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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
New Lawsuit Challenges ‘Fast-Track’ Permits Used for Oil and Gas Pipelines Nationwide
For nearly a decade, pipeline companies have relied on the contested Nationwide Permit 12 when their projects cross waterbodies in the U.S.
CDC Chooses to Fly Blind on Vaccine Breakthrough Cases
The CDC’s latest move in contrary to the interest of sound public health and science.
Michael Hudson & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: Imagining An End to Poverty and Economic Dependence
Michael Hudson and Jonathan Wilson-Hargrove of the Poor People’s Campaign discuss Biden “reforms” and the (mis)use of religion in economic justice.
Kelp, Trophic Cascades, and Climate
Wandering through the kelp forests (which turn out to be a carbon sequestration option).
Modern Infectious Diseases: Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Responses
Preventive policies, containment strategies, and early responses are more efficient, cost-effective, and manageable than combatting a full-scale infectious pandemic outbreak.
Pay a Living Wage or ‘Flip Your Own Damn Burgers’: Progressives Blast Right-Wing Narrative on Jobs
Hiring has become difficult because some McJobs workers won’t risk their health for a crap wage. So the right wants to beat them down.
Is This the Beginning of the End for Labour?
Brexit and Covid should have paved the way for a Labour romp. Instead, Labour tried to win a patriotism contest with the Tories and lost.
Musical Interlude (“On the Path of Decent Groove”): Taking an Irish Turn
Today’s musical interlude features Irish string performers in traditional and more contemporary styles.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/7/2021
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Bank Shot: Financial Giants’ Return to Manhattan Gives Smaller Businesses Hope
Some bank CEOs are telling their workers to return to the office in the next few months. If Covid stay tame, will other companies follow?
