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While the president has his staff looking at ways to torpedo the investigation, he also is allegedly asking questions about his power to pardon -- including whether he can pardon himself.
All over Appalachia, communities and organizations are working around the clock to come up with a way to "justly transition" the Appalachian economy to whatever comes next.
To rein in financial instability and other destructive financial practices, we not only must re-regulate finance -- we must develop more public options in finance. (Photo: f11photo / iStock / Getty Images Plus)
Finance is inherently destabilizing because it's based on a promise that can be reneged on, or just plain miscalculated, says economist and Amherst professor Gerald Epstein. But the capitalist system that drives modern economies thrives increasingly on debt and quick profits, so when something goes wrong, there's no way to stop the vulnerability from spreading and bringing the economy crashing down.
As more and more journalists are forced to make a living as content producers for corporations creating "news" articles, infographics and videos, it's becoming harder to separate the spin from the real, especially when well-respected sites like WebMD carry an undifferentiated mix of both content and news.
Whistleblowers are particularly vital at this juncture in US politics where the guardrails of democracy -- the Senate and House intelligence committees -- are failing to provide necessary oversight of this authoritarian administration, says Melvin Goodman, former CIA intelligence analyst and author of Whistleblower at the CIA.
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