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U.S. is worst among developed nations for worker benefits
Americans have it worse than all other developed nations when it comes to benefits for workers, according to a new ranking. The U.S. places last relative to its national policies around healthcare, unemployment, retirement, parental leave, and paid vacati ...[Read more]
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Hedge funds are getting crushed by the worst short squeeze in a quarter century
Hedge funds that bet against GameStop and other stocks have been crushed by the Reddit army -- and they're infecting the rest of Wall Street. The most heavily shorted stocks have nearly doubled in value over the last three months, according to Goldman Sac ...[Read more]
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Israel’s Vaccine Success Unleashes a Debate on Palestinian Inequities
Israel quickly became the world leader in vaccinating its population against Covid-19, but almost all Palestinian residents of the occupied West Bank are still waiting for their first doses of the inoculation. That disparity has set off a roiling debate ...[Read more]
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Up to 100 UK children a week hospitalised with rare post-Covid disease
Exclusive: 75% of children worst affected by paediatric inflammatory multi-system syndrome are BAMEUp to 100 children a week are being hospitalised with a rare disease that can emerge weeks after Covid-19, leaving them in intensive care, doctors have said ...[Read more]
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‘Just spray her’: 9-year-old Black girl shrieks for dad and New York cops respond with pepper spray
Body camera footage released Sunday shows Rochester, New York, police officers handcuffing and pepper-spraying a 9-year-old Black girl who refused to sit in one of the officer’s cars. “You’re acting like a child,” one of the officers told the gir ...[Read more]
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Marjorie Taylor Greene in 2019: Protesters should ‘flood the Capitol’
In a video posted to social media months before announcing her congressional candidacy, Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene called on supporters to "flood the Capitol Building" in a protest against "tyrannical" leaders, telling them that Democratic ...[Read more]
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Capitol riot suspect asks court’s permission to vacation in Mexico
A woman accused of participating in the riot Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol asked a federal judge for permission to leave the country on vacation this month. In a court filing Monday, lawyers for Jenny Louise Cudd requested the court's blessing to travel to M ...[Read more]
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Business groups prepare for lobbying push against $15 minimum wage
Business groups are preparing for a lobbying fight after Democrats in both chambers reintroduced a bill Tuesday to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025. The Raise the Wage Act, spearheaded by incoming Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sand ...[Read more]
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Even in Poorer Neighborhoods, the Wealthy Are Lining Up for Vaccines
As soon as this city began offering Covid vaccines to residents 65 and older, George Jones, whose nonprofit agency runs a medical clinic, noticed something striking. “Suddenly our clinic was full of white people,” said Mr. Jones, the head of Bread for ...[Read more]
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Northern Ireland suspends Brexit checks amid safety fears for port staff
Brexit checks on animal and food products arriving into Belfast and Larne ports have been suspended amid fears over the safety of staff, Northern Ireland’s agriculture ministry has said. The decision came after Mid and East Antrim borough council agreed ...[Read more]
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Trump was a symptom of US societal breakdown – not the disease
The death spiral of the American Empire will not be halted with civility. It will not be halted with the 42 executive orders signed by Joe Biden, however welcome many are, especially since they can, with a new chief executive, be immediately revoked. It w ...[Read more]
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