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Apr 25 2021
News
Republicans Target Voter Access in Texas Cities, but Not Rural Areas
Voting in the 2020 election presented Zoe Douglas with a difficult choice: As a therapist meeting with patients over Zoom late into the evening, she just wasn’t able to wrap up before polls closed during early voting.
Then Harris County introduced 24-hour voting for a single day. At 11 p.m. on the Thursday before the election, Ms. Douglas joined fast-food workers, nurses, construction
New York Times (News)Jul 27 2022
News
Where did COVID-19 come from? Utah researcher says new study confirms virus originated in market, not lab
Does new research by a University of Utah virologist and others into the origins of COVID-19 rule out, once and for all, the theory that the virus came from a Chinese laboratory?
“The short answer to that is yes,” Stephen Goldstein, a virologist and postdoctoral researcher at the U. School of Medicine, told reporters during a virtual news conference Tuesday to announce the publication
Deseret NewsApr 22 2022
News
Cuts to unemployment benefits didn’t spur jobs, says report
State cuts to pandemic unemployment benefits last summer had a small impact on hiring, suggesting enhanced funding for the unemployed didn’t play a big role in labor shortages, according to research.
The federal government greatly expanded the social safety net for the jobless in March 2020. It offered hundreds of dollars in additional weekly benefits to individuals and gave aid to
CNBCAug 18 2022
News
US to hold wide-ranging trade talks with Taiwan amid tensions with China
The U.S. and Taiwan will engage in formal trade talks, the office of the U.S. Trade Representative said.
The talks are connected to the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade, which was announced on June 1 and comes amid tense U.S-China relations.
"Today, we begin negotiations with Taiwan under the auspices of [the American Institute in Taiwan] and [the Taipei Economic
Fox News DigitalJun 23 2022
News
UK inflation rises at fastest rate for 40 years as food costs jump
Prices are continuing to rise at their fastest rate for 40 years with food costs, particularly for bread, cereal and meat, climbing.
UK inflation, the rate at which prices rise, edged up to 9.1% in the 12 months to May, from 9% in April, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
Fuel and energy prices are the biggest drivers of inflation, but the ONS said food costs had
BBC NewsDec 18 2021
News
Appeals Court Reinstates Biden’s COVID Vaccine Mandate for Large Businesses
A federal appeals court gave the green light for President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large private employers to be implemented as it reversed a previous decision that had put it on hold. The final say over the mandate, which affects some 84 million workers across the United States, will likely rest in the hands of the Supreme Court as opponents immediately filed appeals.
SlateSep 03 2022
Opinion
The Left’s Continuing Corruption of Education
“Today is a win,” triumphed Sen. Elizabeth Warren over the Biden plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan obligations, “and it paves the way for even more victories to come.”
For the likes of Warren, Biden’s breathtaking bailout plan is a big victory but a mere drop in the bucket. It’s just the start of what needs to be bigger and bolder.
The socialist wing
The American SpectatorDec 30 2021
News
New COVID studies show promise for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine booster
Two new studies of a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine booster showed promise against the omicron variant at a time when public health officials are urgently recommending booster shots against the fast-spreading variant.
One study was conducted in some 69,000 health care workers in South Africa. Results showed the vaccine reduced hospitalizations by 85% when comparing people who
NPR (Online News)Jul 06 2022
Opinion
You shouldn’t have to ask your boss for an abortion
Companies stepping up to say that they will support their workers in accessing abortions after the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe v. Wade raises questions both logistical and existential. For example, do you really want to ask your boss at Dick’s Sporting Goods for $4,000 and a couple of days off to terminate a pregnancy? If you start to think about the situation beyond the press
VoxOct 14 2021
News
Jobless Claims Fall to Lowest Level Since Start of Covid-19 Pandemic
Jobless claims fell below 300,000 last week for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began in 2020, a sign companies are holding tightly to their workers amid strong demand for labor.
Claims, a proxy for layoffs, decreased to 293,000 last week from 329,000 a week earlier, the Labor Department said Thursday. Claims are at the lowest level since the coronavirus pandemic took hold in
Wall Street Journal (News)