Last week, an article published in The Atlantic titled “Let’s Declare a Pandemic Amnesty” argues for forgiving one another for what we said or did when we supposedly were ignorant of all covid science. The article was written by Emily Oster, a professor of Economics at Brown University. I entirely disagree with the article. Those …
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Almost two years ago, Business Insider began a series of articles that revealed the extent of the conflicts of interest among upper-level members of the US government. In a series of articles published in mid-December of 2020 collectively called “Conflicted Congress,” Insider revealed that 54 members of Congress and 182 upper-level Congressional staffers have violated …
Each major party in the United States wants to claim that it is the sole upholder of democracy and that the opposing party is the evildoer bent on destroying American society as we know it. Any close look, of course, will reveal that this rhetoric is mere posturing, and that each party will subvert democracy …
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We all want to believe that the research on nutrition appearing in scientific journals is an honest effort by determined but open-minded researchers to uncover the truth. Reality, however, often bears little resemblance to this ideal picture. Of course, humans have their own biases, and scientists often go into a study with a prefixed notion …
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The facts are so striking that they can never be repeated often enough. Among developed countries, the United States is unique in that it does not provide universal healthcare for its citizens. As a result, 500,000 Americans file for bankruptcy from medical costs each year, and 45,000 die from lack of basic medical care. Even …
In 1954, then-former President Harry Truman wrote in a diary that an “honest public servant can’t become rich in politics.” The paraphrase of this entry has been widely shared through Internet memes, although Truman never actually uttered the phrase, “you can’t get rich in politics unless you’re a crook.” We’d all like to believe that …
Seven years ago, a study conducted by professors from Princeton and Northwestern University showed that the US is an oligarchy. The authors looked at 1,779 policies enacted between 1981 and 2002, and found that the bottom 90% of the country had no impact on policy. The preferences of anyone outside the top 10% in the …
There is always a price to pay for truly standing up to power. When your actions threaten the profits or power of a nation’s largest corporations, these dominant entities will come after you to either silence you, halt your actions, or make an example of you so that others do not attempt to upset the …
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Between the travesty that was the Steven Donziger court ruling and discussion of increased Facebook censorship among Congress, it was difficult to decide what to write about this week. The Donziger case might be next week’s subject, but this week I have decided to write about the massive leak of documents called the Pandora Papers. …
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In the US, 1 in 8 Americans live below the poverty line. 500,000 medical bankruptcies occur each year, and 43,000 people die from lack of basic medical care. Americans are alone among residents of the developed world in that they are not guaranteed paid time off or even family leave. Those who dare advocate for …
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