February Job Growth Strong as Private-Sector Hours Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels
The economy added 678,000 new jobs in February, bringing the unemployment rate down below 3.8 percent. The December and January jobs numbers were also revised up by 92,000. This resulted in 2,105,000 fewer jobs than before the pandemic. Increase in Hours Likely to Push Private-Sector Hours above Pre-Pandemic Low The decrease in average workweek length […]
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Biden Offers Protected Status for Ukrainians, Shielding Them From Deportation
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is offering Ukrainians in the U.S. a form of humanitarian relief as Vladimir Putin’s invasion is ongoing. The agency has added Ukraine to the list for people who can receive Temporary Protected Status. for 18 monthsAlejandro Mayorkas (DHS Secretary) announced the news on Thursday. Ukrainians are now in the […]
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Russian Police Have Arrested More Than 8,000 Antiwar Protesters in 8 Days
Russian police have arrested more than 8,000 antiwar protesters in Russia as the Russian military intensifies its invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russia’s lower house of parliament has passed a new law to criminalize the distribution of what the state considers to be “false news” about military operations, and remaining independent news outlets in the country […]
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January 6 Committee to Start Public, Likely Televised, Hearings Next Month
The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol building is planning to hold public hearings — which will likely be televised — on its main findings in April, presenting the case that former President Donald Trump engaged in criminal behavior. The committee’s Wednesday court filings show that it believes […]
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Russia’s Use of Cluster Bombs Should Spur a Global Recommitment to Banning Them
According to media reports and human right groups, the Russian military has used cluster-bombs in at least two attacks against Ukraine since its invasion on February 24. These strikes have led to civilian deaths. These strikes could eventually be considered a violation of international humanitarian law. war crimeGiven the explosives’ indiscriminate nature and the reasonable […]
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Gov. Ron DeSantis Closes the Curtain on COVID-19 Theater
“You do not have to wear those masks,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke Wednesday to a group of high-school students at the University of South Florida. “Please take them off.” “Honestly, it’s not doing anything,” the Republican governor said. “We’ve got to stop with this COVID theater. So, if you want to wear it, fine, […]
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CNN Finds ‘So Many of Us’ Love Jill Biden
In May 2017, then-CNN boss Jeff Zucker gave an interview to the “New Yorker Radio Hour” and made waves by proclaiming, “Fox is state-run TV and is extolling the line out of the White House. MSNBC has become the opposition, and I think CNN is seeking the truth.” There wasn’t a laugh track. In 2022, […]
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Incarcerated Organizers Are Resisting Amid Deteriorating Conditions
On April 5, 2018, an officer checked on the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California.Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images Officials spin lies about violent crime and blame bail reform for it, while police insist that too many people are being released from jail, prison conditions in the United States remain terrible. In this […]
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What’s Holding Up COVID Vaccines for Kids Under 5?
This story was originally published in ProPublica. ProPublicaPulitzer Prize-winning investigative media newsroom. Register now The Big Story newsletterSubscribe to our newsletter to receive stories such as this one. As the United States eases pandemic restrictions some experts are advising 70% of AmericansThey don’t need to wear a mask. Many parents of young children want to […]
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1 Million People Have Fled Ukraine in the Past Week, UN Says
The United Nations Refugee Agency said late Wednesday that Russia’s deadly assault on Ukraine has forced more than a million people to flee the country in just a week, a humanitarian crisis that the organization warned will get exponentially worse if the war continues. “In just seven days, one million people have fled Ukraine, uprooted […]
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