Donald Trump is flailing, and no wonder. He was not elected to shoot nurses or raise healthcare costs for ordinary Americans while cutting taxes for billionaires. Yet the Democratic party’s elderly, w

It all started promisingly enough. French biologist Gabriela Lobinska had enjoyed her Ph.D. training, researching how organisms change over time. Arriving at Harvard Medical School in September 2024,

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At the start of June 2013, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) appeared to be dead in the water. It was almost 18 months since the then European commissioner for justice, Vi

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paulkrugman.substack.com America’s oligarchs have orchestrated an “unprecedented power grab”, says Paul Krugman. Ever since the Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” ruling, which removed all restrictions