Plague Journal #20: The Coming Memepocalypse
Of all the things 'going viral' which ones will matter the most?
Wall Street Gets Another Bailout as Main Street Struggles to Survive
Insolvent Wall Street banks that have been quietly bailed out again under the cover of the Covid-19 pandemic should be public utilities.
View from Death Row: We Are the Living Dead
For weeks, prisoners at San Quentin have been sick and dying as the epidemic spread rapidly in the crowded, stacked cells. Then the author fell ill, too.
Madam President
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Covid-19 Is Giving Oil Companies a Taste of Another Looming Crisis
Big oil companies like ExxonMobil and Chevron have lost billions during the pandemic, but that's nothing compared to what's coming.
A Short History of How America Killed Accountability
The country's loss of accountability has been coming for a long time at what, in retrospect, should seem an alarmingly inexorable pace.
The Kids Are Alright. At Least Yours.
Don’t overstate the benefits of opening schools for poor children while allowing the reckless endangerment of the adults that care for them.
David Shimer: Are Russia and US Actually Different When It Comes to Election Meddling?
Engaging from different historical worldviews, Scheer and Shimer engage in a spirited conversation on an old yet timely debate.
Welcome to Sectarian America: A People, Divided and Armed
Our nation faces a perfect storm of crises and may be teetering on the brink of widespread communal violence.
You Don’t Know Jack
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Plague Journal #19: How a Clown Was Put in Charge of the Circus
Mary Trump identifies her uncle as an abused sociopath, boosted to power because his pathetic lies are endlessly perpetuated by those who stand to gain from his success.
Crisis in Portland Did Not Start with Trump’s Shock Troops — And Likely Won’t End As They Leave
A first-person account of more than two months of street protests shows more similarities than differences between Democrat and Republican treatment of legitimate activism, and media divisions that center white…
Moving Targets
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Progressive Economist Explains Why a Full Job Guarantee Is Doable, Affordable – and Much Better than Universal Basic Income
We have seen that money can be 'found' instantly when elites deem it necessary, showing that poverty is a "feature not a bug" in the status quo.