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North West Leicesteshirer MP Andrew Bridgen demands answer on contemporary working conditions at local fast fashion factories.

New York City Council passes legislation requiring businesses to accept cash to take effect nine months after signing by mayor Bill DiBlasio.

A surge in frcking bankruptcies is fueled by collapsing prices for oil and natural gas; no end to the pain is in sight.

After years of decline, night train services are again expanding, in part to cater to passengers who try to avoid air travel for environmental reasons.

Potential 2020 trainwreck at the ballot box.

Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread.

It is hard to imagine a scenario in which rising deficits and the debt ratio will create a financial crisis, lead to government insolvency, generate high inflation, or trigger an attack by bond vigilantes.

A compilation of what seems to be known about the new Chinese coronavirus.

Internet screen use starts early, and there’s ample evidence that it isnt healthy for young brains. But what if anything should be done?

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery.” –Frank Herbert, Dune Here is a second counter for the Iowa Caucus, which is obviously just around the corner: * * […]

China announces a ban on single-use plastics, while Malaysia refuses to serve as the world’s waste bin, and returns foreign waste shipments.

Why discussion of Biden’s corruption should not be off limits in the Dem primary contest; Trump will raise these issues in the general.