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Patient-Nurse Ratios: Chronic Problem Made Worse by Pandemic
Strikes at two major New York City hospitals, Mount Sinai main hospital and Montefiore Medical Center, ended last week. More than 7,000 nurses had struck, making it the largest nursing strike the city saw in decades.
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The Davos Billionaire Class is Seeing Their Wealth Skyrocket
The global billionaire class is gathering this week in Davos, Switzerland to talk about the ongoing ‘polycrisis’ — a term embraced by the World Economic Forum (WEF) to describe the convergence of ecological, political, pandemic and economic disruptions. The one acute crisis they won’t talk about is the extreme levels of concentration of wealth and power happening across the globe.
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Supreme Court Set to “Eviscerate the Right to Strike”
“The radical right-wing Supreme Court is about to deal a severe blow to the right to strike — the most potent weapon workers have to obtain justice”, wrote Professor Cohn of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in light of the Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union No. 174.
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Moderna Plans Huge Price Hike for Covid-19 Vaccine
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has begun petitioning Moderna against a price increase on its Covid vaccine from $26 to $130. Moderna announced the price hike last week as Covid vaccines shift to the commercial market.
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MLK’s Call to Get on the “Right Side of the World Revolution”
In 1959, five months after being stabbed in Harlem, King addressed the War Resisters League’s thirty-sixth annual dinner, where he praised its work and linked the domestic struggle for racial justice with the campaign for global disarmament: ‘Not only in the South, but throughout the nation and the world, we live in an age of conflicts, an age of biological weapons, chemical warfare, atomic fallout and nuclear bombs … Every man, woman, and child lives, not knowing if they shall see tomorrow’s sunrise.’
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“Help Wanted” Full-Page Ad in The Hill Calls for Challenger to Biden
The Hill newspaper today published a full-page ad in its print edition calling for a progressive Democrat to step forward with a primary challenge to President Biden, who has said he intends to run for re-election.
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2021 Child Tax Credit Improved Parents’ Mental Health
New research finds that the 2021 extended Child Tax Credit was associated with reductions in clinically meaningful anxiety and depressive symptoms for families in the lowest income brackets.
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“Don’t Run Joe” Billboard at White House and Capitol
Don’t Run Joe television ads have appeared in recent weeks on the statewide ABC affiliate in New Hampshire, and on MSNBC and CNN in Georgia, Michigan and South Carolina — states that are expected to hold early primaries for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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* Brazil * Pentagon Lied About Killing Civilians in Afghanistan with Drone Strikes
Building on a recent New York Times investigation, Antiwar.com is reporting: “Pentagon Doc Reveals U.S. Lied About Afghan Civilians Killed in 2021 Drone Strike.” “U.S. military officials knew that an August 2021 drone strike in Kabul likely killed Afghan civilians including children but lied about it, a report published Friday revealed.”
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* New Israeli Government * Hakeem Jeffries’ AIPAC Funding
New House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is an outspoken advocate for Israel. According to Open Secrets, three of his top five contributors — Pro-Israel America PAC, NorPAC and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee — are pro-Israeli government.
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