White House shipping coronavirus rapid tests to HBCUs | McClatchy Washington Bureau

White House shipping coronavirus rapid tests to HBCUs | McClatchy Washington Bureau: More than 500,000 rapid tests will be sent to historically Black colleges and universities, federal officials said. The first shipment went out Monday.

The Daily 202: Trump balloting machinations heighten fears of 1876 redux - The Washington Post

The Daily 202: Trump balloting machinations heighten fears of 1876 redux - The Washington Post: State election officials strategize about contingencies.

Perceptions of the U.S. around the world are at or near historic lows, Pew finds - MarketWatch

Perceptions of the U.S. around the world are at or near historic lows, Pew finds - MarketWatch: In the U.K. — to pick one example — Pew found that just 41% of people express a favorable opinion of the U.S., the lowest recorded rate.

The United States Is Not Entitled to Lead the World | Foreign Affairs

The United States Is Not Entitled to Lead the World | Foreign Affairs: That the United States should lead the world is often taken for granted. But the United States shouldn’t always be at the head of the table.

It Will Take More Than a Biden Victory to Solve NATO’s Strategic Malaise - War on the Rocks

It Will Take More Than a Biden Victory to Solve NATO’s Strategic Malaise - War on the Rocks: With election day now fewer than 50 days away, optimism is growing in U.S. foreign policy circles that President Donald Trump’s brand of transactional

Opinion | Trump could stay in power even if he doesn’t win the election. The Constitution allows it. - The Washington Post

Opinion | Trump could stay in power even if he doesn’t win the election. The Constitution allows it. - The Washington Post: A contested election would go to Congress, where Trump has a decisive advantage.

Germany’s Road to Socialism | The National Interest

Germany’s Road to Socialism | The National Interest: A post-World War II anti-totalitarian consensus in West Germany was directed equally against national socialism and communism, the communists in the East established what they called an “anti-fascist democratic order.” This same goal is pursued by Die Linke in Berlin and it is coming ever closer to fruition.

The Struggle with China is not a Replay of the Cold War – Chas W. Freeman, Jr.

The Struggle with China is not a Replay of the Cold War – Chas W. Freeman, Jr.

Working With Robots in a Post-Pandemic World

Working With Robots in a Post-Pandemic World: Despite advances in automation, good people and good techniques remain essential to manual work.

Robots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets - 19696

Robots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets - 19696

How many jobs do robots really replace? | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

How many jobs do robots really replace? | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT professor Daron Acemoglu is co-author of a new study showing that each robot added to the workforce has the effect of replacing 3.3 jobs across the U.S.

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism | Princeton University Press

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism | Princeton University Press: New York Times BestsellerWall Street Journal BestsellerA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceLonglisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the YearFrom economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America's working class

Opinion | ‘We’re No. 28! And Dropping!’ - The New York Times

Opinion | ‘We’re No. 28! And Dropping!’ - The New York Times: A measure of social progress finds that the quality of life has dropped in America over the last decade, even as it has risen almost everywhere else.

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Links 9/25/2020 | naked capitalism

Links 9/25/2020 | naked capitalism: Our popular daily Links, including Greenwald, Sandel, pacta sunt servanda, Russian cheese, egg tarts, dying forests, Canada, Amazon climate label, Amazon hardware, sled dogs, Julian Assange, Indian farm bills, Bollywood, TikTok, October suprises, David Sirota.

West Coast Wildfires Underscore Ominous Global Trend: Forests Are Dying

West Coast Wildfires Underscore Ominous Global Trend: Forests Are Dying: Trees are resilient, but the current rate of atmospheric warming is driving changes faster than forests can adapt to.

Why Trump’s Promise to Save Manufacturing Was One He Never Intended to Keep | naked capitalism

Why Trump’s Promise to Save Manufacturing Was One He Never Intended to Keep | naked capitalism: Trump’s promise to save manufacturing jobs and rebuild infrastructure was all bluster, no surprise from the man known for stiffing workers.

In the race for a Covid-19 vaccine, here come the tortoises

In the race for a Covid-19 vaccine, here come the tortoises: Anyone handicapping the so-called competition to develop vaccines would do well to keep an eye on the players who seemingly got a late start.

The U.S. Assault on Seniors Is Deadly | by Andy Slavitt | Sep, 2020 | Medium Coronavirus Blog

The U.S. Assault on Seniors Is Deadly | by Andy Slavitt | Sep, 2020 | Medium Coronavirus Blog: The assault on older people from Covid-19 is quite serious. It pales in comparison to the assault on seniors from Trump. We all know Covid-19 preys on people with weak immune systems and the elderly…

Breonna Taylor's Family Received a Historic Police Settlement - But Not Justice | LEVEL

Breonna Taylor's Family Received a Historic Police Settlement - But Not Justice | LEVEL: So much for arresting the men who killed Breonna Taylor. Earlier today, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced that a grand jury had declined to indict two of three Louisville law…