ECONOMY
Suffocating an Island: What the U.S. Blockade Is Doing to Cuba
- By Neclink.com
- . February 12, 2026
Yves here. Medea Benjamin provides a vivid and distressing report of the intensifying distress in Cuba produced by the US oil blockage. It’s hit the
Reuters Finds AI-Using Surgery Devices Harmed Patients; Nature Magazine and Reuters Find Medical Chatbots Not Beating Patients’ Own Internet Sleuthing
- By Neclink.com
- . February 11, 2026
We have been alarmed at how the profit-driven US medical system has been eagerly embracing AI despite ample evidence of uneven performance, such as too-frequent,
America’s Real Health Crisis? Inequality— and a Generation Pays
- By Neclink.com
- . February 10, 2026
Yves here. This interview highlights a key issue that deserves far more attention than it gets: that our longevity-obsessed squillionaire class are working against their
An Effort to Ease Water Pollution With Oysters Fizzled. Why?
- By Neclink.com
- . February 9, 2026
Conor here: I guess the oysters aren’t going to save us. By Mykal Bailey, a senior at Howard University with reporting interests in environmental justice