I hate to put on my cynic’s hat, but I see a weird childlike faith in daddy figures behind the hope the the good daddy, Supreme Court Chief Justice John…
Conor here: As Malcolm Harris wrote in his recent piece at The Baffler, which is well worth a read: Permitting single-stair apartment buildings, ending single-family zoning, and eliminating parking requirements…
In a February White House meeting between US President Donald Trump and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Trump doubled down on the trade route proposed by his predecessor, the India-Middle…
By Bridgett Ennis, co-founder of ChavoBart Digital Media, an audio and video production firm with a focus on scientific and environmental media. Originally published at Yale Climate Connections. Most people…
The Financial Times today has an important tidbit that provides yet more confirmation of why no one, particularly Russia, should try to enter into a deal with Trump. Even by…
Yves here. Oddly, this post skips over the original sin of the relationship of social media “platforms” with “free speech” which is their Section 230 exemption. That makes them not…
Part the First: NIH cancels funding for landmark diabetes study at a time of focus on chronic disease (paywall). As part of the defenestration of Columbia University, the National Institutes…
Yves here. Readers might argue that Richard Murphy’s contention, that medicine is too far outside the political discourse, does not apply to the US, where who should get and who…
This time, it’s not just Wall Street banks that should be worried about the contagion risks from a full-blown banking crisis in Mexico. So, too, should their European counterparts. Moody’s…
Yves here. Trump continues to suffer legal setbacks. The question is the degree to which he can keep defying the courts, as he has seemed determined to do with deportations.…