By Jerri-Lynn Scofield, who has worked as a securities lawyer and a derivatives trader. She is currently writing a book about textile artisans. California lawmakers and environmental activists have launched a campaign to press the…

By Jerri-Lynn Scofield, who has worked as a securities lawyer and a derivatives trader. She is currently writing a book about textile artisans. Two UN entities released a report on Friday, Global Assessment of Soil…

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day * * * #COVID19 At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the…

By Noam N. Levey, Senior Correspondent. Originally published at Kaiser Health News. As the covid crisis wanes and life approaches normal across the U.S., health industry leaders and many patient advocates are pushing Congress and…

After India finally gets somewhat of a grip on its deadly second wave, one of its health regulators just took away one of its main lines of defense.  India’s Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)…

By Kenny Stancil, staff writer at Common Dreams. Originally published at Common Dreams In an opinion piece, the Washington Post‘s publisher on Sunday accused President Joe Biden’s Justice Department of exacerbating the Trump administration’s assault on…

Yves wanted to thank all of you who sent her good wishes for her surgery today and sent her notes privately. An update of sorts: she and her MD made a battlefield decision late last…

Treasuries rose with the U.S. dollar as investors debated the impact of resurgent inflation on monetary policy. U.S. index futures swung between gains and losses with stocks near record highs. The 10-year yield fell back…