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Nukes in Finland Would Violate NPT: Legal Expert
The United States positioning its nuclear weapons in Finnish or Polish territories would violate the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty – warns professor of law as Euroweekly reports governments looking to engage in “nuclear sharing”
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Nuclear Netanyahu
“Latest exit polls show resounding victory for Netanyahu’s far-right coalition: anywhere from 61 to 62 seats. He will form the most extremist government in Israeli history. This means that his most violent allies, Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir will demand ministerial posts
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Supreme Court Attack on Affirmative Action: The Irony of Clyde Ferguson
Professor of Law notes the irony of the Supreme Court targeting Harvard’s affirmative action program while the Harvard-based scholar Clyde Ferguson, his mentor, conceived of affirmative action.”
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Biden’s Nuclear Posture Review “Pouring Gas on the Fire”
“President Harry Truman, a Democrat, oversaw the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Russia and other would-be superpowers have increasingly modeled their own national security policies (and their economies) on the U.S. With festering nuclear flashpoints in Ukraine, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, South Asia, and the Middle East”
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Latino Adults at Higher Risk of Socioeconomic Impacts from Long Covid
A statewide survey of Latinos in Colorado has found that nearly one-fourth of Latinos in the state are suffering from long-term Covid symptoms. Advocates say that the next step is to “rethink the definition of disability.”
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“Huge Disparities in Paxlovid Use”
New data shows racial and ethnic disparities in outpatient treatment of Covid-19 with Paxlovid: Black patients were prescribed the drug 36 percent less often than white patients, while Hispanic patient use was 30 percent lower compared to non-Hispanic patients.
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Teach-In on Nuclear Crisis and Lessons from Past Crises
“The world is again on the verge of nuclear war”, says expert Steinbach who is organizing an online teach-in tonight at 7 p.m. ET on the current nuclear crisis featuring several nuclear experts.
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Republicans Dying at Higher Rates Since Vaccine Rollout Began
The National Bureau of Economic Research found that significantly more Republicans than Democrats have died from Covid-19 since the initial vaccine rollout in 2021.
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Ukraine: Stopping the Escalatory Ladder
Carden is a former adviser to the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission at the U.S. Department of State. He has written for The Nation, The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, The Spectator, UnHerd and other outlets.
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Pandemic’s Effects on Employment and Disability Among Older Americans
A new working paper from the National Bureau for Economic Research found that labor force non-participation remains high in older Americans. Disability benefits, meanwhile, are depressed relative to pre-pandemic levels.
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