IMI Articles
Why the Idea of Jobless Benefits Scares the Conservative Mind
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Economy, GOP/Right Wing, Labor, News, North America/United States of America, Politics, Social Benefits, Time-Sensitive, Trump
Released for Syndication: 07/31/2020
The coronavirus pandemic has allowed us to conduct an experiment on how government assistance is good for people and the economy.
Full ArticleCoronavirus Shines Light on Zoos as Danger Zones for Deadly Disease Transmission Between Humans and Animals
Released for Syndication: 07/31/2020
The pandemic makes one thing clear: We must change our relationship with wildlife or suffer the consequences.
Full ArticleWhy a Strengthened Labor Movement Is Essential to Fixing America’s Unjust Economy
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Tom Conway
Released for Syndication: 07/31/2020
Thrown out of work by the COVID-19 recession, hundreds of thousands of unemployed North Carolina residents now risk losing their lights and air-conditioning as...
Full ArticleTrump’s Withdrawal From WHO: A Cover-Up for His Abject Failure on COVID-19
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Africa, Asia, Asia/China, Asia/India, Asia/South Korea, Asia/Vietnam, Economy, Europe, Europe/Germany, GOP/Right Wing, Health Care, News, North America/United States of America, Oceania/New Zealand, Politics, South America/Brazil, Time-Sensitive, Trump, War
Released for Syndication: 07/31/2020
Gutting the WHO, the only instrument of global cooperation during a pandemic, is a road to disaster.
Full ArticleWhy the Constitution Doesn’t Protect COVID Deniers
By
Bill Blum
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GOP/Right Wing, Health Care, History, Law, News, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Time-Sensitive
Released for Syndication: 07/30/2020
In the face of COVID-19, we have two bottom-line legal choices—the protection of public health or constitutional suicide.
Full ArticleOn Medicare and Medicaid’s 55th Birthday, Let’s Expand Benefits—Not Cut Them
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Democratic Party, Economy, GOP/Right Wing, Health Care, History, North America/United States of America, Politics, Social Benefits, Social Justice, Time-Sensitive
Released for Syndication: 07/30/2020
On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law. This crowning achievement was both the culmination of a decades-long...
Full ArticleThe Consequences of Inequality Can Be Fatal
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Activism, Economy, Education, Election Regulation, Europe, Health Care, History, Labor, Law, News, North America/United States of America, Politics, Presidential Elections, Social Benefits, Time-Sensitive, Voting Rights
Released for Syndication: 07/29/2020
Capitalism, as Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century shows, relentlessly worsens wealth and income inequalities. That inherent tendency is only occasionally stopped or...
Full ArticleIt’s the Economy, Stupid! Or Is It the Stupid Economy?
Released for Syndication: 07/29/2020
The pandemic provides an opportunity to choose not to return to capitalism and its failures.
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Why You Should Make Your Voting Plan Now
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Election Regulation, Local Elections, Media, News, North America/United States of America, Politics, Presidential Elections, Time-Sensitive, Trump, Voting Rights
Released for Syndication: 07/28/2020
“All voting requires advance planning from now on.”
Full ArticleEvery Step the EU Takes Toward Financial Unity Sows New Seeds of Its Potential Collapse
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Economy, Europe, Europe/Austria, Europe/Brussels, Europe/Denmark, Europe/Finland, Europe/France, Europe/Germany, Europe/Italy, Europe/Spain, Europe/Sweden, Europe/The Netherlands, History, News, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Time-Sensitive
Released for Syndication: 07/28/2020