AI Will Soon Have a Say in Approving or Denying Medicare Treatments
The Trump Administration plans to launch a new war against citizens, here via a pilot scheme to use AI to cut Medicare services.
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The Karl Marx Question
Karl Marx has aged well. What happens if you take his analysis seriously?
Read more...Trump UK State Visit Demonstrates That the Power Elite Has Drawn Up the Drawbridge Over Safety Fears
The handling of Trump’s UK state visit confirms elite insecurity and safety fears. Like many Trump and UK/EU moves, crackdowns may backfire
Read more...Quelle Surprise! CEOs Overwhelmingly Negative on Trump’s Economic Policies as Shallow Fed Rate Cut Confirms Stagflation Worries
Even a bastion of Republican support, CEOs, has soured on Trump’s economic policies, as the damage to regular citizens mounts.
Read more...Prison Labor: The Last Stronghold of Slavery in the US
Black Americans are disproportionately incarcerated and exploited with prison labor. It’s time to finish abolition
Read more...How Student Loans Became America’s Financial Catastrophe
How student loans became a vehicle for higher educational profiteering and exploitation of students.
Read more...Trump Followers Promote Authoritarian, Hostile-to-Downtrodden Version of Christianity
How Christianity is being manipulated by Trump allies to demonize the poors and support aggressive law enforcement
Read more...More Trump Administration Circular Firing Squad with Investor-Spooking ICE Raid on Hyundai-LG Plant
The fallout from the ICE raid on a Georgia Hyundai -LG startup looks to be serious.
Read more...Is Europe Preparing for War Against Russia or Against Own Populations?
Population control toys aren’t all that useful on the Eurasian Steppe.
Read more...Trump Floats Idea of Declaring Housing Emergency: Another Self-Sabotage Operation?
Quelle surprise! The Scott Bessent announcement of a possible Trump housing emergency made it sound like a stunt, not a plan.
Read more...James Galbraith: Crash in Top Economist Hiring Contradicts Elite-Favoring “Skill Biased Technical Change” Theory
Contrary to some economists’models, salaries aren’t constantly reset based on skills or technology. They follow the economy and politics.
Read more...Trump’s Appellate Court Tariff Loss: It Isn’t Over Until the Fat Lady Sings
Trump is likely to win his retaliatory tariff battle at the Supreme Court and even if not, he’s too fond of this bludgeon to give it up.
Read more...Nearly 1,000 ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ Protests Planned Across US for Labor Day
Are protests alone enough to confront the billionaires?
Read more...Health Insurance Price Increases Should Cause Americans More Alarm
An article that usefully documents the magnitude of health insurance price increases nevertheless blames the victims.
Read more...Neoliberalism Is Not a Viable Option
How neoliberalism contributes to the growth of fascism.
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