“The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work." -- Lewis Hine, 1908
Social Policy
Research suggests that well over 1 million people with disabilities are not getting the assistance they need, and even those who receive benefits are likely not getting enough.
The sanctions against Russia and Russia's kinetic war in Ukraine have produced great changes in and outside. But what are their implications?
What kind of bipartisanship do we want? Smooth-as-silk to grow our Pentagon and Praetorian Guard? Or disruptive to fight against all that?
Scientists and public health officials didn't do a great job of explaining Covid vaccine efficacy. Laziness? Arrognace? Obfusction?
Contending with cancer is horrific enough. Fighting to get care is scary, demoraizing, and can be fatal.
Using the same land for the production of both agriculture and solar energy is a win-win for the climate and farmers.
The potency of the warning of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' Doomsday Clock seems to be fading....when the urgency is high.
I’ve written a blog post about what Canada’s recent federal budget did for housing and homelessness (which wasn’t very much). Here’s my analysis: https://nickfalvo.ca/canadas-2023-federal-budget/
Please support a bill in Congress that would block federal agencies from using facial recognition to track and misidentify millions of people.