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As fallout from the coronavirus pandemic hits the economy, it’s slamming the American workforce: Some 18% of adults reported that they had been laid off or that their work hours had been cut, a new poll found.

But airlines are now facing criticism for paying out billions to investors – mainly through share buybacks – rather than saving this money up.

The 1938 Oscar-winning “That Mothers Might Live,” about the groundbreaking work a 19th century hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis, explains how this man of science saved millions of lives, through the simple suggestion: wash your hands!

New social divisions, new atrocities, new challenges for humanity

Jack Welch, who died this month at the age of 84, changed the trajectory of American capitalism, however the obituaries left out or downplayed Welch’s greatest impact in shaping the unequal and unfair America of today: unionbusting.

"Having a healthcare system that's a public strategic asset rather than a business run for profit allows for a degree of coordination and optimal use of resources."

Forget politics or money. Racism explains why the country lacks the safety net its citizens deserve.

Unions want to see employees supported directly instead of funds for airline companies.

The media and the Democratic Party establishment’s singular focus on paid sick leave leaves out millions of contract and informal workers. We need to think much bigger — now.

The "new" strawberry has twice as much sugar content compared to the average American variety; it's bigger, and has an airier texture and unexposed seeds. Although it thrives in the mountains of Japan, a New Jersey farm is now growing it here.