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Leading economists' misdiagnosis of inflation in 2021-22 was the latest episode in a long-running series of failures. Either mainstream economists need to re-examine their core beliefs, or the profession needs a new mainstream.

Some bonobos are challenging the notion that humans are the only primates capable of group-to-group alliances.

Locking people up in mental health facilities doesn’t automatically cure them. And considering mentally ill people are far more likely to be the victims than the perpetrators of violence, it does not adequately address the mass shooting crisis.

Nine Maryland Senators from the Montgomery County County Council have been threatening to cut funding to CASA because of a pro-Palestinian tweet (since withdrawn). Below is a statement from Maryland ACLU and two open letters suporting CASA.

This community-developed plan could serve as a model for how to simultaneously decarcerate and decarbonize.

How it works, who it applies to and more

Massachusetts’ coldest days not nearly so cold.

As with the best science fiction, Lem’s novel “The Invincible” has as much to teach us about our present situations as any futures we may face.

Poet Alexandra Umlas uses the subtle form, a sestina, to convey the tenuous substance of American political poetry.

In addition to dockworkers, unionized cleaners are refusing to clean Tesla buildings and postal workers have stopped delivering mail. Electricians stopped service and repair work for Tesla, including at its charging stations across Sweden