News Analysis
WRM Elsewhere
A Conversation with Tony Blinken

WRM discusses foreign policy with the Deputy Secretary of State.

Hail Shale
Cheap Gas Is Killing Coal and Saving the Planet

Planned coal plants have fallen 14 percent in 2016, thanks largely to cheaper, cleaner alternatives like natural gas.

So Much for Peak Oil
Billions of Barrels of Oil Discovered in Texas

Apache Corp. just found a “world-class resource” of oil and gas in west Texas.

K-12 Blues
Pensions Punish Teachers Who Switch Careers

More blue model retrenchment in the public sector.

Japan & Russia
The Vanishing Japan–Russia Island Deal

Abe seems to want the deal more than Putin does.

Japanese Activism
Japan Backs Manila

Building better relations with the Philippines is a priority for Japanese foreign policy.

Land Reform
Déjà Zim: Mugabe Lashes Out

A memo to anyone who thought land reform in Zimbabwe was ever about distributing the land equitably among the black majority: it was all about enriching a small black elite.

Shake Rattle and Oil
Oklahoma Cracks Down on Drillers After Earthquake

After a 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook Pawnee, OK on Saturday, the state moved to halt wastewater storage in the vicinity.

campus culture wars
Colleges Respond to Racial Tensions By Making Them Worse

Campus diversity bureaucracies exacerbate racial tensions.

Chicken Run
Hungry Venezuelans Chase Maduro

The Venezuelan President is a laughing stock on social media—and the opposition is seizing the moment.

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