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As we gallop towards $6 gas, I know, I know, it's not Joe Biden's fault – it's important to point out the utter stupidity and stupidity of our energy policies. The country demands that we stop importing Russian oil even…

Top-to-bottom GOP groups and campaigns produced 93 separate TV ads mentioning inflation, spending $13 million on more than 30,000 airings from the start of 2021 through Thursday. By comparison, their Democratic counterparts produced just…

A worker in protective gear takes a swab from a resident at a residential compound under lockdown, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China March 14, 2022. Photo taken on March 14, 2022.…

25 years ago: Labor protests sweep across Europe German coal miners demonstrating, 1997On March 16, 1997, more than 100,000 workers from Belgium and across Europe descended on the capital Brussels to protest against mass layoffs and the…

NEW DELHI: The Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO), the state-run pension fund manager and popular savings scheme for millions of middle-class salaried Indians, decided on Saturday a 8.1% interest on provident fund deposits for…

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Intense fighting around the nuclear power plantUS says assault on factory could be catastrophicLviv prepares for child lossesNATO says 'no' to no-fly zonesLVIV, Ukraine/KYIV, March 4 (Reuters) - Russian forces in Ukraine seized Europe's…

Despite an overall decline in cases, the UK is still recording hundreds of thousands of COVID infections per week. In the seven days since February 24, when all COVID restrictions ended in England, 231,973 cases have been recorded and 741…

The online hacking activist, or "hacktivist," group Anonymous, whose adherents often disguise their identities with Guy Fawkes masks, claims responsibility for disruptions to Russian and Belarusian-backed websites.Anadolu Agency | Anadolu…

Many of Colorado's homeless are military veterans. This image taken by Annabel Attridge shows a weary Ethen, who was pictured in Denver in 2021 and said: 'The army promised me a way out of poverty instead they left me worse than me. But…

Spain's far-right Vox party is set to enter the regional government of Castilla y León after winning its best result in regional elections on February 13. The ruling right-wing People's Party (PP) increased its total number of seats by two…

Over the past fortnight, the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) has campaigned at a number of orientation events where it has student clubs, including Macquarie University in Sydney , Newcastle University in the…

Edward F. Palm In 2012, The New York Times reported that racially segregated communities were all but a thing of the past in America. February being Black History…

Canadians are like hobbits. We go quietly and kindly about our business. But we can also rise up with surprising courage and determination against our administrative overlords and suddenly throw them off a political cliff when…

In the turbulent 1960s, American journalist Hunter S. Thompson spent nearly a year following the Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle gang. His most striking conclusion was not their violent hedonism but their "total retaliatory ethic" against a…

Tens of thousands of nurses across New South Wales (NSW), Australia's most populous state, walked off the job today in their first statewide strike since 2013. Nurses demand staff increases to address decades-long shortages, an end to a…

EZ Pass billing issues continue to plague Maryland drivers, many of whom have called and emailed the I-11 News team for assistance. The state attributes the big bills to the delay in toll collection due to the…

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If you've ever driven Highway 51 through Minocqua, it's hard to miss the giant sign with a flannel-clad lumberjack and blue ox next to his namesake restaurant. Paul Bunyan dominates the woods of the Upper Midwest. Supposedly a giant man…

Detroit's best-known playwright scores again on Broadway. Three years after critical acclaim for a Temptations musical titled "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," Dominique Morisseau is getting strong reviews for "Skeleton…

There is a heartbreaking Iranian drama called A hero Currently playing on Amazon, and it's getting a lot of attention. It's sure to be nominated for plenty of awards, including the Oscar for Best International Feature Film, not just on its…

South Africans are once again having to endure an unreliable…

QUITO, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The death toll from a landslide in the Ecuadorian capital, Quito, rose to at least 22 on Tuesday, with 47 injured so far, Mayor Santiago Guarderas said , as fire crews continue to search homes and mud-covered…

In the first episode of 1883, the ancestors of the Dutton family are shown. James Dutton arrives in Fort Worth, TX, followed shortly by his wife, daughter, son, sister and niece. Elsa reveals that she and her family are from…

