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Starting this past Saturday, people experiencing mental health crises need to remember just three numbers to dial for help: 988. The new federal number — debuting in California and across the country this weekend — is billed as an alternative to 911 for people experiencing mental health emergencies. Here,...
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Las corporaciones reportan márgenes récord de ganancias, mientras que las tasas de inflación están al ritmo más acelerado en décadas. Las pequeñas empresas y los trabajadores de bajos ingresos son los más afectados por la crisis, por el desempleo y el acceso limitado a programas de redes de seguridad....
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Corporations are reporting record profits while inflation rates are running at the fastest pace in decades. Small businesses and low-income workers, meanwhile, are bearing the brunt of the crisis even as access to safety net programs becomes increasingly tenuous. That was the assessment of a group of economists who...
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Consumer advocates are out to stop cars with unrepaired recall defects from winding up with new owners. Federal law bans car dealers from selling unrepaired new cars and rental agencies from selling or renting them. Now consumer activists want the feds to forbid car dealers to sell at retail...
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More than two years after Covid-19’s onset, there is finally a federally approved vaccine against it in the United States for children age 6 months to 4 years old. Covid has become the fifth-leading cause of death among kids between the ages of 1 and 4, and the fourth-leading...
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This July 4th marks nearly 250 years since the United States declared its independence, setting the country on a path to establishing its democracy. But some feel the state of U.S. democracy needs close examination. Lindsay Schubiner is with the Portland-based organization Western States Center. She is the director of...
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El presidente Joe Biden está pidiendo a las compañías de petróleo y gas que comiencen a desviar las ganancias récord de los bolsillos de los accionistas para ofrecerles a los estadounidenses algo de alivio en la bomba. Un nuevo análisis económico sugiere que el enfoque podría ser clave para...
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President Joe Biden is calling on oil and gas companies to start steering record profits away from shareholder pockets to give Americans some relief at the pump. A new economic analysis suggests the approach could be key to lowering prices across the board. Josh Bivens, research director for the Economic Policy...
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The arrests of 31 white supremacists outside of a Pride festival in North Idaho shook the country over the weekend. It’s only part of a larger uptick in far-right extremism. The group involved is known as Patriot Front, which renamed itself after the 2017 rally in Charlottesville where one...
Starting this past Saturday, people experiencing mental health crises need to remember just three numbers to dial for help: 988. The new federal number — debuting in California and across the country this weekend — is billed as an alternative to 911 for people experiencing mental health emergencies. Here,...
Las corporaciones reportan márgenes récord de ganancias, mientras que las tasas de inflación están al ritmo más acelerado en décadas. Las pequeñas empresas y los trabajadores de bajos ingresos son los más afectados por la crisis, por el desempleo y el acceso limitado a programas de redes de seguridad....
Corporations are reporting record profits while inflation rates are running at the fastest pace in decades. Small businesses and low-income workers, meanwhile, are bearing the brunt of the crisis even as access to safety net programs becomes increasingly tenuous. That was the assessment of a group of economists who...
Consumer advocates are out to stop cars with unrepaired recall defects from winding up with new owners. Federal law bans car dealers from selling unrepaired new cars and rental agencies from selling or renting them. Now consumer activists want the feds to forbid car dealers to sell at retail...
More than two years after Covid-19’s onset, there is finally a federally approved vaccine against it in the United States for children age 6 months to 4 years old. Covid has become the fifth-leading cause of death among kids between the ages of 1 and 4, and the fourth-leading...
This July 4th marks nearly 250 years since the United States declared its independence, setting the country on a path to establishing its democracy. But some feel the state of U.S. democracy needs close examination. Lindsay Schubiner is with the Portland-based organization Western States Center. She is the director of...
El presidente Joe Biden está pidiendo a las compañías de petróleo y gas que comiencen a desviar las ganancias récord de los bolsillos de los accionistas para ofrecerles a los estadounidenses algo de alivio en la bomba. Un nuevo análisis económico sugiere que el enfoque podría ser clave para...
The arrests of 31 white supremacists outside of a Pride festival in North Idaho shook the country over the weekend. It’s only part of a larger uptick in far-right extremism. The group involved is known as Patriot Front, which renamed itself after the 2017 rally in Charlottesville where one...