At least 1M have filed for unemployment every week for 46 weeks Axios
More than 1 million Americans filed first-time unemployment claims for the 46th consecutive week last week. There is no historical precedent for the ongoing rate of job losses in the U.S.
U.S. Senate rejects a $15 minimum wage unanimously TheHill
The unemployment rate you see in headlines ignores millions of people without work – here’s a better way to tell how many need a job The Conversation
Amazon
Amazon Is Forcing Its Warehouse Workers Into Brutal ‘Megacycle’ Shifts Vice
Blow to Amazon as Alabama warehouse workers given go-ahead for union vote Guardian
National Labor Relations Board denies Amazon bid to delay election and says vote can be conducted by mail
#COVID19
It’s Time to Trust China’s and Russia’s Vaccines NYTimes
Climate change “may have played a key role” in coronavirus pandemic, study says CBS News
The Pandemic Broke the Flu The Atlantic
When Will Life Return to Normal? In 7 Years at Today’s Vaccine Rates Financial Post
Rural community in shock after Georgia raids clinic vaccinating teachers NBC
Ecuador
Ecuador: ‘In this Election, We’re Choosing Between Life and Death.’
Toxic QAnon Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene rubbing her hand on crotch of a Trump cardboard cutout BoingBoing
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