The incoming President, Democrat Joe Biden, has begun to announce his appointments to head different parts of the government. Most of them have a lot of experience in earlier Democratic Party administrations. When the Democrats were out of office, Biden’s nominees...
It’s far from clear whether the government in Washington will extend the eviction moratorium past December 31. State governments are already dropping or watering down their own moratorium orders if they even have them. It’s not enough to protect people from eviction...
Global heating is raising sea levels around the world, although at different rates in different places. All coastal areas will be threatened sooner or later. But some of the impacts are already serious. From the Gulf of Mexico, around Florida, and up to the...
The U.S. company Tyson Foods Inc., among the largest beef, pork and chicken producers in the world, has been at the center of ongoing COVID-related outbreaks throughout the pandemic. Already by May, there were over 4,500 infected workers and 18 deaths at Tyson...
The Social Dilemma attempts to explain the global phenomena that is social media, describing it as one of the most important tools for shaping society. It rightly points out the negative psychological consequences of these technologies. After all, they use...
