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Trailer Park Residents Take on Venture Capitalists
Joseph Bullington, editor for In These Times, writes about a recent case of trailer park homeowners taking on the VCs who own the land they live on: “On Jan. 14, residents formed a cooperative, elected representatives, and voted to try to buy the park themselves.”
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New Database Aggregates Pandemic Policies
A database introduced this month aggregates state policies that had the goal of mitigating the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic consequences.
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New Paper: Corporate Profits Central Role in Causing Inflation
According to a new paper, “nearly two out of three of the biggest U.S. publicly traded companies had larger profit margins this year than they did in 2019, prior to the pandemic. Nearly 100 of these corporations did report profits in 2021 that are 50 percent above profit margins from 2019. Evidence from corporate earnings calls shows that CEOs are boasting about their ‘pricing power,’ meaning the ability to raise prices without losing customers. Even the Chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, has weighed in on this issue, stating that large corporations with near monopolistic market power are ‘raising…
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National Survey: More Older Adults Unvaccinated and Unboosted Than Previously Reported
A nationwide survey by the COVID States Project has found that a higher number of older Americans are unvaccinated and unboosted than widely reported in the CDC data used by most public health officials. Researchers say that the survey “sheds light on the critical need to vaccinate and boost older Americans.”
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Watergate at 50: The Hidden Hand of the CIA
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Chile Sends in Army Against Indigenous Group
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Ignoring U.S.-Backed Saudi War Against Yemen
Aisha Jumaan, Preaident of the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, condemned the US backed Saudi attack on Yemen in her latest piece. She says, “The causes of this devastation include a Saudi-led bombing campaign that targets infrastructure, food sources and health services, as well as coercive measures, including a blockade, directed at destroying Yemen’s economy. The UN has called the situation in Yemen the largest humanitarian crisis in the world.”
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Curing Long-Term Covid Infections Could Slow Viral Evolution
Preliminary evidence suggests that some Covid-19 variants have emerged from long-term Covid infections. As a result, five scientists argue that it is “of the utmost urgency that those with long-term infections should be able to access quality health care” and prioritized for curative therapies.
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Mexican President Skipping Summit of the Americas
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Biden Trip to Saudi Arabia: “Blatant Hypocrisy”
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