California Democrats Double Down on Efforts to Involuntarily Commit the Homeless
Sacramento wraps up its legislative session with efforts to disappear the homeless.
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Social Security Overpays Billions to People, Many on Disability. Then It Demands the Money Back
The Social Security Administration is trying to reclaim billions of dollars from many of the nation’s poorest and most vulnerable.
Read more...How Public Pianos Decorated by Artists Came to Dot Portland’s Streets and Parks
Portland provides pianos as a public amenity.
Read more...‘This Is Our Defining Moment’: UAW Launches Historic Strikes Against Big Three Automakers
The once-feared UAW is flexing some muscle. Complaints about expenses are disingenuous v, the cost of stock manipulation, aka buybacks.
Read more...Davos Man Says ‘Total Transparency’ For You
The word transparency is being defined in an effort to further prevent citizens from demanding it of governments, NGOs, and major companies.
Read more...The Rise and Fall of Signaling and Performativity
On the role of signaling and performativity in our increasing elite dysfunction.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: TECHNOFEUDALISM – What Killed Capitalism
Yanis Varoufakis’ forthcoming book examines our changed economic system, which he callls “technofeudalism.”
Read more...On Not Thinking Like a Liberal in the 21st Century
“Liberalism is the solution to nothing we face in this changing world that Liberalism hath wrought.”
Read more...Desperately Seeking Entertainment
Why entertainment is not what is used to be.
Read more...The Ancient Patterns of Migration
Today’s hot-button issue is actually as old as the human race.
Read more...The Rise of Private Cops: How Not to Tackle Homelessness
Why a story on the abuse of private power, here a security guard beating up the homeless on public property, does not go far enough.
Read more...Analyzing Apparently Irrational Behavior in Western Elites
Some old and newish theories as to why our elites seem unable to manage their way out of a paper bag.
Read more...Are Corporate Executives Expendable?
Analysts across the political spectrum challenge massive paychecks of corporate chiefs—and whether companies can survive without them.
Read more...Vacation for Me, Not for Thee: European Workers’ Hard-Won Summer Vacation Tradition Is Slowly Being Taken Away
An increasing number of workers are unable to afford a summer holiday.
Read more...Angus Deaton on How Neoliberal Ideology Produced Abject US Falling Life Expectancy for Less Educated
Angus Deaton returns to his deaths of despair theme, with updated data and a pointed critique of the role of Chicago School libertarians.
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