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Mar 12 2020
News
Coronavirus: EU condemns Trump travel ban as Ireland shuts schools
The EU has condemned Donald Trump’s unilateral ban on travel from 26 European countries as urgent efforts to contain the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic continued to upend daily life for millions of people around the world.
Ireland became the latest country to close all schools, colleges and childcare facilities on Thursday.
In a joint statement on Thursday, the
The Guardian
Oct 08 2019
News
Trump administration blocks testimony of Gordon Sondland, a central figure in the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry
The Trump administration on Tuesday blocked a planned deposition from Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union and a central figure in the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, according to a statement by his lawyer.
Democrats swiftly called the administration’s move an act of obstruction and accused President Trump of hiding information about his efforts to pressure the
Washington Post
Jul 25 2022
Analysis
We’ve all got Covid-19 fatigue, but BA.5 shows it’s not over
The BA.5 Covid-19 subvariant is now the most dominant strain in the country; the highly infectious variant has caused an uptick in cases and hospitalizations both in hotspots like New York City and the nation overall, but public health action and messaging is less aggressive than with previous outbreaks.
BA.5 typically causes familiar symptoms like fever, headache, muscle aches, cough,
Vox
Oct 28 2021
News
NAACP urges pro athletes not to sign with teams in Texas over abortion and voting laws
The NAACP is calling on professional athletes to reconsider signing with professional sports teams in Texas to protest the state's controversial voting and abortion laws.
In an open letter to the unions for the NBA, NFL, WNBA, MLB, and NHL, the NAACP urged athletes to consider the use of their platforms and positions as role models for kids across the country.
"Over the past
CBS News (Online)
Oct 25 2021
Opinion
Inflating Grades For Social Justice
At a party over the weekend I was introduced to a college professor, and fell into conversation with him about teaching and Covid. Then I asked about how wokeness affects his teaching. I had no idea of the man’s politics, but I would bet the farm that he is a liberal, given that his academic field skews heavily to the left.
He told me that there is a lot of stress on professors at his
The American Conservative
Sep 19 2021
News
Oil Company Official Overseeing Crackdown On Pipeline Resistance Cut Teeth At Amazon And Exxon
The head of security for the oil transport company Enbridge built his résumé managing Exxon Mobil’s response to community protests in Nigeria and helping oversee Amazon’s Global Security Operations Center, a division that has monitored environmental groups and union organizers.
Now, at Enbridge, Troy Kirby oversees efforts to combat a protest movement aimed at stopping construction of
The Intercept
Mar 04 2021
Opinion
Silicon Valley’s Offer of Sectoral Bargaining Is a Trick
Any objective power structure analysis of the United States today reveals that we are teetering closer to the 1920s than during any decade since. In the 1920s and early ’30s, extreme racism was firmly entrenched thanks to Jim Crow laws, Southern plantation economies, and nonfunctioning voting “rights”; the US Supreme Court was wildly pro-big business; and the biggest employers of the era—auto
Guest Writer - Left
Aug 06 2021
Analysis
Biden Considers Coercing Institutions To Mandate COVID Vaccine By Withholding Federal Funds
The White House is considering using its federal power to pressure institutions into requiring the COVID-19 shot, according to the Washington Post.
Under the new potential policy from the Biden administration, institutions such as universities, cruise lines, and even long-term care facilities that rely on federal funding to operate could risk losing their government dollars if they don’
The Federalist
Jul 03 2020
News
Here’s why U.S. struggles with the coronavirus could lead to Europe’s stock market taking the lead
A growing number of prominent Wall Street institutions are making the prediction that 2020 will be the year for Europe’s stock market to outshine its U.S. counterpart as the coronavirus takes diverging tracks in the two economic powerhouses.
Even as the U.S. struggles to curb the deadly COVID-19 disease, the virus hasn’t seen a resurgence in the eurozone, influencing how money managers
MarketWatch
Apr 23 2021
News
CDC advisers reconvene to weigh next steps on Johnson & Johnson vaccine after rare, serious blood clots
A federal vaccine advisory committee is reconvening Friday to discuss next steps for Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine after health officials recommended last week that states pause use while six U.S. cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot were reviewed.
That independent expert panel, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, last met April 14. It reviewed the
Washington Post