New York Times Gets Budget Story About Looming Trump-Ryan Clash Almost Completely Wrong
Not only does the Grey Lady misrepresent Trump’s and Ryan’s motivations, but they muff budget basics too.
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Lancet Study on Life Expectancy by 2030 Confirms Poor US Performance
A new Lancet study on life expectancy for 35 countries puts up big red flags for US performance.
Read more...It’s Time To Put Food Policy Back On The Table
The agri-industrial model of huge-scale, corporate-run operations vs. the agri-cultural model community-based family farming
Read more...Wearing White: What Resistance Looks Like in America’s Heartland
A labor struggle in South Bend as a window into unions’ ongoing resistance to corporate greed.
Read more...Grantham: ‘Twas Capitalism That Killed Capitalism
How capitalism became disconnected from social good, leading to hope for a “strong leader” will take on the rich and powerful.
Read more...Book Review: The Econocracy
The new book Econocracy describes how economics has become a narrow ideology with far too much power and what can be done about it
Read more...Brexit Big Lie: UK Could Have Reduced EU Immigration by 82% Under EU Rules
Contrary to Tory and pro-Brexit propaganda, the UK has plenty of power under EU rules to reduce immigration.
Read more...Mark Blyth on How Liberalism Undermined Democracy and the Failure of the Democratic Party
Mark Blyth gives another astute, sobering reading of US and international politics.
Read more...How Universities Are Increasingly Choosing Capitalism Over Education
How universities have come to operate less in interest of the public and more and more as private enterprises.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Should Progressives Let Corporate Democrats Lead and Be the Face Of the Resistance?
Why corporate Democrats are not your friends.
Read more...Hidden Distress Among Well-Off Women in America
Why have lifespans flattened among middle and upper middle class women?
Read more...Waste Not, Want Not: Right to Repair Laws on Agenda in Some States
Right to repair laws are back on the agenda in five states. These measures would reduce costs and waste, and promote local repair services.
Read more...Do Corporate Democrats Like Charles Schumer Belong in a Progressive Movement Against Trump?
Trump has wasted no time in implementing campaign pledges. How closely should progressives work with corporate Democrats?
Read more...Trumping Capitalism?
Will Trump change capitalism, and if so, how?
Read more...James F on Hatred in Our Divided Nation: Anger at Flyover Country
Immigration, free trade, and automation have made Flyover Country people redundant but they’re not going away fast enough for urban elites.
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