Senate pauses Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, which fails to address the issue of overproduction of plastics.
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Come In From the Cold! Please Join Our NYC Meetup Next Thursday January 23
Hope you can make our first meetup for the new year! Much to discuss!
‘Cowardice’: Olympics Committee Slammed for New Guidelines Barring Athletes From Kneeling, Raising Fists
International Olympic Committee adopts guidelines that prevent athletes from kneeling, raising firsts, or otherwise protesting.
Who Owns, and Who is Accountable for the New US For-Profit Medical Schools?
Four new for-profit medical schools are so secretive that they look like they have something to hide.
US Still at Risk of Iran Retaliation on Oil and Other Fronts
Why the US is vulnerable to Iran disrupting Middle East energy supplies or targeting critical non-oil infrastructure.
New Songbirds Discovered in Indonesia
Scientists announce discovery of ten new types of songbirds on a cluster of tiny Indonesian islands close to the Wallace Line.
Fossil Fuel Interests Applaud Trump Administration’s Weakening of Major Environmental Law
Trump administration capitulates to fossil fuel industry with proposed roll back of bedrock environmental protection law, the National Environmental Policy Act.
Big Pharma Won’t Let Us Import Drugs From Canada, But Insists on Sending Carcinogen-Contaminated Pills to the Public
Overpriced and even contaminated drugs prove US policies are deadly.
The 2020 Election in Three Graphs
Following the all-important election money.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/10/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: UK trade deal and chlorinated chicken, Biden, Bloomberg, Buttigieg, Sanders, Trump, Warren, Williamson, articles of impeachment next week (maybe), employment situation, retail still shifting online, California’s AB-5 law, Australia fires, minimum wage and suicide, knitting, exercise
Inequality and Trade: Simulation Evidence for 54 Developing Nations
A full-throated defense of more liberalized trade for developing nations…when the data is somewhat mixed.
