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Ozempic Is Changing the Foods Americans Buy

Laura Reiley Cornell Chronicle
Within six months of starting a GLP-1 medication, households reduce grocery spending by an average of 5.3%. Among higher-income households, the drop is more than 8%. Spending at fast-food restaurants and coffee shops fell at about 8%

Sovereignty on Trial: Ecuador, the UAE, and the Curse of Corporate Courts

Mario Osorio, Pedro Labayen Herrera Center for Economic and Policy Research
Ecuador remains trapped in a geopolitical paradox, needing investment in education, science, and technology to escape the “middle-income trap.” Recent leaders have chosen maximizing short term rents through the extraction of oil and minerals.

This Week in People’s History, Feb 4–10, 2026

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Group of striking workers outside their Chicago workplace in the 1930s
Gotta Go Down and Join the Union (1976), Lynchings on Long Island (1946), Autherine Lucy Didn’t Know the Meaning of ‘Quit’ (1956), Baby Doc Throws In the Towel (1986), Tell the Crowd How You Really Feel! (1911), Free and Fearless (1941)

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting

J. David McSwane ProPublica
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

Spain Shows Another Immigration Policy Is Possible

Pablo Castaño Jacobin
Spanish political leaders know that the economy relies on undocumented migrants and their labor. Rather than step up expulsions, Pedro Sánchez’s government has announced plans to regularize over 500,000 migrants’ status.

The Nurses’ Strike Is a Pivotal Battle for Zohran’s New York

Michelle Gonzalez Goodness Iheanachor Beth Loudin Jacobin
New York hospitals are ignoring striking nurses’ demands for patient and health care worker safety and respect and trying to weaken one of the city’s most important unions. Mayor Mamdani and his movement have a key role to play in helping nurses win.

Wonder Man Accidentally Became MCU’s Most Political Disney+ Show

Matt Morrison Superherohype
Government corruption and overreach are frequent themes in both Marvel Comics and the MCU. The same week the series was released, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) faced public heat regarding the actions and overreach of ICE agents.