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California cities, counties act to protect renters, homeowners, and unsheltered residents
March 27, 2020Housing organizations express appreciation to Newsom for the intent of his actions to date but said they fall far short of adequately addressing the crisis.
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How austerity and anti-immigrant politics left Italy exposed to viral blitzkrieg
March 27, 2020Resistance to immigration plays a major role in “graying” the population. Combined with neoliberal health cuts, the demographic effects are turning out to be “an apocalypse.”
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Weekly jobless claims skyrocket to 3.28 million, breaking all records
March 26, 2020WASHINGTON—Due to coronavirus pandemic shutdowns, weekly jobless claims skyrocketed in the week ending March 21 to 3.283 million, shattering all records since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started collecting such data. The enormous rise also left...
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Postcard from Krasnodar: How is Russia doing in an era of Western sanctions?
March 26, 2020My trip was organized by the Center for Citizen Initiatives that organizes trips like this every year. The tour group consisted of 48 people from all backgrounds, some of whom had made this trip before.
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Walmart, Amazon, eBay, Facebook, and Craigslist cited for pandemic price gouging
March 26, 2020“These companies have an ethical obligation to stop enabling this behavior for this emergency and those in the future.”
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