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The US and its hanger-on, the UK, bomb Yemen, risking escalation to a regional war….to protect their manhood and Israel’s genocide.

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Why you should be glad and learn to love inflation.

It would be nice to be hopeful about South Africa’s genocide case against Israel. But it’s hard to see how a win would have practical impact.

An update on the push and pull in DC over whether and how to change a key element of immigration law.

Weighing the evidence for the idea that humans are not alone in having rhythm.

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, this Water Cooler is a little bit light, but I am commanded elsewhere. –lambert Bird Song of the Day Peaceful Dove, Sturt National Park–Mount Wood Homestead and Campground, Northwestern NSW, New South Wales, Australia * * * Politics “So many of the social reactions that strike us as […]

There’s controversy over how good a proxy the degree of food processing is for the nutritional value of food. Nevertheless, there is also substantial evidence that the category of ultraprocessed, which includes some arguably not-bad offerings like whole grain bread,1 contribute in a big way to bad health outcomes. The US, with its large food […]

German elites look to ban opposition party and switch out the chancellor without changing the policies that make him so unpopular – anything to keep up the fight against Russia. 

Even though Trump looks primed to lose his case on immunity from prosecution as president, his arguments aren’t baseless.

The impact of the reduction in Panama Canal capacity illustrates choices we will have to make. Some are more pro-survival than others

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US and Israeli policies sank any hope for a stable Palestinian state by intentionally sabotaging economic progress in the West Bank and Gaza.