David Cay Johnston is an “American investigative journalist and author, a specialist in economics and tax issues, and winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting.” (Wikipedia) Here Professor Johnston explains his latest article and why he thinks we may be on the brink of another economic meltdown. The clues are large cash infusions — once again!…
by Kaveh Madani, United Nations University The world is now using so much fresh water amid the consequences of climate change that it has entered an era of water bankruptcy, with many regions no longer able to bounce back from frequent water shortages. About 4 billion people – nearly half the global population –…
“Targeting children—our babies—is beyond the pale. ICE is completely out of control and beyond fixing,” said Minnesota’s lieutenant governor. by Jake Johnson Reprinted on January 22, 2026 from Common Dreams under a Creative Commons License. Federal immigration agents have detained at least four children from Minnesota public schools over the past two weeks, including a 5-year-old boy and a 10-year-old…
This morning I received the following newsletter from Gary Marcus, professor emeritus of psychology and neural science at New York University, and lately a severe critic of Generative AI (You may subscribe to his substack here: https://garymarcus.substack.com/): Two Boston University law professors, Woodrow Hartzog and Jessica Silbey, just posted preprint of a new paper that blew me…
by John E. Jones III, Dickinson College The public has been hearing from a lot of federal judges over the past year, much more than normal. That’s because many of them are concerned about the Trump administration’s commitment to the rule of law. Dickinson College President John E. Jones III was appointed as a…
