"Pathogens, a great and terrible global threat to human and many a non-human alike, [are] as much a Sword of Damocles hovering above civilisation as climate change." - Evolutionary epidemiologist Rob Wallace

Paris Marx | Jeff Bezos is stepping aside as Amazon’s CEO having made a fortune of almost $200 billion. It’s an attempt at reputation rehabilitation — but he can’t escape the legacy of exploitation he leaves behind.

A key House subcommittee cited reports by ProPublica and other news outlets in launching an investigation into how the country’s meatpacking companies handled the pandemic, which has killed hundreds of workers to date.

Facebook has said it will no longer algorithmically recommend political groups to users, but experts warn that isn’t enough | The Guardian

Canada Post is a beloved public service. We can act together to not only keep it but to diversify its services to the benefit of all Canadians.

Michael Roberts Blog | Mainstream economics cannot deliver even on its own terms because it makes two basic assumptions that are not based on reality; one in so-called ‘microeconomics’ and one in so-called ‘macroeconomics’. As a result, mainstream falls down as a scientific analysis of modern (capitalist) economies.

The Italian president has appointed former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi to form a "nonpolitical" government. In fact, this is the latest in a string of technocratic administrations designed to impose unpopular austerity measures — a deeply ideological program that Italians have never voted for.

Nora Loreto | Poverty, insecure housing, lack of resources and an ableist healthcare system all impact the dignity of people living with disabilities.

Laurentian University is a public institution, not a private sector corporation.

As a public postsecondary institution in Ontario with a tri-cultural mandate to support French, English, and Indigenous communities, both the provincial and federal levels of government have a responsibility to step up to ensure Laurentian has the operating funding needed to secure the public institution’s long-term future.