- Video● St. Louis County health director calls out 'MAGA' anti-maskers over threats and 'racist slurs'
Missouri is among the red states that has a low COVID-19 vaccination rate and is being slammed by the COVID-19 Delta variant. Dr. Faisal Khan, acting director of the St. Louis County Health Department, has been pushing for a mask mandate — and far-right MAGA extremists and anti-maskers have subjected... Read more » - ● Workers beg Joe Manchin to save West Virginia pharma plant as his daughter walks away with $31 million
More than 1,400 workers in West Virginia are set to lose their jobs this week when the Viatris pharmaceuticals plant in Morgantown shuts down and moves operations overseas to India and Australia. Workers say they've had no response to their urgent requests for help from their Democratic senator, Joe Manchin,... Read more » - ● Missouri councilwoman claims COVID can be cured with chemical to treat parasites on livestock
On Thursday, the Springfield News-Leader released a blistering fact-check of Springfield City Councilor Angela Romine, who caused a stir on Monday when she claimed that COVID-19 already has multiple cures so there's no need to get vaccinated."We're not prescribing a certain prescription because it's for off-label use, which could help... Read more » - ● Arizona columnist rips Kyrsten Sinema's obstruction of Democratic agenda: 'She may as well join' the GOP
When Democrat Kyrsten Sinema defeated Republican Martha McSally in Arizona's 2018 U.S. Senate race, it was a political shocker because of the Grand Canyon State's conservative history. But in the Biden era, the decidedly centrist senator has often been a source of frustration for progressives in the Democratic Party. And... Read more » - ● 'Angry and ashamed': Florida doctors slam DeSantis for blocking COVID precautions in push to reopen state
A group of doctors in Florida is outraged by Gov. Ron DeSantis' handling of the COVID-19 pandemic as the fovernor continues to rail against public health officials' recommendations to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. According to WLRN, the group, which consists of more than 400 Florida physicians, is pushing... Read more »
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- Video● St. Louis County health director calls out 'MAGA' anti-maskers over threats and 'racist slurs'Missouri is among the red states that has a low COVID-19 vaccination rate and is being slammed by the COVID-19 Delta variant. Dr. Faisal Khan, acting director of the St. Louis County Health Department, has been pushing for a mask mandate — and far-right MAGA extremists and anti-maskers have subjected... Read more »
- ● Workers beg Joe Manchin to save West Virginia pharma plant as his daughter walks away with $31 millionMore than 1,400 workers in West Virginia are set to lose their jobs this week when the Viatris pharmaceuticals plant in Morgantown shuts down and moves operations overseas to India and Australia. Workers say they've had no response to their urgent requests for help from their Democratic senator, Joe Manchin,... Read more »
- ● Missouri councilwoman claims COVID can be cured with chemical to treat parasites on livestockOn Thursday, the Springfield News-Leader released a blistering fact-check of Springfield City Councilor Angela Romine, who caused a stir on Monday when she claimed that COVID-19 already has multiple cures so there's no need to get vaccinated."We're not prescribing a certain prescription because it's for off-label use, which could help... Read more »
- ● Arizona columnist rips Kyrsten Sinema's obstruction of Democratic agenda: 'She may as well join' the GOPWhen Democrat Kyrsten Sinema defeated Republican Martha McSally in Arizona's 2018 U.S. Senate race, it was a political shocker because of the Grand Canyon State's conservative history. But in the Biden era, the decidedly centrist senator has often been a source of frustration for progressives in the Democratic Party. And... Read more »
- ● 'Angry and ashamed': Florida doctors slam DeSantis for blocking COVID precautions in push to reopen stateA group of doctors in Florida is outraged by Gov. Ron DeSantis' handling of the COVID-19 pandemic as the fovernor continues to rail against public health officials' recommendations to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. According to WLRN, the group, which consists of more than 400 Florida physicians, is pushing... Read more »
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- ● Infant Mortality: a look at how Cuba and Venezuela ranked in 1980In 1980, Venezuela’s infant mortality rate ranked 58th best in the world, far below Cuba, whose infant mortality rate was 28th that year. Infant mortality is a basic Venezuela’s infant mortality rate in 1980 was more than twice as high as that in Cuba – all according to the 2018... Read more »
- Some notable facts about Venezuela’s oil historyVenezuela has been an important oil exporter since the 1920s. See this essay for historical details. As the chart below shows, It was not until the 1970s that big Middle east oil exporters like Saudi Arabia and Iran overtook Venezuela in oil production ... Read more »
- Independence and Constitution in SpainThere’s a serious political problem in the Spanish Kingdom that seems difficult to resolve and leads to a vicious circle. Probably because of the influence of Francoist ideology, having independence as an objective is contrary to the Spanish Constitution, (art.2 insists on “The indissoluble unity of the Nation (…),” for... Read more »
- Conflict or Cooperation in U.S.-China Relations?The United States and China, the world’s mightiest military and economic powers, are currently heading toward a Cold War or even a hot one, with disastrous consequences. But an alternative path is available and could be taken. Beginning in 2018, U.S. government policy toward China turned sharply hostile, bringing relations... Read more »
- Nationalism on the DeclineAlthough, beginning in about 2015, nationalist political parties made enormous advances in countries around the world, more recently they have been on the wane. The nationalist surge was led by a new generation of rightwing populist demagogues who, feeding on public discontent with widespread immigration and economic stagnation, achieved startling... Read more »
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