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The Big Tech Surveillance Wall Being Built Under the Radar
Right now there is a massive expansion of surveillance infrastructure on the U.S. border that is under the radar. In the national discourse while there is a fallacious debate around open borders, the Joe Biden administration is operating the highest budget ever for border and immigration enforcement.
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Home Care Worker Shortage Mitigation in New York State
A workforce report found an increasing shortage of home care workers in New York. Wages for home care workers have been largely stagnant over the past 10-20 years.
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The High Cost of Upcoding Outpatient Visits
Over 18 years, claims for outpatient visits to physician offices, urgent care centers, and emergency departments trended towards higher level codes—even among specific, common diagnoses like urinary tract infections and headaches.
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Israel’s Liberal Supporters Are Taking Their Denial to a New Level
Israel has been the fruition of a Zionist dream, but at the same time a real-life nightmare for Palestinian people. The occupation of Gaza and the West Bank that began in 1967 has been nothing less than an ongoing, large-scale crime against humanity.
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Historic “Golden Rule” Ship Sails Again for Nuclear Disarmament
The people of the world must demand meaningful implementation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons from 2017 and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which called on the incumbent nuclear powers to move toward eliminating nuclear weapons back in 1968.
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Citizen Lawmaking Under Attack
Progressive ballot initiatives enjoyed historic success nationwide last November, including wins on raising minimum wages, securing voting rights, expanding Medicaid, and protecting reproductive rights (pro-abortion-rights voters won in all six states with questions on the ballot, including three GOP strongholds. Now, Republican legislators are attempting to obstruct or sabotage the citizen initiative process in a dozen or more states.
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Behind the French Government Machinations that Sparked the Protests
A noted political commentator, Bricmont said today: “France is rocked by constant demonstrations and strikes. And it is not business as usual, as some American cynics may think. The size of the demonstrations, the violence of the police repression and the fury of the people are quite unusual.
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Push to End Yemen War
“Despite the current pause in bombings in Yemen since April 2022, there is no structure to prevent Saudi Arabia from resuming airstrikes, nor to permanently end the Saudi-led blockade of Yemen. The U.S. has enabled Saudi Arabia and the UAE to subject the Yemeni people to over 25,000 air raids.”
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Media Outlets Miss the Point on “Pandemic Preparation”
A new brand of opinion pieces focus too narrowly on U.S. biomedical capabilities, ignoring the structural and social drivers of pandemics, says public health practitioner Anne Sosin.
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Insulin Advocates on the Insulin For All Act of 2023
After pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced it would lower the price of insulin, another major manufacturer, Novo Nordisk, announced it would begin slashing some U.S. insulin list prices up to 75 percent next year.
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