Rural residents say no thanks to more abortion availability without better access to comprehensive healthcare.
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Thursday, March 6, 2025
For Many Rural Women, Finding Maternity Care Outweighs Concerns About Abortion Access
Topics: Health care
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 4 Comments »
Michael Hudson: Cracks in the Empire – Is the American Superpower Fading?
Michael Hudson provides a new, wide-ranging talk on the US hegemony-preservation efforts and what they mean for Europe, Russia, and BRICS.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:36 am | 59 Comments »
Eight Israeli Lawmakers Demand Acceleration of the Extermination in Gaza by Destroying Remaining Food, Plus Water and Energy Infrastructure
Inhabitants of Gaza aren’t dying fast enough to suit some Knesset members, so they describe how to hurry the process along.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 11:18 am | 79 Comments »
Will Russia’s Alleged Downing of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight Overturn the Great Game Board in the Caucasus?
Azerbaijan president’s out of character condemnation of Moscow before facts are in points to changes on the horizon.
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Middle East, Russia, Turkey
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 21 Comments »
The Earthquake Environmental Justice Advocates Aren’t Talking About
Why are US environmental groups so silent about the empire’s global warmaking?
Topics: Environment, Guest Post, Middle East, Social values
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 24 Comments »
Michael Hudson’s Introduction to Giorgio Buccellati’s At the Origins of Politics
Michael Hudson introduces anthropologist Giorgio Buccellati’s fascinating book on the political evolution of earlier societies.
Topics: Currencies, Guest Post, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 16 Comments »
Tech Law in 2025: A Look Ahead at AI, Privacy and Social Media Regulation Under the New Trump Administration
Team Trump’s tech industry regulatory plans have gotten less attention than some other initiatives. An overview helps fill this lapse
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Legal, Media watch, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:33 am | 16 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/3/2025
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; New Covid charts drop, with Christmas hospitalization up in New York; Mike Benz: X censorship and deplatforming; Mangione: murder and social murder; Teen Vogue on “salting” ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 88 Comments »
Elite College Money Woes: Wall Street Journal Notes but Underplays the Level of Negligence
A new story on the financial tsuris at even the most elite universities underplays how they’ve made poor investment choices for many years.
Topics: Hedge funds, Income disparity, Investment management, Private equity, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 39 Comments »
Links 1/3/2025
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 176 Comments »
Just Like Clockwork, the Propaganda Push for Digital ID Kicks Into Gear in the UK
After avoiding the issue for years, the legacy media are now trying to manufacture public complacency and consent for the government’s digital identity — and by extension, CBDC — agenda. On July 5, the day Keir Starmer became UK prime minister, we wagered that a Starmer government would intensify the push to roll out a […]
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 15 Comments »
Why Doesn’t the News Media Talk About the Real Issues in Life?
Looking at why the media seems increasingly to be talking to itself and not ordinary people.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Media watch, Politics, Social values, The destruction of the middle class, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:52 am | 41 Comments »
What Should Tesla’s Stock Be Worth? Automaker, Stagnating Vehicle Sales like GM & Ford, Getting Overtaken by Competitors, Losing Share in the Booming EV Market?
Tesla is now just ar mid-size automaker amid EV competition that is eating its lunch. What might realistic valuations mean for Musk’s clout?
Topics: Auto industry, China, Economic fundamentals, Global warming, Globalization, Guest Post, Investment outlook, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:03 am | 42 Comments »