Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Tag: Flash Crash

Celebrating the Flash Crash with a Wall Street Sales Tax

As we celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Flash Crash, we can also celebrate a possible policy that will take mostly from the rich and raise a huge amount of money by raising the cost of financial transactions.

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First, a massive Medicaid attack, then come the midterms, then Republican annihilation

Is this country under attack by an authoritarian enemy?

What happens when bad guys win—without direct counter-punches except defiance and litigation? 

If we don’t learn from failure, do we then not forfeit the “sapiens” (wisdom, intelligence) that in the end allegedly sets our species apart?

Genocide made invisible

A bilateral policy of genocide has united the Israeli and U.S. governments in a pact of literally breath-taking cruelty.

Why faith leaders are standing up to the largest pro-Israel Christian lobby

An interfaith campaign is confronting one of the most powerful groups driving unconditional support for Israel and the genocide in Gaza with spiritual resistance.

California introduces bill to protect children from ultra-processed food in public schools

Known as Assembly Bill 1264, the bill would create a legal definition of ultra-processed food or UPF in the United States.