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Clear and present danger: U.S. health officials, not hantavirus

Clear and present danger: U.S. health officials, not hantavirus

Current U.S. health officials could not be doing a better job than they are now of exposing us to future pandemics. The hantavirus may be bad news, but for now, it is one of the lesser problems Americans face on the healthcare front. First, on the hantavirus itself, it is helpful to know that the […]

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Trump-Xi summit: Chance for a reset in the new Cold War

Trump-Xi summit: Chance for a reset in the new Cold War

As U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping sit across from one another at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the eyes of working people around the world are fixed on this two-day summit with both urgency and hope. The relationship between the United States and China has deteriorated badly in […]

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Voters trust unions over corporations to deal with AI

Voters trust unions over corporations to deal with AI

WASHINGTON—In dealing with the impact of artificial intelligence on their lives, and particularly their jobs, more voters—though not a majority—trust unions for accurate information, and nobody else. They most certainly distrust corporate chieftains who rush to embrace AI as a way to save time and money, and in many cases are rushing to use it […]

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Gulf of America

Gulf of America

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Threat facing GM this month: Its cars won’t run without wheels

Threat facing GM this month: Its cars won’t run without wheels

THREE RIVERS, Mich.—A General Motors car can’t run if its wheels don’t have axles. That fact is staring the giant automaker in the face as almost 1,000 workers at American Axle, GM’s axle supplier, in Three Rivers, Michigan, authorized a strike at the end of May by a 98%-2% tally. The axle plant workers, members […]

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Nashville vigil commemorates the ICE kidnappings of a year ago

Nashville vigil commemorates the ICE kidnappings of a year ago

NASHVILLE—A vigil of remembrance and defiance was held at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in North Nashville on May 7 to honor families whose members were kidnapped by federal agents in raids of a year ago. The poignant and moving memorial mainly sponsored by Music City Migra Watch, an immigrant advocacy organization […]

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Psst: What no one will tell you about the national debt (but I will)

Psst: What no one will tell you about the national debt (but I will)

The U.S. national debt just crossed a once-unthinkable threshold on the way toward breaking the record set in the wake of World War II: It now exceeds 100 percent of America’s gross domestic product. As of March 31, our publicly held debt was $31.27 trillion, while America’s GDP in 2025 was $31.22 trillion. This puts the ratio […]

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U.S. bullies Canada’s Sherritt corporation out of Cuba

U.S. bullies Canada’s Sherritt corporation out of Cuba

TORONTO—A sweeping new executive order signed by President Donald Trump has forced one of Canada’s most significant foreign investors out of Cuba, drawing sharp condemnation from solidarity groups who say Washington is using financial coercion to override the sovereign economic decisions of other nations. Toronto-based Sherritt International Corporation, the largest foreign investor in Cuba for […]

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Racist gerrymandering war shows Republicans are willing to throw out democracy

Racist gerrymandering war shows Republicans are willing to throw out democracy

White supremacy has been a powerful tool of the ruling class in the United States for generations. From the federal government wiping out the Native American population to the Civil War, from Japanese American internment camps to Jim Crow—the examples of racial discrimination are not only endless but ongoing. There is a persistent movement by […]

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Gavin Newsom’s autobiographical ‘Young Man in a Hurry’: More and less

Gavin Newsom’s autobiographical ‘Young Man in a Hurry’: More and less

It’s been the standard practice for at least a generation that any serious contender for the American presidency must come out with a book. For those whose campaigns fizzle out sooner rather than later, such volumes in short order occupy the remainder shelf. For those who command a certain interest, voters, journalists, and other politicians […]

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