Julian Assange Just Called. To Talk About the Pandemic’s Effect on Capitalism & Politics!
Yanis Varoufakis briefs Assange on the devolution of capitailsm.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis briefs Assange on the devolution of capitailsm.
Read more...Even before COVID-19, the world was facing a care crisis, a problem that is only worsening.
Read more...U.S. economic policy now focuses on what is already the worst business cycle downturn since the 1929 crash. As data accumulate, it may well prove to be the worst in global capitalism’s entire history.
Read more...New York makes use of chokehold a felony charge, nearly 6 years after Eric Garner died. Perhaps cops may think twice going forward.
Read more...Democrats introduce comprehensive policing reform legislation , but without Republican support, the best possible scenario is some repetition of the stimulus mess.
Read more...The four-day work week could be another wild idea that makes it through the pandemic’s open policy window.
Read more...Billionaires explain why they give money away.
Read more...Time to do something about America’s creaky infrastructure.
Read more...An incisive take from the no-holds-barred Tom Ferguson.
Read more...How ancient societies forgave debt that became unpayable due to circumstances outside the borrower’s control.
Read more...Some thoughts from a former tomato picker – moi – on the call from Prince Charles for furloughed workers to help with the food harvest in Britain.
Read more...Whatever you may think of Bernie Sanders suspending his presidential campaign, his criticism of corporations who laud workers as heroes while refusing to pay them is spot on.
Read more...Thursday’s unemployment numbers show that the U.S. unemployment numbers have not yet bottomed out – and that instead, the problem is worsening at a gut-wrenching pace.
Read more...WSJ reports the DOJ and various state attorneys general will soon file antitrust lawsuits against Google, but is short on legal details.
Read more...The inescapable dilemma facing social democracy
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