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Friday, November 28, 2025
How Enforcement of the USMCA Will End a Corporate Race to the Bottom
USMCA, which promised to help American workers by improving labor bargaining rights, is being put to its first road test. Will it perform?
Support for Gig Worker Union Bill in New York Collapsing After Scrutiny
A tech industry Trojan horse masquerading as a pro-union measure has been caught out.
A Neoliberalism Meets Covid Vignette: Barriers to Getting a Vaccine, Publix Edition
We had to jump through way too many hoops to get a Covid vaccine at Publix. Is this normal for pharmacies?
Why Biden Is Not a Transformational President
Biden is not living up to his PR. The implications are significant, given the need for significant change.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/25/2021
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Michael Hudson: Why Biden Won’t Cancel Student Debt
Michael Hudson gives a hard look at the typical excuses for not cancelling student debt and finds them wanting.
“I Don’t Know of a Bigger Story in the World” Right Now Than Ivermectin: NY Times Best-Selling Author
So why are journalists not covering it?
West’s Selective Support for Press Freedom: Only in Countries We Don’t Like
Belarus is a bad actor in forcing a passenger jet to land so it could seize a prominent dissident/journalist. But who wrote this playbook?
Despite Federal Moratorium, Eviction Rates Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels
The eviction process is restarting, even when it is premature under the law. What will the collateral damage be?
CDC Recommends Masking for School Staff, Accepts Aerosol Transmission (Without Using the Word)
CDC inches toward complete acceptance of aerosol transmission with improved Covid prevention strategies for schools.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/24/2021
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