New Report From Rep. Katie Porter Reveals How Big Pharma Pursues ‘Killer Profits’ at the Expense of Americans’ Health
Rep. Katie Porter kicks some Big Pharma ass and takes names.
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The Fatuous Uproar About Robinhood and GameStop
The Robinhood contretemps shows how the US confuses a financial casino for productive activity.
Read more...Vaccination Chaos Fuels Push to Recall Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom needs to pull his vaccination program out of its nosedive. Is he up to the task?
Read more...The Third-World Flavor of America’s Love Affair with the Military
The dangers of undue deference to men in military uniforms.
Read more...Oxford Pledged to Donate Covid Vaccine Rights, Then Sold Them, Thanks to Bill Gates
Oxford planned an anti-capitalist solution for a global health problem. Then Bill Gates got involved.
Read more...The Oregon Republican Party Issues a Condemnation (and a Reader Query)
Soliciting reader help on identifying the ethnographics of the diehard Republican.
Read more...‘We’re Not Controlling It in Our Schools’: Covid Safety Lapses Abound Across US
America’s inability to devise and implement Covid-containment strategies in schools illustrates why the disease won’t be vanquished soon.
Read more...Why Apollo’s Palace Coup Against Leon Black and Further Disclosures on Jeffrey Epstein Are Not Reassuring
The few details that Apollo offered about Leon Black’s relationship to serial child rapist Jeffrey Epstein only make things look worse.
Read more...Reader Query: Getting a Covid Vaccine in Your Area
ow difficult is the process for getting a Covid vaccine where you live?
Read more...Wolf Richter: Historic Mania in SPACs, IPOs. Huge Fees for Wall Street Banks. Mega Paydays for Insiders. Disdain for Valuations. Blind Faith that “This Time It’s Different”
SPAC mania, with billions raised: this time it’s different, everyone is saying again – another sign that the zoo has gone nuts.
Read more...Rights Advocates Alarmed by US Spy Agency’s Purchase of Warrantless Phone Location Data
Defense Intelligence Agency skirts constitutional warrant requirements by buying location data from data brokers.
Read more...Why Does Inequality Produce High Crime and Low Trust?
Why bad conduct is more prevalent in societies with high inequality.
Read more...COVID-19 Is Pushing Migrants Back to Their Home Countries
With Covid-19 driving many migrants to return to their countries of origin, governments need to implement better reintegration plans.
Read more...The Next Neoliberal President…
A clear eyed and therefore not cheery look at where President Biden is set to take the US.
Read more...What Can Sanders Do as Budget Chair? – Rob Johnson
Sanders is about to have considerable influence on spending priorities. Where and how does he have leverage?
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