- Messenger photo by Chad Thompson MidAmerican Energy Co. recommends setting your thermostat to 68 and lowering it when you plan to leave the house. With rising heating bills, customers are looking for ways to heat their homes more…

VMARKED IDEAS #moneytok had 10.6 billion views on TikTok, more than #tacotuesday, #gossip and #cookingtiktok. Creators can use the tag to flag their posts as part of a genre on the short-form video platform that offers financial advice.…

In his last official speech as governor, Charlie Baker, sometimes the only effective Republican voice in Beacon Hill, came as close to his party's conservative principles as he has in the past seven years, calling for tax relief for…

Irish gypsies and Travelers are the "unappreciated" people in the UK, with almost half of people feeling "negative" towards them, according to a new report.Statistics revealed by the University of Birmingham also revealed that…

Zeke Miller and Alexandra Jaffe ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden began his second year in office Thursday with a new focus on making weary Americans believe they are better off under his leadership…

Since October, Oakland's Independent Redistricting Commission has held more than two dozen meetings to discuss the pros and cons of various potential changes to the city's district boundaries, which determine city council and school board…

Abdullah Hammoud will be officially sworn in as mayor of Dearborn on Saturday, the first Arab-American and first Muslim mayor in the American city with the highest concentration of Arabs. The mayor and members of the Dearborn City Council…

This article was written for an international year-end collection and published in French and Spanish translations on lapluma.net and tlaxcala-int.blogspot.com. Times Square, New York, 22 December 2021. WW Photo: Tony Murphy Workers at…

KAPALUA, Hawaii - Cameron Smith is a champion golf needs. RELATED: Full ranking | Winner's bag: Cameron Smith, Sentry Tournament of Champions Do not mistake yourself. There is no shortage of great players and personalities on the…

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BRENTWOOD, Pa. (KDKA) - A fourth candidate has entered the race to succeed U.S. Representative Mike Doyle, who will retire at the end of 2022.Democrat Stephanie Fox brings a unique perspective to this congressional race.READ MORE: New…

Bowling Green native William Compton has announced his candidacy for the position of United States Representative for Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District, the seat currently held by Brett Guthrie. (Editor's Note: Daviess County is…

Evolution of rents in the Inland Empire, click to enlarge The Inland Empire multi-family market is booming. Rents averaged $ 1,993 in October, an increase of 1.9% over the past three months (Q3). The year-over-year metro rent gains of…

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William Holman Hunt This painting by British artist William Holman Hunt depicts Jesus Christ as a young carpenter in his father's workshop, stretching and giving thanks to…

Not a day goes by without hearing some head talk deploring the state of political polarization. Standard proclamations include "America is a country divided!" And "We haven't been so polarized since the Civil War!" But believe it from a…

Children draw on a treasury check prop at a rally outside the United States Capitol on December 13, 2021.Alex Wong | Getty ImagesThe IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department end the last monthly child tax credit payment of the year to…

"Bella Ciao"! Now is the time to sing these words for the last time with the arrival of Money theft Season 5, Part 2. A show that technically ended in 2018 with Season 2, was later acquired by Netflix and its growing popularity within…

This is an opinion piece. The opinions expressed belong solely to the author and are not representative of The cluster. I have never heard an undergraduate say that they are thankful for…

For those who don't have The Washington Post as their local newspaper, let me tell you what it's like to open the print edition each morning for breakfast. The front page inevitably has a story about race - today, as I write this…

In her brilliant new book, "The Sum of Us," Heather McGhee presents a simple concept: Not much will change in the growing inequality of our country until people of all races - including whites - realize that racism is costing us all and we…

Some 700 operating engineers at Kaiser healthcare facilities in northern California have been on strike for more than two months for better wages and increased staff.Kaiser engineers picket in northern California There is tremendous…

Last Sunday, the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) in Sri Lanka hosted a successful online public meeting attended by nearly 100 people, including students and workers from…

