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Apr 24 2023
Analysis
Is this a soft landing or the start of a recession?
What goes up must come down — in fame, in politics, in power, and, like it or not, in the economy. The question is just what the down part will look like. Will it be a crash or a gentle return to earth?
For months, the looming quandary has been what will get the United States economy — which has seen surprisingly steady employment numbers and a plague of inflation — back to normal. The
VoxMay 11 2023
Opinion
When Words Stop Meaning Anything
It seems like the most racially diverse ideological concept out there is “white supremacy.” Talk about equal opportunity! Anybody can be a white supremacist these days – it doesn’t depend on his/her/xir color, ethnicity, being a Romney, or anything except what is useful to the left at any given moment. And it would be hilarious – it actually is kind of hilarious – if it wasn’t just the latest
TownhallApr 10 2023
News
Northern Ireland Far Left Warns Biden as Police Say Attack 'Highly Likely'
Dissident republicans in Northern Ireland have issued a warning to U.S. President Joe Biden as his visit to the U.K.-controlled territory comes amid heightened security concerns stemming from decades-long sectarian unrest.
Biden's first visit to Northern Ireland and the neighboring Republic of Ireland since taking office in 2021 coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday
NewsweekMar 20 2023
News
Digital literacy: Can the republic ‘survive an algorithm’?
Shawn Lee, a high school social studies teacher in Seattle, wants to see lessons on the internet akin to a kind of 21st century driver’s education, an essential for modern life.
Lee has tried to bring that kind of education into his classroom, with lessons about the need to double-check online sources, to diversify newsfeeds and to bring critical thinking to the web. He’s also created
Associated PressMar 10 2023
News
US employers add 311,000 jobs in February, more than expected
The US economy added jobs at a solid clip in February, likely ensuring that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates for longer, though wage inflation showed signs of cooling.
Nonfarm payrolls increased by 311,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department’s closely watched employment report showed on Friday. Data for January was revised lower to show 504,000 jobs added instead of the
New York Post (News)Jan 11 2023
News
New York Nurses Strike for More Staff & Better Pay as Hospital CEOs Make Millions, Cut Charity Care
We speak with one of the 7,000 nurses on strike now in New York City at two hospital systems that account for more than a quarter of all hospital beds in the city, and a journalist who has documented how hospital CEOs are boosting their own pay by millions of dollars while slashing charity care. The strike began Monday after nurses failed to reach a new contract agreement with Mount Sinai
Democracy Now!Jan 12 2023
News
ExxonMobil, once a loud climate skeptic, had accurately forecast global warming
In perhaps one of the most cynically ironic twists in the field of climate science, new research suggests ExxonMobil may have had keener insight into the impending dangers of global warming than even NASA scientists but still waged a decades-long campaign to discredit research into climate change and its connection to the burning of fossil fuels. Despite its public denials, the major oil
Los Angeles TimesJan 12 2023
News
NYC nurses agree to end strike after four days
More than 7,000 nurses from two different hospitals in New York City have agreed return to work after a four day strike that started at 6am on Monday. The New York Nurses Association reached an agreement with Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center, both of which announced the news at around 3.30am this morning. The agreements will result in a 19.1 percent wage increase, the
Daily MailSep 01 2022
Analysis
Fast-Food Workers Might Finally Get Some Power in California After Years of Disrespect
Rosalia Manuel Luna began working at McDonald’s when she was 17 years old.
Twenty-three years later, on July 8 this year, she was fired from her job. Luna alleges she was let go was in retaliation for speaking up in defense of a co-worker who was allegedly being sexually harassed as well as for her own dispute with McDonald’s over quarantine wages, which got her involved in the Fight
ViceJan 04 2023
News
Microsoft recognizes its first union as ZeniMax software testers organize
Microsoft said Tuesday that it has recognized its first union of employees in the software maker’s 47-year history.
Workers at airlines, automakers, schools and government agencies belong to unions, but collective bargaining hasn’t taken hold at large technology companies, where employees often receive high wages.
Amazon and Apple have not been especially accommodating to
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