Oh so sad. I want to cry. My beautiful city....and so insulting for the lost veterans and their families...

Donald Trump’s “Rascality” and Its Global Consequences - The Globalist What happens if one leader betrays America’s proudest traditions?

In early 1776, John Adams wrote that there was already “so much Rascality..." RIchter and Vogl in www.theglobalist.com/donald-trump...

"A Pope in tune with his flock who promotes a values-based worldview can illuminate an autocrat’s smallness, meanness, and desperation." Well said @jenrubin.bsky.social

Damn -- Hillary is wise and clear-headed. What a shame she isn't our president.

George Mason foresaw and feared (1788) a President having the power of pardoning. Now we tremble.....

Special edition: What to expect from the World Bank-IMF annual meetings Ajay Banga is shaking up the World Bank's org chart. Kristalina Georgieva wants Europe to take shorter vacations. The annual meetings kick off at an uncertain moment for multilateral cooperation.

Good expression!!: "...the white whale of development finance" -- @cgdev.org VP Clemence Landers referring to @worldbank1.bsky.social AAA rating limiting its ability/readiness? to mobilize private capital for private sector projects. www.devex.com/news/special...

This new WBank report on industrial policy (IP) is impressive; it puts to bed forever the 20th century Washington Consensus including the 1993 WBank Miracle report "better not..." view of IP for developing countries (www.cgdev.org/publication/...). Big congrats to its authors.

World Bank still too cautious on potential of industrial policy to spur structural transformation: From @charlesjkenny.bsky.social: ":.. the 'industrial policy lite advocated by the body of the document ...is by this point not even that far into the mainstream." Disappointing.

"We cannot do nothing and expect the republic to make it through." Recent @timothysnyder.bsky.social substack

Huh? This is NOT what America looks like.

Their smiles give me the creeps.

Moral accountability of those with influence: "How could you do nothing?"

The Iran War Oil Shock Will Hit the Hungry Hardest—Cash Should Be Part of the Response The US–Israel war on Iran has already led to a spike in oil prices. While wealthier countries focus on fuel prices, for those in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), this could mean something far...

Making a good case for "humanitarian" targeted cash transfers given the war's effects on food prices: www.cgdev.org/blog/when-oi... @eeshani.bsky.social @leecrawfurd.bsky.social

Yes. I feel bad for them. They are stuck standing around on street corners and in metro stations, with absolutely nothing to do.

G20 Policies to Improve Development Prospects in Low-Income Countries G20 countries have considerable self-interested as well as humanitarian reasons to focus their attention on lifting LICs out of national poverty and toward self-sustaining growth. They also collective...

Ouch. Guess what percent of WBank's private sector arm (IFC) investments went to LICs (poorest countries) last year? Then read: www.cgdev.org/publication/... Ths @charlesjkenny.bsky.social

Nationwide General Strike Planned for May 1: No Kings Organizer | Common Dreams Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin announces nationwide general strike on May 1 in next No Kings mass action.

There’s already a date onboard for a general strike

May 1st, National Strike

No work, no school, no shopping

www.commondreams.org/news/no-king...

Nationwide General Strike Planned for May 1: No Kings Organizer | Common Dreams Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin announces nationwide general strike on May 1 in next No Kings mass action.

There’s already a date onboard for a general strike

May 1st, National Strike

No work, no school, no shopping

www.commondreams.org/news/no-king...

Blog post of 2007 "Not too late..." It's still not too late. Good ideas live on: www.cgdev.org/blog/advance...

The question is: Have we passed peak-aid in our post -post (WWII) world state of disorder? Is global disorder itself a case for aid? Come and find out....

Congrats @charlesjkenny.bsky.social @cgdev.org . Love that title?!?!!!

Democrats need new stories A weekly reckoning with our...

Affordability and climate protection are complementary policies: "Data abounds that climate-friendly policies can save people money, and that climate change will put the cost-of-living crisis into overdrive." newsletter.tnr.com/index.php?ac...

This is good. @unu-wider.bsky.social is good! www.wider.unu.edu/publication/...

Global Vaccine Security Still Needs International Cooperation: Are Middle Powers the Key? “International relations” seems like an oxymoron these days, with diplomacy faint and bombs exploding. Countries that once relied on alliances and negotiation only a decade ago are disregarding the be...

"Why does cooperation ever happen?" The following para a good, even profound, insight.. for vaccines, and climate too (?) www.cgdev.org/blog/global-...

This great photo only shows the "half of it". My favorite chant, in a rebuke to Trump and his enablers: "This is what democracy looks like."

. . .shows maybe 10 percent of the crowd, maybe less....just sayin' many more than last No Kings..

‘A new world is being born’: author Rebecca Solnit on the ‘slow revolution’ the far right cannot tolerate It’s easy to focus on authoritarians and their petty victories. But zoom out and the picture is more encouraging, says the woman who popularised the term ‘mansplaining’, whether it’s in feminism, or t...

Think positive!! from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social: "..the far right is basically backlash. A new world is being born, and they’re basically trying to abort it." (Also: See crowds at No Kings today in DC). (www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

The War on Wind Continues The burn, baby, burn compulsion persists amid a fossil fuel crisis

Dear Mr. President: What is "manly"? Burning fossil fuels, really? Or as in the coda of this @pkrugman.bsky.social post? Or as in "Train Dreams" movie? Or, wait! it's wind/solar! paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-war-on...

March 24, 2026 This morning, economist Paul Krugman came right out and said it: “People close to Trump are trading based on national secrets.” Another word for that, he said, is “treason.” The evidence for such a cl...

My Substack "pals": @hcrichardson.bsky.social referring to @pkrugman.bsky.social on treasonous insider tradiing: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-24-2...

Oh great. The Antitrust Division goes the way of the Civil Rights division. So much for "justice" in America.

“PISA-Shocks” in Africa When the OECD published its first international student assessment (PISA) in 2000, several countries were taken aback by just how poorly students performed. This “PISA-Shock” prompted comprehensive re...

Govts can be embarrassed into educ reforms; national assessments of learning are not enough. www.cgdev.org/blog/pisa-sh... Thanks @leecrawfurd.bsky.social and Alexis de Nestour; attn @davidevans66.bsky.social @cgdev.org