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Monday, October 20, 2025
The Internet’s Big Carbon Footprint Need Not Doom the Climate
Efficiency and renewable energy can help make the internet more sustainable.
James Galbraith: CBO Not Competent to Assess Economics of Minimum Wage
James Galbraith slams an “unreliable” CBO report claiming that raising the minimum wage would reduce jobs.
Global Coup d’État: Mapping the Corporate Takeover of Global Governance
Why you should be very, very worried when our supposed betters start talking up the newest neoliberal Trojan horse, global governance.
‘The Mauritanian’ Rekindles Debate Over Gitmo Detainees’ Torture – With 40 Still Held There
A new movie puts the hot lights on America’s abuse of law and routinized torture at Gitmo.
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/16/2021
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Family Caregivers, Routinely Left Off Vaccine Lists, Worry What Would Happen ‘If I Get Sick’
Caregivers already have it rough. Worries about getting Covid only make matters worse.
Italy’s Newly Unelected Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, Has Urgent Unfinished Business With the World’s Oldest Bank
In his former role as governor of the Bank of Italy, Draghi was partly responsible for Monte dei Paschi’s di Siena’s decline. Now he must reverse it.
Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Four: Uber Loses Another $6.8 Billion
Even as Uber throws more business ballast over the side to try lighten the ship, it still continues to sink.
The Non-Profit Industrial Complex Stands in the Way of Direct Aid
How non-profit organizations are too often about the career advancement of their staff, and what marginalized communities can do about that.
Waste Watch: News from the U.S. and the Maldives
The Maldives and the U.S. are each grappling with managing their packaging waste; beware those who tout the EPR panacea.
How to Make COVID Vaccines More Effective: Give People Vitamin and Mineral Supplements
Supplementing vitamin and mineral levels of the elderly before they get vaccinated could boost the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.
