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Apr 08 2021
News
U.S. Jobless Claims Jump, Showing Choppy Labor-Market Recovery
Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance unexpectedly rose for a second week, underscoring the uneven nature of the labor market recovery.
Initial claims in regular state programs increased by 16,000 to 744,000 in the week ended April 3, Labor Department data showed Thursday. Economists in a Bloomberg survey estimated 680,000 claims. The prior week’s data was revised up to 728
BloombergJul 16 2020
News
Public health groups denounce new Trump move sidelining CDC
A new Trump administration policy that bypasses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for control of key coronavirus information is provoking outrage among public health experts.
Under the policy, quietly announced late last week, hospitals are now required to report directly to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the number of COVID-19 patients each
The HillMar 17 2021
Data
The measurement of partisan sorting for 180 million voters
Segregation across social groups is an enduring feature of nearly all human societies and is associated with numerous social maladies. In many countries, reports of growing geographic political polarization raise concerns about the stability of democratic governance. Here, using advances in spatial data computation, we measure individual partisan segregation by calculating the local
Nature.comJul 15 2022
Fact Check
Fact-check: Can Texans 'too dangerous to carry a loaded gun in public' now carry?
Beto O'Rourke: "38,000 Texans had their license to carry denied, revoked, or suspended over the last five years because law enforcement deemed them too dangerous to carry a loaded gun in public. But thanks to Greg Abbott's new law, they don't need a license to carry anymore."
PolitiFact Texas ruling: Mostly False
Here's why: Many Texas officials were present as Gov. Greg Abbott
Austin American-StatesmanApr 06 2021
News
As Variants Have Spread, Progress Against the Virus in U.S. Has Stalled
United States coronavirus cases have increased again after hitting a low point late last month, and some of the states driving the upward trend have also been hit hardest by variants, according to an analysis of data from Helix, a lab testing company.
The country’s vaccine rollout has sped up since the first doses were administered in December, recently reaching a rolling average of
New York Times (News)Jun 24 2021
News
Top Doctors Speculate a Reversal on COVID Vaccine Safety Could Be Coming
Writing in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Doctor Joseph Lapado and Yale School of Public Health Doctor Harvey Risch warn there are legitimate and serious concerns about the side effects of the Wuhan coronavirus vaccine. They also worry vaccine politics could be preventing officials from telling Americans the truth about the risks.
"One remarkable
TownhallJul 08 2020
News
Trump administration says pandemic aid saved 51 million jobs. Did it?
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration touted its $660 billion small business pandemic aid program this week as a “wild success,” unveiling data that showed the initiative saved 51 million jobs.
But there were red flags throughout the colossal data set that suggested some borrowers overstated how many jobs their loan salvaged. That, combined with several of the named companies
ReutersApr 15 2022
Data
Biden Job Approval Down Most Among Younger Generations
Joe Biden's recent job approval ratings, which are averaging 14 points lower than those early in his presidency, have declined far more among younger than older generations of Americans. In fact, Biden's job approval has changed relatively little among baby boomers and not at all among traditionalists. As a result, older Americans are now more likely to approve of the president than younger
GallupJul 25 2022
News
China’s population will start shrinking sooner than expected, threatening its economy years ahead of schedule
Elon Musk's dire warnings of an underpopulation crisis might not be playing out on a global scale. But at least one government is worried about having too few people: China.
The country's long-expected demographic decline is coming faster than anticipated, meaning a threat to its economic model is arriving years ahead of schedule.
On Thursday, Yang Wenzhuang, the head of
FortuneApr 26 2022
News
Beijing races to contain 'urgent and grim' Covid outbreak as Shanghai lockdown continues
Beijing is racing to track a Covid-19 outbreak that may have been spreading in the capital for a week, city authorities said over the weekend, raising the prospect more stringent restrictions could soon be implemented in line with other Chinese cities.
Chaoyang, one of the city's largest districts, announced Sunday that it would launch three rounds of mass testing of those who work and
CNN (Online News)