https://jacobin.com/2023/07/supreme-court-right-wing-politics-joe-biden-court-packing-democracy
President Biden said he won’t expand the Supreme Court because doing so would “politicize” the court in an unhealthy way. But it’s a political institution by its nature — and a disturbingly undemocratic one.
https://jacobin.com/2023/07/france-police-shooting-unions-macron-government
The police killing of a 17-year-old in a Paris suburb has sparked a revolt against state violence across France. But powerful police unions have closed ranks behind the killer, in a backlash that shows French cops’ refusal to accept even basic accountability.
https://jacobin.com/2023/07/north-america-tongass-national-rainforest-climate-change-carbon
An unbroken blanket of coniferous trees occupies the North American coast from California to the Alaskan islands. A wonder of the natural world, these temperate rainforests are essential to the continent’s health — and they must be protected.
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/07/we-need-to-name-and-shame-bad-climate-journalism
https://jacobin.com/2023/06/jack-butler-yeats-paintings-radical-politics-ireland
Jack Butler Yeats, the most important 20th-century Irish painter, is often presented in apolitical terms of pictorial technique. Yet his work was deeply colored by Ireland’s independence struggle — and the yearnings for human dignity that inspired it.
https://jacobin.com/2023/06/medicare-advantage-hearth-insurance-care-denials-seniors-disabilities
Care denials by Medicare Advantage insurers are threatening the foundational premise of the government’s health care safety net: that people on Medicare should get the treatments that are recommended by a doctor.
https://jacobin.com/2023/06/greece-elections-left-serious-trouble-privatization-austerity
Following its 2023 national elections, Greece is looking at another four years of authoritarianism, privatization, and further financial and labor market deregulation. A new radical left alternative rooted in organic social movements is urgently needed.
https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/central-banks-green-finance-and-the-climate-crisis
The tough policy choices ahead for confronting the climate crisis
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/sinn-fein-future-ireland-united-next-election-dup-north-republic/
Sinn Féin is preparing for government in the Republic, having already won in the North. What would its success mean?
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/06/will-the-doctor-see-you-more-on-the-crapification-of-us-medical-care.html
Medical care is being systematicaly degraded in the US. And we have AI coming to cut more humans out.
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