Friday, November 18, 2022 What’s Next After The Midterms? Ro Khanna & Robert Reich Discuss Democrats will retain control of the Senate. Republicans captured the House. There was no red wave. But there was no…
Wolf Richter: Oh Lordy, Yellen Comes Out for…
By Wolf Richter, editor of Wolf Street. Originally published at Wolf Street. Starting in 2018, President Trump harangued and hammered Fed Chair Jerome Powell to end Quantitative Tightening and to cut interest rates, and Powell…
G7 Countries Reach Deal on 15% Global Minimum…
By Jake Johnson, staff writer at Common Dreams. Originally published at Common Dreams Representatives from seven of the world’s wealthiest nations reached an agreement on Saturday to support a global minimum tax rate of at…
Environmental Activists Call on Biden Administration to Pursue…
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…
UN Report Assesses Dire State of Global Soil…
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…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/7/2021
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…
Covid Was a Tipping Point for Telehealth. If…
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…
WHO Celebrates As Indian Health Regulator Removes Ivermectin…
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)…
Washington Post Publisher Says Biden DOJ ‘Intensified’ Trump-Era…
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…