Noam Chomsky

• The truth about the 8 glasses of water a day myth
  by Tamara Hew-Butler, Wayne State UniversityThe warmer weather and longer days have inspired reminders to “stay hydrated" and drink eight glasses of water – or about two liters – a day. Not to burst anyone's water bottle, but healthy people can actually die from drinking too much water. I am an exercise physiologist, and my […]
  The Conversation
• Meet the Texas doctor developing a 'people's vaccine' to help inoculate billions around the world
  We look at the state of the pandemic and vaccine rollout in the United States and around the world with Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children's Hospital and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Hotez is part of a team […]
  Democracy Now
• Trump’s 'depression' predictions flopped — and now the GOP is scrambling to find an economic message
  On Thursday, writing for The Washington Post, David Lynch noted that former President Donald Trump's dire predictions that "you will have a depression the likes of which you've never seen" if Joe Biden is elected, but the economy is soaring — and Republicans are struggling to adapt their economic message to the new reality."The rebounding […]
  Matthew Chapman
• The other George Floyd story: How media freedom led to conviction in his killer’s trial
  by Michael J. Socolow, University of MaineWhen 17-year-old Darnella Frazier started recording video of Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin murdering George Floyd, she initiated a series of historic events that led to Chauvin's conviction.But for all the discussion of technology following her actions – how cellphones enable video recording of police abuse and how social media […]
  The Conversation
• Why corporate America appears to be drifting away from the Republican Party
  by M. K. Chin, Indiana UniversityThere's a growing rift between corporate America and the GOP – two groups that have long been bedfellows.The latest incident involves a restrictive voting law passed in Georgia – with dozens of other states working on their own measures meant to limit voting. Over 300 companies, CEOs and other executives […]
  The Conversation
• American capitalism has passed its peak — and the signs of decline are piling up
  Like all previous economic systems in recorded history, capitalism is on track to repeat the same three-step trip: birth, evolution, and death. The timing and other specifics of each system's trip differ. Births and evolutions are commonly experienced as positive, celebrated for their progress and promise. The declines and deaths, however, are often denied and […]
  Richard D. Wolff
• A new GOP 'big lie' plot is in the works
  The 21st-century version of the Confederacy is fixing to repeat the Big Lie strategy of its 19th-century forebearers. And this one goes beyond the Big Lie that Donald Trump won the 2020 election. Now they're trying to sanitize treason as well.George Orwell famously pointed out that, "Those who control the past control the future," and […]
  Thom Hartmann
• Republicans repeat a big mistake in their counteroffer to Biden's infrastructure plan
  Remember back when Senate Republicans presented a ridiculously underfunded and insulting COVID-19 relief plan in response to President Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan? One that solved absolutely nothing for hurting Americans and was so blatantly bad that Biden had no qualms about dismissing it out of hand? How they were basically laughed out of the […]
  Daily Kos
• Andrew Yang tried to win an LGBTQ group's support in the mayoral race — it did not end well
  Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, who was a surprising breakout success but suffered criticisms about "tone," and continues to, is running to become New York City's next mayor. He's currently the frontrunner in the very early race but once again, as The New York Times reports, his inability to build support among minority groups […]
  The New Civil Rights Movement
• Two inspector general reports show how Trump officials punished Puerto Rico and undercut the EPA
  A pair of just-issued reports show just how bad "government" was under Donald Trump. A HUD inspector general's report shows how funds already allocated by Congress to assist in hurricane relief for Puerto Rico were delayed by by a series of Trump officials. A second report from the EPA shows that agency didn't follow its […]
  Mark Sumner