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The head of a 153-year-old Quaker school in New York City says that “Quaker values” are the reason she is trying to dissolve the school’s labor union by using a Trump administration labor board ruling that allows religious schools to exempt themselves from the requirement to bargain with unions.

Whether or not a single job or company is saved through the CARES Act’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), lenders will be paid hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money. As of mid-July, PPP lenders, including JPMorgan Chase Bank, Bank of America and Wells Fargo, had racked up $18 billion in fees—more than was allocated to other programs to develop vaccines, provide medical supplies and health services, and feed children. Nearly $130 billion in PPP funds have gone untapped, yet both the... Читать дальше...

We’re currently getting a vivid, painful reminder of why we need a public sector. The collapse of public services, in particular the provision of public health, has torpedoed the entire economy as a deadly pandemic ravages the country. The end of the road in our current devolution may be the assault on one of our oldest public institutions—the venerable and very popular U.S. Postal Service.

Harm re•duc•tion

noun

1. A pragmatic approach to public health that aims to limit the risk of unsafe behaviors rather than prohibit them

Why is harm reduction needed?

Because when it comes to risky behaviors, such as drug use, teenage sex and socializing during a pandemic, the “just say no” approach has been proven not to work. As millions of adults who suffered through the in-school D.A.R.E. program know, bombarding kids about the dangers of drugs and alcohol does... Читать дальше...