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Posted inAmerica and the World
Who Created the Israel-Palestine Conflict?
It wasn’t really Jews or Palestinians. It was the U.S. Congress, which closed American borders 100 years ago this month.
Posted inWorking in America
American Workers Get Some Help From an Enlightened German Law
As the UAW seeks to unionize an Alabama Mercedes factory, a new German law requires the company not to go union-busting.
Posted inPolitics
American Fascism
Author and scholar John Ganz on how Europe’s interwar period informs the present
Posted inTAP
Blocking Green Transitions
Today on TAP: Upending government policies, the Fed is doing that here, while the high court is doing that in Germany. Who elected these guys? (Nobody.)
Posted inAmerica and the World
Trump’s Plan to Destroy NATO Would Spark Untold Chaos
If America reneges on its treaty commitments, the result will be mass rearmament and likely nuclear proliferation.
Posted inAmerica and the World
European Disunion
Fragmentation over energy and defense policy weakens the EU and fails to solve urgent problems.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How a Danish Company Grabbed Control of the Monkeypox Vaccine
German government science and American public money underpinned the development of Jynneos, but one Danish company now controls it entirely.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Big Bet on Natural Gas Is Blowing Up in the World’s Face
It’s not clean, it’s not cheap, and it’s not a bridge fuel to anyplace good.
Posted inCoronavirus
U.S., EU Back Pharma in Denying Access to Lifesaving COVID Products
A compromise effort to waive intellectual-property rights for vaccines, treatments, and tests will do little to expand supply, experts believe.