California’s population declines for FIRST TIME ON RECORD as Covid-19 lockdowns wreck economy, home prices keep rising

California’s population fell by 182,083 people in 2020, the state’s first decline on record, as residents were increasingly unable to afford rising home prices amid Covid-19 lockdowns that torpedoed jobs. … Read More >California’s population declines for FIRST TIME ON RECORD as Covid-19 lockdowns wreck economy, home prices keep rising

Republicans wage war on trans youth & can America get back to work

33 states have introduced more than 100 bills that have a clear-cut goal in totality: “to stop people from being trans.” The US economy is poised to take off in coming months as it rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic, but the recovery faces a new challenge in an apparent labor market shortage. After watching 15 seconds of police body camera footage last week, viewers of various races and political affiliations had made a decision: 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was ‘the aggressor’. … Read More >Republicans wage war on trans youth & can America get back to work

Sexual assault in the US military reaches boiling point & St. Louis moves to ‘defund the police’

The military is facing a wave of pressure from both sides of the aisle to move the prosecution of sex crimes out of the chain of command. A city spending plan presented on Thursday would cut about $4 million from the St. Louis police budget and eliminate 98 vacant officer positions. … Read More >Sexual assault in the US military reaches boiling point & St. Louis moves to ‘defund the police’

3 kids or more: Chinese researchers call to ABANDON birth limits to ensure immigration-fed US can’t outperform Beijing by 2050

China must “fully liberalize” its birth-control policy to increase its labor force in the upcoming decades and compete with such countries as the US economically, a paper published by the People’s Bank of China says. … Read More >3 kids or more: Chinese researchers call to ABANDON birth limits to ensure immigration-fed US can’t outperform Beijing by 2050

Debunking economics w/ Steve Keen, the second largest oil spill in US history, the origins of 911

Lee Camp interviews the economics professor and author of ‘Debunking Economics,’ Steve Keen. Keen’s scholarship gives insight into the ways that neoclassical economic models misunderstand climate change. These models, therefore, stop our political institutions from responding to the crisis and provide cover for corporations to continue their polluting business practices. … Read More >Debunking economics w/ Steve Keen, the second largest oil spill in US history, the origins of 911

Dozen States Sue Biden Over Attempting to Calculate ‘Social Cost’ of Greenhouse Gases

In an executive order on climate policy, US President Joe Biden directed the establishment of the “social cost” of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions, saying that it will help agencies determine the “social benefits” of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. … Read More >Dozen States Sue Biden Over Attempting to Calculate ‘Social Cost’ of Greenhouse Gases

US debt on track to double by 2051, putting economy at risk of fiscal crisis – Congressional Budget Office

US federal debt is expected to double over the next three decades, warns the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Debt will be equivalent to 202 percent of GDP by 2051, while this year’s debt is expected to be 102 percent. … Read More >US debt on track to double by 2051, putting economy at risk of fiscal crisis – Congressional Budget Office