Could Winning an Election Be the End of Keir Starmer?
Elected as the lesser of two evils, Keir Starmer’s Labour will face crises from the offset. Could its disenchanted left step in?
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“Bidenomics” Has No Answer for Eviction Crisis – Or Much Else
Most recent announcement has rental platforms promising to increase transparency of how much you’re being gouged but do nothing to lower costs.
Read more...‘Baked tnto the Frameworks’: Archeologist Reveals ‘3 Pervasive Myths’ That Blind Us to the Past
Long-term perspectives on cities, states, and empires are now much fuller and more regionally diverse than was known decades ago. Synthetic, comparative analyses have been undertaken. We now know what worked and what did not.
Read more...KLG: Owning the Sun: A People’s History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines – A Review-Essay
Unless we figure out a way to spend our wealth on what gives life instead of what takes life, the oncoming crisis that has been called the “Jackpot” here will most certainly be a crisis without a solution.
Read more...How Federal Law Can Protect All Workers on Sweltering Summer Days
In 2021, OSHA initiated efforts “to consider a heat-specific workplace rule.” In the meantime, states and local governments are free to make their own rules, let workers fend for themselves, or even put workers at greater risk.
Read more...Empty Office Spaces Can Be Converted to Residential Buildings – But It Won’t Be Affordable
What if we convert redundant office space to affordable living space or public housing and quit with the return-to-office pressure?
Read more...The Origins of the Investment Theory of Party Competition
How Tom Ferguson’s archival research showed that conventional wisdom on voter behaior was rnaive, and investment drives outcomes.
Read more...The Education System Isn’t Ready for Another Widespread Closure
Can online learning be saved? Lessons from the pandemic school closures.
Read more...Book Review: Richard Vague, “The Paradox of Debt”
And why finding reforms to our current economic system is a Sisyphean task.
Read more...It’s Not That Hard to Solve Homelessness
America has the means to substantially alleviate homelessness but not the desire.
Read more...The Return of Child Labor As the Latest Sign of American Decline
Child exploitation is baack! How did we get here?
Read more...It’s Hard for Americans to Engage in China-Bashing Without Tripping on Contradictions
There are no doubt good reasons for Americans to be concerned about China, but our official justificaitons don’t stand up to scrutiny.
Read more...Why French Streets Are on Fire Again
The Nanterre killing & banlieue riots show the problems of the French government, media, and dominant culture with “post-colonial” minorities.
Read more...“Should There Really Be a Supreme Court? Its Role Always Has Been Anti-Democratic”
How much is the Supreme Court to blame for the red shift in policies?
Read more...“Links for a Fourth of July”
Some links from Thomas Neuburger loosely related to the theme of the Fourth of July. Be sure to check ou the one on WhatsApp.
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