The Congressional Progressive Caucus chair said that despite the Senate failing to include the wage boost in the relief bill, the fight for $15 must go on.
Thursday, September 18, 2025
New Report: U.S. Dams, Levees Get D Grades, Need $115 Billion in Upgrades
Heavier precipitation caused by climate change is straining aging flood-control systems throughout the U.S.
Waste Watch: Europeans Get Right to Repair for Some Consumer Electrical Goods, While John Deere Reneges on Promise to U.S. Farmers to Make Diagnostic Software Freely Available
On March 1, the EU implemented a right to repair for some consumer electrical goods; which U.S. state will wake up and do the same?
Yes, Export Bans on Vaccines Are a Problem, But Why Is the Supply of Vaccines so Limited in the First Place?
Italy has blocked vaccine exports to Australia, which now must reconsider its opposition to proposed global solutions to unblock supply.
Pointless Pain Is What We’re Enduring. And All for the Sake of Accepting That Money is Not a Constraint on Our Potential, and Never Will Be
Defitic hysteria, UK style, and why misunderstanding what government money is about persists.
The Jobs Recovery, Compared to the “Good Times” Trend
February confirms: V-shaped jobs recovery petered out in October about two-thirds into it.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/5/2021
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Economists’ Rx: “Sick? Stay Home!”
Economists endorse sick day mandates. Pass the word.
Covid Deranges the Immune System in Complex and Deadly Ways
The more experts look at Covid, the more they seem to come up with new questions rather than answers.
Covid Baby Bust Has Governments Rattled
A falloff in baby production has capitalists very worried.
The U.S. Grid Isn’t Ready For A Major Shift To Renewables
The Texas power outages exposed serious shortcomings with the structure and operation of the US electrical grid.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/4/2021
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