Daily Archives: May 4, 2022

2022-05-04: News Headlines

Karen Conner (2022-05-04). Preview: Unemployment Likely to Hit 50 Year Low. cepr.net We will likely see a further dip in the unemployment rate. A 0.2 percentage point drop would give us the lowest rate in more than 50 years.

Sarah Haberlack (2022-05-04). Community challenges Green Line subway extension that threatens Somerville residents with displacement. liberationnews.org Working class residents around the new station are already facing displacement as their apartments are bought out by developers who hope to raise rents and attract wealthier tenants.

WSWS (2022-05-04). The Met Gala and the hubris of wealth. wsws.org On the first Monday in May each year a spectacle of excess is staged in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City — the Met Gala. The red carpet rolls out for the billionaires and their hangers-on, the politicians and parasites, and the celebrities competing in what is known as the Oscars of fashion.

India Walton (2022-05-03). "Debt shaming" has dampened democracy. nationofchange.org As crucial steps to reduce income inequality, we need to reject "debt shaming" and insist on cancelation of student debt.

WSWS (2022-05-03). Workers speak to SEP Australian election candidates on the impact of social inequality. wsws.org "The major parties do not care how people live," one young worker stated.

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