By Cate Mingoya-LaFortune, a people-centered climate adaptation planner, community organizer, educator, parent, and cautious optimist. Raised in an environmental justice neighborhood, Mingoya-LaFortune is committed to…

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. For readers who don’t know what HICPAC (Healthcare Infection Control and Prevention Advisory Committee) is, we’ll get to that in…

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About Lambert Strether Readers, I have had a correspondent characterize my views as realistic cynical. Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs…

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. “The system’s not broken. It’s fixed.” –Apocryphal I apologize to readers for the lateness of the hour. Normally, I’d sacrifice…

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I’ve covered the Zangezur Corridor in southern Armenia with some regularity here. It’s a short 42-kilometer strip of land link in a trade and energy…

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day I thought I would try some nightingales…. Common Nightingale, Sotos de Albolafia, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain.…

Yves here. Readers regularly give updates on the crapification of medicine, mainly from the patient but sometimes the provider side. A big driver is insurance:…

Yves here. While this Thomas Neuburger post, and the Chris Hedges tweetstorm that inspired it, make the important point that violence begats violence, the framing…

Lambert here: I think “fret” is a bit weak. How about “screamingly frustrated”? By Noam N. Levey, a senior correspondent at KFF Health News. Originally…