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Matthew Medinsky

Mask Study Imploding Cochrane Collaboration in Latest Debacle

STORY AT-A-GLANCE The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) has long been considered a gold standard in research, as its reviews take into account all available empirical evidence to reach conclusions about any given topic. A systematic review is essentially a "study of studies," which can generate "authoritative and reliable

New Nepal Police Chief Has Questions to Answer on Torture

The Nepal government has shown its disregard for accountability for human rights abuses by appointing someone implicated in a torture case in 2012 as the new inspector general of police.

Turns Out, Ebola Likely Leaked From a Lab as Well

STORY AT-A-GLANCE In December 2013, Zaire Ebola hemorrhagic fever broke out in Guinea and over the next three years spread across West Africa, ultimately killing 11,323 people.

Circus Politics Are Intended to Distract Us. Don’t Be Distracted

“There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few.” Lawrence Lessig, Harvard law professor It is easy to be distracted right now by the bread and circus politics that have dominated the news headlines lately, but don’t be distracted. Don’t be fooled,

This Week in the New Normal #59

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. “Ghost Children” We’re in the season of lockdown revisionism, where voices of the establishment sheepishly admit to making

Financial Officers Demand Chase Bank Stop Political De-Banking

Fourteen state financial officers sent a letter to JPMorgan Chase’s CEO demanding the company stop engaging in what appears to be “politically motivated” de-banking around certain industries, individuals, and groups. “We urge Chase to immediately take steps to identify and address internal drivers of political or anti-religious bias that

California Flood Victims Outraged at Newsom, Biden for Broken Promises on Aid

Residents of Pajaro, California, a flooded community in Monterey County, are furious at Gov.

War on the 'Village Yokel': An Ancient Gimmick of the Elites

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Dim-Witted Antivaxxers? The science is in! I am using the word “science” loosely here — but a study, published in Environmental Research and Public Health, and authored by Alice Cancer, Carola Salvi, Alessandro Antonietti, and Paola Iannello, has concluded that the vaccine skeptics are, you know, the rigid folks

Steady Burn

I find myself, uncharacteristically, wishing for bad things to happen regarding all this world take-over crap. I don’t wish for people I love to die, but I can’t help but admit when I read about others dying there is a sudden surge within me that says, “Good! Now