Job losses from virus 4 times as bad as ’09 financial crisis AP
U.S. Suffers Sharpest Rise in Poverty Rate in More Than 50 Years Bloomberg
Why COVID-19 Has Run Amok in Los Angeles Prospect
The jam-packed living arrangements of frontline workers in an unaffordable housing market are partly to blame.
Biden has set a goal to vaccinate 100 million Americans during his first 100 days in office. … However, the seven-day rolling average for coronavirus vaccine doses administered to Americans currently sits at 912,000 … On Thursday, Associated Press reporter Zeke Miller asked Biden if the vaccination goal was “high enough,” since “that’s basically where the U.S. is right now.”
Supermarkets Identified as Most Frequent Place People Had Visited Before Positive COVID-19 Test: Study Inside Edition
Americans are being warned to stay out of supermarkets because of the danger of COVID-19. The warning comes amid new research that shows a clear link between COVID-19 exposure and grocery stores.
How the Fossil Fuel Industry Funds Fascism Common Dreams
The oil, gas, and coal industries support and fund white supremacy and far-right politics.
Labor
Crew Abandoned for 11 Months Calls for Action Staging a Hunger Strike Maritime Executive
The crew of a bulk carrier abandoned by its owner and flag state is staging a hunger strike to call attention to their plight according to the International Transport Workers’ Federation. Desperate to get their back wages and return home the crew turned to this drastic action. The crew, which consists of Indian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Bangladeshi seafarers, has been stuck on the ship, the Ula, abandoned for the past 11 months at the port of Shuaiba, Kuwait. According to the ITF, the hunger strike began on January 7 in their effort to get off the ship and recover more than $400,000 in wages owed to them
Amazon, Owned By WaPo Owner Bezos, Slams Mail-In Voting On Unionization Vote Daily Wire
Pa. Port Authority Ban On ‘Black Lives Matter’ Masks Blocked
Unions file OSHA complaint over no Capitol mask mandate AP
With Scores of Union Contracts Expiring, 2021 Can Be a Year of Mass Solidarity Jacobin
Newark Airport Workers Are Still Fighting for Employee Health Care Coverage
Teamsters at Marathon St. Paul Park refinery begin strike Reuters
Boeing 737 Max cleared to fly again ‘too early‘ BBC
Poor Nations Left Reeling After Bill Gates Advised Oxford to Ditch Open Source COVID Vaccine MPN
Covid: Dutch curfew riots rage for third night BBC
Yemen
Canadians Against War on Yemen Block Shipment of Armoured Vehicles Headed to Saudi Arabia Common Dreams
Iran
Biden administration’s coercive Iran policy threatens a serious new regional crisis Gareth Porter
China
Biden and Xi fire hot first salvos over Taiwan Asia Times
India
As Angry Farmers Take to New Delhi’s Streets, Protests Turn Violent NYTimes
India: Farmers Hold Tractors-Rally on Republic Day teleSUR
Tunisia
Tunisians march against economic woes, police repression Peoples Dispatch
Ireland
51% of people in NI want referendum on United Ireland in next five years – poll Irish Examiner
Key Lessons of Trump’s Failed Insurrection
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