Pressure to Boost Spending Shapes City and State Budgets
Last week, when Mayor Eric Adams presented his $102 billion preliminary budget for the fiscal…
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A $30 Million Gift to Build an Addiction Treatment Center. Then Staffers Had to Run It.
DECATUR, Ill. — The question came out of the blue, or so it seemed to…
response to language can help assess states of consciousness
A man – for the sake of this exercise, let’s call him “Paul” – has…
Opinion | Guantanamo Is Who and What We Are as Americans
For over 20 years, every Monday afternoon, I’ve stood with like-minded concerned citizens on Rt.…
How the Fifa20 video game reproduces the racial stereotypes embedded within football
EA Sports’ Fifa football videogame series is arguably the most successful sports gaming franchise of…
it’s not always good to talk
Few of us would question the need to break the silence around mental illness. Countless…
Abortion Bans Are Part of GOP Plan to Disempower Working Class: Analysis
What do anti-union “right-to-work” laws, public disinvestment, over-incarceration, and abortion bans have in common? According…
The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report: January 11 – 17, 2023
New activity/unrest was reported for 5 volcanoes from January 11 – 17, 2023. During the…
Offshore wind farm construction is noisy – but gadgets used to protect marine mammals are working
The European Union had 14.6 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy installed in 2021, and…
Sanders Calls on CEO Howard Schultz to End Starbucks’ “Ruthless Union Busting Campaign” Against Own Workers
Following up on a previous letter sent in October of last year, Sen. Bernie Sanders…