The constitution was not designed for the two-party politics it unwittingly encouraged The source of this discrepancy is that Democrats will win their seats with big majorities in fewer districts, whereas Republicans … Continue reading America’s electoral system gives the Republicans advantages over Democrats – The minority majority

Facebook has asked large U.S. banks to share detailed financial information about customers, including card transactions and checking-account balances, as it seeks to boost user engagement. I’m sure we’re all cool with this. Source: Facebook to Banks: Give Us Your Data, We’ll Give You Our Users – WSJ Continue reading Facebook to Banks: Give Us Your Data, We’ll Give You Our Users

Despite a deadly summer and science linking extreme weather events to global warming, the politics around climate change are in disarray and the planet is in worse shape than ever. We need … Continue reading Climate change: Our plans are in pieces as killer heat shreds records

After The Intercept revealed Google’s censored search engine for China, employees are “upset and scared” as executives restrict information, sources said. So Google cut off access to its employees of all the … Continue reading Google Struggles to Contain Employee Uproar Over China Censorship Plans

Tune in tomorrow for my conversation with @FareedZakaria on the federal #JobGuarantee, #MMT and more. https://t.co/Fq4ozDwZLw — Stephanie Kelton (@StephanieKelton) August 4, 2018 Bernie Sanders’ economic adviser Stephanie Kelton tells Fareed why … Continue reading Should U.S. government guarantee jobs to all? – CNN

A lobby group approached a raft of candidates for a Democratic congressional primary in Hawaii — then prepared internal dossiers on their positions. The power of money in politics. Source: Health Care … Continue reading Health Care Lobbyists Secretly Secure Democrats’ Opposition to “Medicare for All,” Internal Documents Show

Richard “Gary” Black, a 73-year-old Vietnam veteran, was mistakenly killed by police after protecting his family from an invader. It’s getting to the point where you should probably never call the cops … Continue reading A resident kills an intruder. Then, cops show up and shoot him dead by mistake

More than half the countries in the latest update of a democratic-health index saw their scores decline Democracy fades away when you don’t stay on top of it. Source: Democracy continues its … Continue reading Democracy continues its disturbing retreat – Economist

Environmentalists say lifting the restriction poses a grave threat to pollinating insects Great *said with exhasperation*. Source: Trump administration lifts ban on pesticides linked to declining bee numbers | Environment | The Guardian Continue reading Trump administration lifts ban on pesticides linked to declining bee numbers

Americans can’t afford not to have Medicare For All. Proposed funding sources for M4A include a 4% income tax, which means a family of four earning $75,000 per year would pay an additional $2,000 in taxes after taking a standard deduction. But that family would no longer pay an invisible tax of … Continue reading The Kochs helped fund an attack on ‘Medicare for All.’ It still concluded the plan would save us trillions

James Galbraith says academic economics is in need of radical reform. The University of Texas economist outlines how the profession has become “self-dealing”—creating a tribal and restrictive hierarchy through journals and university … Continue reading Academic economics is in need of radical reform

“Bezos did not just make his $150 billion. In some ways, we gave it to him, perhaps to the detriment of all of us.” With so many of his employees barely surviving … Continue reading Jeff Bezos’s $150 Billion Fortune Is a Policy Failure – The Atlantic