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Uber Broke Laws, Duped Police and Secretly Lobbied Governments, Leak Reveals

Harry Davies, Simon Goodley, Felicity Lawrence, Paul Lewis and Lisa O'Carroll The Guardian
More than 124,000 confidential documents leaked to the Guardian, Files expose attempts to lobby Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz and George Osborne, Emmanuel Macron secretly aided Uber lobbying in France, texts reveal, Company used ‘kill switch’ during raids to stop police seeing data, Former Uber CEO told executives ‘violence guarantees success’

Inflation Dos and Don’ts

Joseph E. Stiglitz , Dean Baker Project Syndicate
Today’s inflation is driven largely by supply-side constraints, which call for supply-side solutions. Such measures would do as much to tame higher prices as limited increases in interest rates would, and they would not come at the expense of American workers and the broader economy.

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The Complicated Life of the Abortion Pill

Lauren Collins The New Yorker
RU-486 was developed by a Jewish scientist, born Étienne Blum, in Strasbourg, France. He took the name Émile Baulieu upon joining the French Resistance. Baulieu and his invention have faced vitriolic resistance from the anti-feminist extreme right.

The Supreme Court v. Religious Liberty

Elliot Mincberg The Hill
For those who are not adherents of the Religious Right, this Court has seriously harmed religious liberty and may do even more harm in the future.
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