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Yet another “return to normal” Oscars — briefly disrupted by a statement from Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer criticizing Israel’s assault on Gaza — only demonstrates just how boring even a “good one” can be.

What would a Public Bank in New Jersey be? “The basic premise of such an institution is to hold the millions of dollars in taxpayer deposits that are normally kept in commercial banks and leverage them instead to serve some sort of public purpose."

"The root of this crisis is not last week, it’s not this week, it’s not even Ariel Henry. But we have to go back to 2004 with the coup-d’état,” says Pierre. “the whole world is participating in the occupation of Haiti unwittingly.”

"Federal law is clear, and, given the urgency of the crisis in Gaza, and the repeated refusal of Prime Minister Netanyahu to address U.S. concerns on this issue, immediate action is necessary."

That means Microsoft is still home to the largest union in the video game industry.

March 12 is Equal Pay Day. The date represents how far into 2024 women would have to work on top of the hours they worked in 2023 simply to match what men were paid in 2023.

While Democrats are more vocal about wanting to abolish the upper chamber's supermajority requirement, it could be in danger regardless of which party wins the Senate next year.

The overwhelming influence of corporate Super PACs on our elections has expanded the gap between voters and their elected leaders into a canyon. Rejecting AIPAC is a crucial step in putting voters back at the center of our democracy.

U.S. farmers of non-GMO corn could earn premium prices, particularly attractive right now that corn prices fell more than 30 percent last year. U.S. trade officials prefer not to discuss non-GM opportunities but some farmers would welcome them.

The movement to defeat the Far Right must include immigrant workers and members of other oppressed groups, working through their own independent and durable mass organizations rooted in workplaces and neighborhoods.