How Outsourcing Threatens America’s Safety
School bus drivers in Bay City, Michigan, have pushed back against mindless outsourcing of their union jobs.
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How Young Workers Are Unionizing Starbucks
How young Starbucks staffers are leading the unionization charge.
Read more...Ilargi: Ukraine Warheads
A prescient piece on the trajectory of Ukraine-Russia tensions.
Read more...Assisted Suicide Laws Increase Suicide Rates, Especially Among Women
A study on an important new legal right in some states, assisted suicide, suffers from a glaring methodological flaw.
Read more...Gas Flares: Europe Has a Hissy, Flails About as Russia Imposes Gas Payment Countersanctions and Economies Already Feel Blowback Bite
Russia implements its gas for roubles scheme as promised, cutting off supplies to non-adherents. Howling ensues.
Read more...Public Schools Fray as Pentagon Gets More Pork
More on the sorry state of US public schools and how they got there.
Read more...Will Pfizer’s Paxlovid Be the Game-Changer that Saves Biden’s “Test to Treat” Program?
First we had “shots in arms.” Now we have “pills in mouths.”
Read more...Apple Announces Unimpressive Self Service Repair Program for Some iPhone Models
After a long wait, Apple finally announced a self service repair program. New right to repair laws are still necessary.
Read more...‘Unprecedented’ Water Restrictions Ordered in Drought-Ravaged California
Severe drought in California has forced water officials to impose restrictions on outdoor watering in three southern California counties.
Read more...Jaishankar Calls Out Europe’s Selective Concern on Rules-Based Order
Indian external affairs minister S. Jaishankar shared views on rules-based order with world diplomats at a conference Tuesday in Delhi.
Read more...UN Report: Humanity Must Change The Way it Assesses and Responds to Risk, Else We Face a ‘Spiral of Self Destruction’
The UNDRR presents a drastic rethink of the approach to diaster risk reduction. Alas, current leaders and elites aren’t up to the task.
Read more...Protecting Biodiversity – and Making it Accessible – Has Paid Off for Costa Rica
Ample biodiversity fosters ecotourism, provided it is paired with access to good infrastructure. Both factors are necessary to attract tourists.
Read more...Notes on Christian Smalls of the Amazon Labor Union
Press coverage of Christian Smalls and the Amazon Labor Union, now and in the future.
Read more...Biden Administration’s Shambolic Position on Covid’s Airborne Transmission Renders Their “Personal Risk Assessment” Absurd
We have three different agencies pursuing three different theories of Covid transmission, making the whole situation completely shambolic. Thank you, adults in the room!
Read more...Right to Repair: Will Corporate Concessions Suffice?
Some companies have apparently embraced a limited right to repair. Federal and state legislation is still necessary.
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