Saturday, January 11, 2025

Tag: economy

Learning all the wrong lessons from the 2008 financial crisis

NYT should not fixate on debt as governments respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

Why America cannot afford to let the US Postal Service go...

The agency’s importance is growing. Come November, American democracy may depend on it.

Why Mitch McConnell’s refusal to help states with pandemic costs is...

McConnell is focused on one thing—capitalizing on the crisis at the expense of working Americans.

Becoming a marginalized person in a pandemic is eye-opening

So it is with some interest that I find myself now, in this time of coronavirus pandemic, suddenly in an un- or underprivileged status.

Solidarity over sanctions

By not responding to the global health crisis in a humane way, the American foreign policy establishment and many of its allies are eroding the country’s soft power and risk having much less influence over world affairs when it passes.

Reopening day 2020?

Big-time spectator sports are the last things we need...

How the rich reacted to the bubonic plague has eerie similarities...

In our own pandemic – with some of the most well-off now clamoring for the economy to re-open, despite the ongoing spread of the disease – these issues are strikingly relevant.

Get dumped food to the hungry

In America, the so-called wealthiest nation on earth, tens of millions go hungry while food is dumped because no one in government can get it together to get it to them.

Addressing the climate crisis strengthens economies, new research finds

"Combating climate change is not a matter for one country. It requires collective action and cooperation from all countries around the world."

Time for UBI is NOW!!!

WE working stiffs are, in reality, in this together... whether some out there like it or not!!

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Phoenix places 10th on worst zoo List, pledges to shut down elephant exhibit

Phoenix Zoo’s decision is part of a growing trend among zoos across North America with about 40 zoos closing their elephant exhibits and many more pledging to close their exhibits.

The Santa Ana by Joan Didion

Written by Joan Didion, The Santa Ana ("Los Angeles Notebook"/Slouching Towards Bethlehem) was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1965.

How ten holier-than-thou MAGA dictates threaten to invert Jesus’ biblical commandments

Because a Christian God rules the universe, Christians should naturally run government.

UnitedHealthcare interrupts doctor mid-surgery to question patient’s cancer care

A Texas doctor was forced to step out of the operating room after an insurance company questioned her patient’s approved cancer treatment.

LA wildfires destroy homes as insurers abandon policyholders in high-risk areas

Insurance companies pull out of fire-prone areas, leaving homeowners scrambling for coverage amid record-breaking climate disasters.