson: Origins of Money and Interest: Palatial Credit, Not Barter
A deep dive into the origins of credit and money, along with the political implications of different theories.
5 Ways Liberals and Progressives Shame the Poor Without Even Realizing It
The poor (and even the struggling middle class) are too often on the receiving end of sanctimonious and not cheap lifestyle finger-wagging.
Trump Ups the Ante in Trade Brinksmanship
Investors are rattled by Trump escalating his trade war threat with China.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/5/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Tariffs, Sanders in Jackson, midterms (WI, FL, MN), Emily’s List, Documenters, coincident indicators, truck drivers, Facebook, women’s clothing, crapified construction
The Forgotten Economic Vision of Martin Luther King
In the last years of his life, King was boldly forging a radical, multi-racial movement for economic justice.
