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Germany: Amazon Workers Strike Over Pay, Data Protection

DW DW.com (Deutsche Welle)
One of Germany's biggest trade unions has called strikes at seven branches of online retailer Amazon. Germany is Amazon's second-biggest market behind the United States, where the company is headquartered.

Price Controls Could Tame Inflation

Wenonah Hauter OtherWords
Corporate monopolies are already controlling prices — to keep them high. It’s time to do something about it.

The Coming Old New Order

Mel Gurtov Peace Voice
Regardless of the outcome in Ukraine—a Russian occupation of the eastern regions, an unending insurgency, or a Ukrainian victory—the European security order will continue along an East-West divide.

It’s Time To Rage

Roxane Gay The New York Times
We should not live in a country where bodily autonomy can be granted or taken away by nine political appointees, most of whom are men and cannot become pregnant. Any civil right contingent upon political whims is not actually a civil right.