In Montana's New Eastern District, outgoing and first-term Republican Representative Matt Rosendale starts off with huge benefits for 2022, both in terms of money and the district's political inclination - but he's not without opposition.…

Photo: Demonstration for Rent Relief and Against Evictions in Tri-Cities, WA. credit: Liberation News With a patchwork of moratoriums on evictions leaving millions of workers in imminent danger of losing their homes, Emergency Housing…

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday warned of a new variant of COVID-19, which it called Omicron, which spreads faster than other variants and is potentially more deadly and resistant to vaccines .This electron microscope image…

The midterm elections are just under a year away, but there is a new candidate who wants to represent the thumb region in Congress.Huwaida Arraf, a US-Palestinian human rights lawyer and Palestinian activist, announced earlier this month…

What to watch in Europe todayLeke Oso Alabi in London and William Langley in Hong KongEU: The bloc publishes flash figures on consumer confidence on Monday. Eurozone consumer confidence cooled in August amid fears of the spread of the…

PARIS - The wealthy socialite was found dead in the basement of her villa on the Côte d'Azur. The only door was locked from the outside but also barricaded from the inside. A message, scrawled in the victim's blood, seemed…

National railways and airport security workers in France are on strike against deteriorating working conditions and for wage increases. These strikes are part of an international resurgence of the working class struggle against state and…

If Americans are culturally and politically polarized, and even different parties and factions are internally polarized, what is the way forward? Can we - or should we - overcome our polarization? First of all, polarization is not…

Editor's Note: Here is a guest column submitted to the USA Today Network by Louisiana Democratic Party President Katie Bernardt de Lafayette.The rising cost of basic necessities like food and gasoline worries families. I am the mother of…

In every election at the federal level, we have the choice of voting for candidate A or B. Both need large sums of money to run. Where does this kind of money come from?Correct, corporate or “black”…

Here's a look at some of the historic premieres of Election Night 2021. Winsome Sears, a conservative Republican, will be Virginia's next lieutenant governor, breaking down barriers as the first woman and first woman of color in office in…

Former Queens City Council candidate says it's important for immigrants to speak out on taxi driver rights New York City is known for its high peaks as much as for its iconic yellow taxis. Yellow cabs, a quintessential New Yorker…

You never really know what you'll get with a cover of a lesser-known work, a work that has had the mixed blessing of being considered ahead of its time. Have moths gotten there over the years? Does this now fit the way he was supposed…

Since Chicagoland is the nation's rail hub, rail safety, congestion, and environmental impacts are major issues here. There may be some help along the way in terms of additional federal funding for the separation of ranks. On…

Few things in life are as predictable as the rhetoric of climate change summits like next week's in Glasgow. Over the next week or so, you will hear again and again that the planet is dying and that climate change will cause massive…

Sung Kang is alive the dream - its version, at least."My American dream was not to be invisible," said the 49-year-old Korean-American star. Fast Furious films tells Reverse. And these days he's approached by people, and especially kids,…

By the turn of this century, the world had almost forgotten that Mexican films even existed. Then the explosion happened, as a new generation of filmmakers not only put their country on the world cinema map, but conquered…

The Czech Republic is in the midst of a political crisis following the parliamentary elections on 8 and 9 October.After the election results shook the political landscape of the EU member state, President Milos Zeman, without whom no new…

After half a century spent in Kearny, Eileen Verdi plans to pack her bags. As many Hudson County residents, Verdi lives in an area at risk of flooding, although it wasn't the risk of basement flooding that made her rethink where she wants…

After competing on a varsity hunting sports team and working as a graphic designer for a clothing company, Scott Boyd decided to pursue a career in teaching. Boyd has completed the College of Education's Teach in…

The sun sets behind the United States Capitol in Washington, United States on October 6, 2021. REUTERS / Leah Millis / FilesOct. 20 (Reuters) - The White House told Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday that a proposal to raise corporate taxes…

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I have worked for Carl's Pharmacy for 19 years. I now work extremely part-time, but want to share my thoughts on the current state of retail work in Aspen. This past year and a half has been intimidating. We have…

