(2021-05-27). America Cannot Afford Another Lost Decade for Black Workers. counterpunch.org Black workers have been hit hardest by the pandemic. We are more likely to lose income because of Covid-related layoffs and shutdowns, and by last August—five months into the pandemic—Black unemployment was nearly double that of white unemployment. But the impact is not just economic. We are three times more likely to be exposed to
(2021-05-27). Protests over struggling economy and unemployment in Oman enter fourth day. peoplesdispatch.org The police crackdown on protesters using British-manufactured tear gas has led a UK-based campaign group to demand the review of sale of arms and riot/crowd control equipment to the Gulf state by the British government…
(2021-05-27). The History of Publishing Is a History of Racial Inequality. thenation.com The History of Publishing Is a History of Racial Inequality…
(2021-05-26). Ripping Away Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Will Disproportionately Harm Working-Class Moms. cepr.net 
MarketWatch See article on original site All but a handful of Republican-led states have announced their intent to withdraw from the federal government's supplemental unemployment benefits program. Doing so will reduce benefits for jobless residents in these states by $300 per week. Republicans have blamed the more generous benefits for labor shortages and sluggish recovery …
(2021-05-26). Who Owns the City? Luxury Towers and Supercharged Gentrification. ips-dc.org A significant portion of hidden wealth touches down to earth in the form of real property and luxury real estate. Across the world, skyscrapers and mansions are rising in globalized super-cities, a form of "wealth storage" for the world's wealthy who are seeking to diversify their asset holdings. These are not people looking for homes so much as wealth parking spots. | This is leading not just to gentrification, but to a "plutocratization" of urban neighborhoods. As Richard Florida observes in The New Urban Crisis, "Some of the most vibrant, innovative urban neighborhoods are being turned into deadened trophy dis…
(2021-05-26). How America Went From Mom-and-Pop Capitalism to Techno-Feudalism. zcomm.org The crisis of 2020 has created the greatest wealth gap in history. The middle class, capitalism and democracy are all under threat. What went wrong and what can be done?
(2021-05-26). There Is Zero Justification for GOP Ending $300 Federal Unemployment Boost. commondreams.org There Is Zero Justification for GOP Ending $300 Federal Unemployment Boost | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/unemployment_sanders_coronavirus_1_0.jpg …
