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Union Membership Resumes its Fall

Doug Henwood LBO News
Unions raise wages and benefits and increase job security. So, the fact that unionization rates are still in decline, despite some recent bright spots in worker militancy, is very bad news.

The Folly of School Openings as a Zero-Sum Game

Michelle D. Holmes, M.D., DRPH The American Prospect
We need to address the needs of students—and parents, and teachers. One size does not fit all, and race complicates the challenge.

The U.S. Experience: Racism and COVID-19 Mortality

Marty Hart-Landsberg Reports from the Economic Front
A recently published study, found that if everyone living in the United States, aged 25 years or older, died of COVID-19 at the same rate as college-educated non-Hispanic white people did in 2020, 48 percent fewer people would have died.

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Dark Capitalism Is the Biggest Trend in TV

Olivia Ovenden Esquire
Series like 'Squid Game', 'Succession' and 'Dopesick' show the view from the bottom and very top of the economic ladder, and remind us there's a great distance between the two
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