Anna Trevorrow and Sarah Michniewicz have the housing crisis and homeless shelters on their minds as they vie for the seat of Portland's District 1 city council in November. Both candidates say the city needs to address the lack of…

WATCHING Unity Theater, Theater Workshop and Ewan MacColl's plays from the 1930s to the nuclear age, Alan Riach wonders what happened to the labor movement that inspired them? Last week we were talking about the…

Douglas Ross claims that Nicola Sturgeon "broke away from working class communities." The Scottish Conservative leader is expected to boldly claim a meeting on the sidelines of the Manchester Conservative conference. Ross will argue!-->…

Workers in a pig slaughter and processing plant (Wikimedia Commons)The strikes of the past few months at the Olymel and Exceldor slaughterhouses in Quebec have highlighted the terrible conditions in which slaughterhouse workers in Canada…

On Saturday, Guillermo Garcia spoke to dozens of farm workers outside French Laundry, the upscale restaurant in Yountville, Calif., Where Governor Gavin Newsom was caught having dinner without a mask during 'a party during the…

A man wearing a bandana depicting the American flag threw an incendiary device into the Travis County Democratic Party office on East Sixth Street on Wednesday morning, Austin Fire Department officials said.Austin firefighters and police…

Demonstrators protest a recently approved tax reform in Bogota, Colombia, September 28, 2021. REUTERS / Nathalia AngaritaBOGOTA, Sept. 28 (Reuters) - Thousands of Colombian protesters returned to the streets of major cities on Tuesday to…

City hopes to preserve and build affordable housing, but advocates say plan is not enough ALEXANDRIA, Virginia - Amazon's new headquarters in Crystal City are years away, but the region is already feeling the…

Netflix has undoubtedly entered the impressive position of bringing original content that captivates audiences through movies and series. The upcoming series Housemaid gets fans talking, and the trailer feels like a gripping,…

"Native of the working class of the Bronx" served United States Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,…

Coronavirus "I wish I was in a better place." Dr. Rochelle Walensky was part of a panel for…

NEW YORK - After being hit by two tropical storms that submerged basements, cracked house foundations and destroyed property, residents of the northeastern United States, still recovering, take another blow unexpected: Thousands of…

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Both branches of the Service Employees International Union in Cleveland on Wednesday announced their support for mayoral candidate Justin Bibb, expressing their desire for leadership in the new brand with a commitment to those who work…

Known for his hilarious viral rants - the "Italian Hurricane" Vic Dibitetto amounts to The Ridgefield Playhouse after 5 last sold-out concerts! Get your tickets now to see Vic Dibitetto with two…

September 21, 2021 | 04:59 The question-and-answer format gave candidates approximately 30 seconds to respond.…

At the start of President Biden's term, shortly after the Captiol riot on January 6, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Attended a meeting in the Oval Office alongside a group of leading Democrats from the Senate - a meeting in which he almost…

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks on stage at the New York Times Dealbook event on November 1, 2018 in New York City.Michael Cohen | Getty Images | The New York Times"Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier."That's a famous…

Yolanda López, an artist and activist who has created one of the most famous works of art in Chicano history by daringly remaking the Virgin of Guadalupe in her image - as a strong young brunette woman wearing shoes from…

An estimated 2,000 carpenters in Seattle and across Washington state began their first strike Thursday in nearly two decades after rejecting the fourth proposed contract accepted by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of…

Mississippi Attorney General Joins Those Opposing Biden Vaccine Mandate Push Lynn Fitch among 23 state attorneys general speaking out against the president's plan !-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

Parents we spoke to felt a tension between the obvious benefits that a monthly benefit could bring while still wishing for some sort of work requirement. The work made a family worthy of government support; without it, family benefits…

LAWRENCE, Mass., Sept.11 (Reuters) - U.S. Navy Sergeant Johanny Rosario returned to his hometown of Massachusetts on Saturday in a coffin, one of the last U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan in a war started there exactly two decades by…