Could Religious Exemptions Trump a COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate? Well, That Depends
How far could US authorities readily go in implemeting a vaccine requirement?
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Teachers Strike Authorization Vote Looms as Union and City Launch Last-Ditch Safety Talks
Teachers are going down to the wire with a strike threat in New York City over their assessment that planned Covid protections are inadequate.
Read more...Don’t “Trust the Science,” Trust Science While You Hone Your Critical Thinking Skills
What do we mean, “the” science?
Read more...Wolf Richter: The State of the American Restaurant, City by City
New York City, San Francisco, Honolulu are still down over 80% from a year ago in terms of “seated diners.” Then there is the “LN-shaped” recovery in Pittsburgh.
Read more...Links 8/31/2020
How Should the European Union Respond to Rising Greece-Turkey Tensions?
Can the EU de-esclate increasingly testy Greece-Turkey dealings ?
Read more...54 Million People in the U.S. May Go Hungry During Pandemic—Can Urban Farms Help?
In the COVID era, growing food locally has become more essential than ever.
Read more...The Rotten Alliance of Liberals and Neocons Will Likely Shape U.S. Foreign Policy for Years to Come
How the Democrats have become Republicans in all but name, now with their love affair for neocons.
Read more...More Giveaways to Capitalist Finance? It’s High Time To Change the Objective
Jan Kregel explains the fundamental problem with the economic system is its focus on providing finance to investors.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/28/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Read more...Tom Ferguson: Biden Blurring Almost Everything
Political scientist Tom Ferguson juxtaposes the factions around Biden with how Roosevelt eventually stared down banks and corporatists in the second phase of the New Deal
Read more...You Know In Your Heart That the Day of Real Resistance Is Coming
First demonstrations across the US, now a guillotine in front of Jeff Bezos’ house. Is this more #Resistance or a system-breaking resistance?
Read more...‘Threadbare’ US System Denounced as Study Shows 12 Million Lost Employer-Tied Health Care During Pandemic
New data on how many lost their health insurance, which often means health care, due to Covid. And the numbers are not getting better soon.
Read more...Emergency Situation: The Slow-Moving Tragedy of the Russian Arctic
The Russian version of America’s flyover has it pretty bad: declining industries and environmental stress.
Read more...Another COVID Mystery: Patients Survive Ventilator, But Linger in a Coma
Another way Covid-19 can mess up people who survive the disease: protracted comas
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