Political Polarization Is Pushing Evangelicals to a Historic Breaking Point
Some evangelicals are breaking with the right over Trump, COVID and Black Lives Matter, creating opportunities for social justice advocates.
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The Rise and Fall of France’s 35-Hour Workweek
France’s 35-hour workweek illustrates the need to confront business power to make good on the promise of working time reduction.
Read more...Boris Johnson Is Going – but His Cronyism and Corruption Are Here to Stay
Has Johnson left a lasting mark on the Tories, or is it merely that he overshadows his entirely underwhelming potential successors?
Read more...More Monkeypox Vaccines Are Coming to NYC. Should You Get Vaccinated — And How?
“Your guide to all things monkeypox — from symptoms to where to get vaccinated in the city.”
Read more...If the Democratic Party Tried to Change, Would its Ecosystem Prevent It?
“Fixing the Democratic Party” is more daunting than most think. Most of the Party’s big-dollar ecosystem exists to keep it just as it is.
Read more...‘Crushing News’: Appeals Court Greenlights Georgia’s 6-Week Abortion Ban
The most restrictive abortion law in the US is now in effect, despite its scientifically-dubioius “heatbeat” standard.
Read more...“The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine”
On the rotten state of evidence-baded medicine, and whether there is any way out.
Read more...IM Doc Could Not Get A Monkeypox Test for a Patient. What That Says About the Sorry State of the CDC and Public Health
The US Is flying blind on monkeypox, and the CDC and public health officials are unwilling to break a sweat to correct that.
Read more...How Sustainable Manufacturing Could Help Reduce the Environmental Impact of Industry
A short overview of sustainable manufacturing, an idea whose time ought to have come.
Read more...The Capitalist Solution to ‘Save’ the Planet: Make It an Asset Class & Sell it
John Bellamy Foster explains the plans to create assets on the back of everything nature does and expropriate it from the global commons.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The End of Western Civilization – Why It Lacks Resilience, and What Will Take Its Place
How neolibearlism and idealization of markets is the latest chapter in the West’s destructive drift towards rule by oligarchs and rentiers.
Read more...‘Good. Now Declare It,’ Says Pressley as Biden Mulls Health Emergency for Abortion Rights
Would declaring a public health emergency work as a Biden Administration abortion Hail Mary pass?
Read more...How Organized Labor Leads the Fight for Safer Workplaces
Workers forming unions at Amazon and Starbucks want better wages and benefits and other labor protections union workers enjoy every day.
Read more...Rishi Sunak Could Become PM. Here’s What He Doesn’t Want You to Know
From offshore dealings to right-wing think tanks, a guide to Rishi Sunak, the man who could become the UK’s richest PM
Read more...Think Johnson Has Had a Bad Week? He’s Achieved What He Wanted
Johnson’s political project was to destroy what trust was left in UK politics. And he’s succeeded
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