Politics
‘Be your own boss!’: The myth of unemployment as opportunity
February 7, 2023Most new small businesses fail, but capitalism’s spin doctors are still telling laid-off workers that losing their job is a chance for success.
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Court decision favoring abusers’ gun access is ‘death sentence for women and families’
February 7, 2023In Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi, an abusive man's unfettered access to guns is more valuable than the lives of women, gender non-conforming people, and children.
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Surprise! Economy adds 517K jobs in January
February 6, 2023The jobs jump and prior revisions produced more good news. Unemployment declined to 3.4%, the lowest point since 1969.
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Social Security and Medicare advocates urge support for petition to Biden
February 6, 2023Their aim is to send so many signatures to the White House that the president makes saving Social Security and Medicare a major part of the State of the Union Message.
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Bernie Sanders to reintroduce the PRO Act into the Senate
February 3, 2023He can push it through his panel via a one-vote majority there.
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