Pax Germanica
Has the German—and the EU—political class dug so deep, they’re already comfortable at bomb shelter depth?
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These 15 Coal Plants Would Have Retired. Then Came AI and Trump.
Utilities started reversing coal power’s “irreversible” decline. Will it last?
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How the Pandemic Accelerated the Geopolitical Breakdown
Did COVID-19 deepen the crises of capitalism and inject a sense of panic into the world’s power struggles?
Read more...Oklahoma’s Ban on Chinese-Owned Farmland Made an Exception for Smithfield Foods
Despite introducing legislation across the country to restrict foreign ownership of farmland, lawmakers do not appear motivated to target monopolistic firms, or to bring more of the food supply chain under domestic control.
Read more...In an Ohio Suburb, Sprawl Is Being Transformed Into Walkable Neighborhoods
Yale Climate Connections argues that rethinking American suburbs could help people drive less, lowering emissions.
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Moral Means Testing: Utah’s Isolated Homeless “Campus” to Require Education of the Soul Under Trump-Led Push To Divert Attention from Economic Causes of Crisis
Utah aims to produce a model for Trump plan—an isolated “Accountability Campus” where commits will be reformed. Other states and localities are not far behind.
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Why Has the U.S. Bombed Somalia More than 100 Times This Year?
Examining chaos from the U.S. and friends across the Horn of Africa as the counterweight to China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
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