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Despite the "trust the science" mantra during the current pandemic, everyone should expect to see the data, all of it, minus any selective gloss. Who pays and for what makes a difference.

The Good Law Project and MPs have fired off a complaint to the Charity Commission alleging major rule breaches by the Global Warming Policy Foundation

Labour’s announcement that it would abolish the UK’s unelected second chamber is a headline-grabbing idea with little thought of the problems involved, writes AC Grayling

The West’s recent approval of more military assistance for Kiev risks nuclear nightmare, fails Ukrainian expectations and rebukes the World War II history enshrined in a prominent Soviet war memorial in Berlin.

The post Scott Ritter: The Nightmare of NATO Equipment Being Sent to Ukraine appeared first on scheerpost.com.

Despite the lack of universal healthcare coverage in the US, the country spends significantly more on healthcare related costs than comparable countries.

The post Debt, Overcrowding, or Death: America’s Very Broken Healthcare System appeared first on scheerpost.com.

And the Non-Binary and Transgender Folks Among Us, Too.

The post Who Will Speak Up for My Child, the Drag Queen? appeared first on scheerpost.com.

In the name of efficiency, workplace AI technologies shift burdens long-assumed by employers onto workers

- by Karen Levy

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‘Has Hollywood developed an allergy to originality?’ A movie trip sparks an exploration of the copy and the homage in art

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By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost It took almost 10 years of teaching before I finally grasped the extent to which secondary American history textbooks fostered misunderstanding and confusion.  The depth of the problem became apparent following class discussions of a 12-page reading assignment on the “Origins of the Cold War.” When I made […]

The post Missing Links: The Legacy of Textbook History appeared first on scheerpost.com.

In the second episode of Dissent, host Jordan Smith and Elizabeth Wydra of the Constitutional Accountability Center discuss how the independent state legislature theory could upend democracy.

The post Dissent Episode Two: Judicial Adventurism appeared first on The Intercept.

An emerging form of psychotherapy offers some surprising ways to think about who you are and work towards self-acceptance

- by Derek Scott

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At a 2022 event, Tisha Emerson discussed encouraging more women undergraduates to study economics by promoting feelings of relevance and belonging, plus a growth mindset.

Another week, another case where the Metropolitan Police is accused of failing to take timely action to protect women from a serial rapist. Sian Norris reports

The post-war story of industrial relations is one of change. Trade union membership was high in the 1950s, and a significant number of those members were Tory voters. When Churchill came back into office in 1951, he took a cautious approach in search of stabilising the wounded post-war economy. Despite significant but localised unrest in […]

Kudos to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) for having excelled once again with such acuity.

John Williams Ntwali joins a list of critics who have died or disappeared in Rwanda

How to wrangle the culture warriors.

CNET's "AI Journalist" has been caught red-handed.