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Baby formula industry was primed for disaster long before key factory closed down
The closure of the Similac factory may have lit the fuse for the nationwide shortage, but a combination of government policy, industry market concentration and supply chain issues supplied the powder
By Kevin Ketels
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After massive public outcry, IRS ditches plans for facial recognition
By Jessica Corbett
Federal lawmakers joined with advocacy groups that argued requiring biometric information to access records online is a “creepy and disturbing strike” at privacy and security
Extremist groups flock to ‘siege’ protest of Canada’s capitol
By Julia Conley
Similar protests to the so-called ‘Freedom Convoy’ are reportedly being planned in the U.S. and throughout Europe
The panic over ‘critical race theory’ is merely the latest tool of Republican elites
By Thom Hartmann
Why a disparate group of billionaires, GOP politicians, televangelists, media outlets, and white supremacist militias have found common cause around a new and exciting moral panic
Sanders calls on Democrats to divide spending bills into components to force GOP accountability
By Jake Johnson
After failure of massive Build Back Better Act, Vermont senator advocates passing parts of it individually
Remote instruction is back in some areas, even as the digital divide never disappeared
By Nadra Nittle
School districts have stocked up on computers but broadband access remains a problem as a Covid surge sends some systems remote
Oxfam report: Billionaires ‘had a terrific pandemic,’ everyone else not so much
By Jon Queally
The 10 richest people in the world saw their fortunes grow at a rate of over $1.2 billion per day since the pandemic hit nearly two years ago
Economic inflation harms lower-income people the most
By Jacob Orchard
Poorer families can’t cut back on essentials like food, even as prices have gone up across the board
The privilege of staying home: Covid and the highly skilled workforce
By Agnieszka Weinar
Remote working during the pandemic allowed once-mobile skilled workers to choose immobility, with possible long-term impacts on future work and migration patterns
Union battles at Amazon and Starbucks are hot news – which can only be good for the labor movement
By John Logan
Private-sector workers are turning back toward unions for help as the pandemic has made Americans more appreciative of good working conditions
Media elites have missed the damage caused by free trade, and how millions felt betrayed by Democrats
By Matthew Sheffield
Journalist Farah Stockman discusses her new book on the meaning of work, and how educated elites have ignored the problems of others
GOP members of Congress keep trying to take credit for pandemic relief they voted against
By Kerry Eleveld
Democrats passed nearly $2 trillion in aide to states and businesses, are they letting Republicans take the credit for it?
Newspapers’ lawsuit against Facebook and Google shows courts may be best for reining in tech abuses
By Cory Doctorow
An online ad marketplace stripped of surveillance can thrive, but it will not happen without government intervention
Medicare’s open enrollment is open season for scammers
By Susan Jaffe
Complaints are rising from seniors tricked by private insurance companies selling Medicare Advantage and drug plans
Christian supremacists will not be satisfied with overturning Roe v. Wade
By Chrissy Stroop
Conventional centrist pundits were wrong to say the GOP would never come for abortion rights, and Christian supremacist activists many other plans
Texas GOP activist says Second Amendment gives right to own nuclear weapons
By Kyle Mantyla
Pro-gun absolutism reaches its inevitable conclusion
Vaccine patent waivers would be more effective at stopping covid variants than travel bans
By Andrea Germanos
Getting residents of low-income countries vaccinated is the best way to stop new SARS-CoV2 variants
Ethiopia on the brink as crisis threatens ‘peace and stability’ of region
By Gloria Emeagwali
Concern has recently turned to the risk of starvation for hundreds of thousands of people cut off from supplies
Indigenous people are more likely to be crime victims, we need better data to know how much
By Wendelin Hume
After centuries of law enforcement discrimination, many Native Americans do not report crimes as often; and when they do, they are often misclassified as white
Technology alone cannot solve the problems of social media
By Matthew Sheffield
David Adams, founder and publisher of OSNews, discusses the cyclical nature of technology and the implications of computing’s return to the network