World
How austerity and anti-immigrant politics left Italy exposed to viral blitzkrieg
March 27, 2020Resistance to immigration plays a major role in “graying” the population. Combined with neoliberal health cuts, the demographic effects are turning out to be “an apocalypse.”
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Postcard from Krasnodar: How is Russia doing in an era of Western sanctions?
March 26, 2020My trip was organized by the Center for Citizen Initiatives that organizes trips like this every year. The tour group consisted of 48 people from all backgrounds, some of whom had made this trip before.
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Education advocates block distance learning privatization in Puerto Rico
March 26, 2020Nothing replaces in-person teaching, but educators are utilizing technology to make learning accessible.
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Italian workers to strike after bosses put profits over health with coronavirus loopholes
March 25, 2020Communist Refoundation Party national secretary Maurizio Acerbo accused the government of “stabbing workers in the back.”
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Venezuela announces 6-month rent suspension, guarantees workers’ wages, bans lay-offs
March 24, 2020Maduro assured the population that the system has “all the necessary” medical supplies to contain the virus, highlighting recent international aid from China, Cuba, and Russia.
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