CEO’s welcomed large pay rises over the pandemic
New figures show that the average FTSE 100 CEO saw their pay soar from £2.46m to £3.41m between 2020 and 2021. This period is at the height of coronavirus pandemic. Many bosses took a voluntary salary cut and put millions of employees on furlough. According to the TUC and High Pay Centre, a CEO of […]
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Design Firm Wants to Build “Feminist” Jails and Prisons. Abolitionists Say “No.”
The architecture and design firm HDR Inc. hosted what it believed would be a standard event in the 2022 American Institute of Architects conference. It was held at its Chicago office. The firm, which has been designing for over 20 years, was a surprise. more than 275 jails and prisonsWhile it claimed to be progressive […]
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Advocates Call for Release of Saudi Woman Facing 34 Years in Prison Over Tweets
Human rights activists around the world the world this week called on Saudi Arabia to free Salma al-Shehab after she was sentenced to 34 years in prison and a 34-year travel ban for tweets criticizing the kingdom’s repression of women. Liz Throssell, a spokesperson for the United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human […]
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Universities Are Plundering Cities. How Can This Relationship Change?
How do universities relate with the cities where they are located? How does the expanding corporatization of higher education fit into the conversation about how universities occupy — and reshape — local spaces and local economies? Davarian L.Baldrick, the Paul E. Raether Professor of American Studies at Trinity College is the author of In the […]
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AL Coal Miners Must Pay $13 Million in Damages for Strike, Biden’s NLRB Rules
The United Mine Workers of America and the Associated Press reported August 3 that the Subunit of the National Labor Relations Board, (NLRB), for Region 10 (“much of the South”) had ordered the union pay $13.3 million Warrior Met Coal. Since April 2021, approximately 1,000 workers from two mines in the southwest of Birmingham, Alabama […]
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The Death of the Bush and Cheney Political Dynasties
Last Friday, I flew to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to speak at a prolife summit. A van was provided by the summit organizers to transport us all from the airport. A U.S. Congressman, who happened to be on the same flight, also hopped on to ride with us. The congressman, a conservative, was actually not in […]
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Medically Vulnerable Families Among Those Hit Hardest by Soaring Inflation
Deborah Lewis arose from her bed at dawn to sign in to her smartphone so she could start delivering groceries, fast food, and coffee to residents in the western Mojave Desert, where Chuck Yeager, a test pilot, broke the sound barrier many generations ago. Lewis prayed that she would make $75 to pay for her […]
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Abortion Remains Legal in Michigan After Court Extends Block on 1931 Ban
This story was first published in The 19th. A Michigan judge on Friday issued a preliminary injunction that prevents county prosecutors from enforcing the state’s 1931 abortion ban. This means that they can’t file criminal charges against abortion providers as the ban allows. The battle for abortion access has been raging in Michigan courts since […]
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Europe Is Trying to Solve Its Energy Crisis With Fossil Fuel Projects in Africa
Food and fuel prices have risen worldwide, and Russian oil and natural gas supplies have been reduced since the invasion. European governments are making massive investments in fossil fuels, from non-Russian sources, to counter climate change efforts. Policies are being made to suit fossil fuel companies, who see Russia’s war in Ukraine as an opportunity […]
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Biden Must ‘Hold Israel Accountable’ for Raid on Palestine Rights Groups
U.S. Rep Rashida Tlaib on Friday urged the Biden administration to “hold Israel accountable” after the country’s forces raided and shuttered the offices of seven Palestinian human rights groups in the occupied West Bank, a move that drew international outrage. “Exactly 100 days since American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was assassinated by an Israeli sniper, […]
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