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Sanctions Against Wealthy Russians Are Largely Symbolic and Won’t End the War
Yet Biden is widely expected to announce a new round of sanctions, along with a tightening of the current ones.
A New Cold War Won’t Help the People of Ukraine or Anyone Else
Foreign policy elites excited about a new Cold War are not thinking primarily about the needs of the Ukrainian people.
Starbucks Workers Unanimously Vote to Form Union in Seattle, Company’s Hometown
The Broadway and Denny store is located in incoming CEO Howard Schultz’s home district.
Oklahoma’s Near-Total Abortion Ban Surpasses Even Texas’s Six-Week Ban
The bill is now headed to the state Senate and, if passed, will be the strictest anti-abortion bill in the U.S.
Federal Agency Ends COVID Coverage for Uninsured After GOP Blocks Funds
Around 31 million people in the U.S. don't have health insurance; meanwhile, the BA.2 subvariant threatens another wave.
Disability Doesn’t Make Us Less Worthy of Life. COVID Policy Assumes It Does.
As we hope for a world a little less dominated by COVID, we must recognize that risk will not be the same for everyone.
Sanders Tells Starbucks CEO to Stop Union Busting and “Obey the Law”
“This is a pivotal moment for Starbucks,” Bernie Sanders wrote in a letter to Howard Schultz. “End the union busting.”
Electric Vehicles Could Service 99 Percent of Mail Routes, USPS Inspector Finds
The report bolsters the argument against Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s plan to buy a fleet that’s 90 percent gas run.
Dark Money “Women’s Groups” Are Using Anti-Trans Scaremongering to Oppose ERA
Anti-feminist women’s groups set on quashing the Equal Rights Amendment are stoking baseless fears about trans women.
Bernie Sanders Calls for the Cancellation of All Medical Debt
“‘Medical debt’ and ‘Medical bankruptcy’ are two phrases that should not exist,” Sanders said.