Новости за 03.02.2023

Elon Musk seems to be scrambling to make more money at Twitter, as the company this week unveiled a series of plans aimed to cut costs and increase ad revenue.

Matt Gaetz is apparently rallying his colleagues to force work requirements on people in order for them to get health care.

Four of the country’s biggest oil companies—Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon, and Shell—reported record profits last year. Shell made $40 billion—double what it had the year prior. Payouts to shareholders across the industry increased by 76 percent over the previous year, stretching up to $200 billion. And the gifts keep on coming.

On Friday, in Austin, Texas, over 40 YouTube Music contractors are striking in what is believed to be the first time a group of Google workers will go on strike.

Say goodbye to the tight labor market.

The Labor Department released the latest employment numbers on Friday, showing that 517,000 jobs were added in January and unemployment fell to 3.4 percent, a freakish 54-year low. But don’t be fooled—follow the money. Annualized monthly wage growth, mostly falling since January 2022, fell again to 3.7 percent. For now, the labor market is still tight, but it is steadily slackening, and employers have noticed.

Indeed, when I say “wage growth,”... Читать дальше...

Last Friday, news outlets across the country braced the nation for the Memphis Police Department’s release of the video showing five Black officers police beating Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man. The assault resulted in Nichols’s death three days later.

When most people think of the House of Representatives, they likely think of the 435 members who are elected every two years to serve in its ranks. Often overlooked are the House’s six nonvoting delegates, who can’t cast final votes on legislation but can introduce bills and join committees. They consist of the resident-commissioner of Puerto Rico, who serves a unique four-year term, and the delegates of American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Читать дальше...

You may have heard that U.S. emissions per capita are the highest in the world, in part because the United States is by far the world’s largest economy. But a new report highlights that wealth inequality within countries is as important as inequality between countries when it comes to per capita emissions. Put simply: The global rich are disproportionately driving this climate catastrophe.

After weeks of posturing, President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy met on Wednesday to discuss the debt limit. As the debt ceiling struggles of 2011 appear to be back with a vengeance—once again we have Democrats in the White House and in control of the Senate while Republicans hold the House of Representatives—the specter of default is looming, with potentially catastrophic economic side effects. There is time yet for all parties to come to a resolution. But although members may mull many options... Читать дальше...

The Utah board of education is considering requiring teachers to tell students that the American economic system is “superior” to the rest of the world.

A federal court voted unanimously on Thursday to allow domestic abusers to possess firearms, even if someone filed a restraining order against them.