The Economic Message Behind Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Dream’ Speech Investopedia
Solving income inequality was key to MLK’s dream
Thousands of Students Stage Walkouts, Protest In-Person Classes Amid COVID Surge Truthout
Southern States Largely Excluded from Historic Minimum Wage Increases Truthout
NEW: 8,000+ grocery workers at Kroger-owned King Sooper are on strike, demanding an end to Kroger’s greed:
“We get paid enough to survive but not enough to live."
14% experienced homelessness this year and most can’t afford basic expenses, while Kroger’s CEO made $20 million. pic.twitter.com/mnAjSnl39o
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) January 14, 2022
Ten Richest Men Double Their Fortunes in the Pandemic as Incomes of 99 Percent of Humanity Fall Common Dreams
Back To Normal Isn’t Enough The Defector
The problem is no longer just the pandemic. It is, more precisely, that our government is blaming the pandemic for problems that it created. We do not deserve to go back to a normal that is so terribly bad for most people. We do not deserve to pay more for worse things. We do not deserve to be sold the lie that it is just more important for companies to make money than it is for us to live. Certainly no one would choose that, if they felt they had a choice.
Tonga
An Explosion Felt Round the World. Volcanologist Jess Phoenix on the science behind the new eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai. New York Magazine
Get Ready for More Volcanic Eruptions as the Planet Warms Scientific American
#COVID19
COVID-19 patients show more signs of brain damage than people with Alzheimer’s disease Studyfinds
Omicron’s Message on Vaccines: Boosting Begets Breadth Cell
Without paid leave, the South’s COVID school policies cause a terrible trickle down for families Scalawag
Indigenous Peoples
‘An attack on our people’: Wet’suwet’en Peace and Unity Gathering calls for end to violence National Observer
China
US to end case against Gang Chen, MIT scientist accused of hiding ties to China South China Morning Post
China’s GDP grows at 8.1% in 2021, the fastest in nearly a decade Global Times
Ukraine
Hawkish Pundits Downplay Threat of War, Ukraine’s Nazi Ties FAIR
Russia
NATO-Russia Relations Near Red Line Due to Alliance’s Military Support of Ukraine, Peskov Tells CNN Sputnik
Some of America’s NATO Allies Were ‘Unsettled’ by ‘Certain US Ideas’ at Security Guarantee Talks Sputnik
Negotiations with Moscow necessary to defuse tension in Europe, Macron says Tass
The U.S. Exit From the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Has Fueled a New Arms Race James M. Acton
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