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Dan Simmer

NYC is Rising Again and So Are Rent Prices, Driving Some Tenants Out

People who fled New York City during the coronavirus pandemic to live with relatives or to second homes are returning, driving up rental prices and ending the hopes of young people who want to live in their own apartment. The New York Times spoke with some of those tenants, including

Antibiotic Resistance: A problem both created and ignored

Antibiotic resistance is being talked about as the new threat to humans.

Over 100,000 Released Documents Expose COVID Origin Fraud

STORY AT-A-GLANCE In a March 31, 2022, investigative report, Vanity Fair contributor Katherine Eban reviewed the contents of more than 100,000 EcoHealth Alliance documents, including meeting minutes and internal emails and reports, most of which predate the COVID-19 pandemic, showing a disturbing reality of “murky grant agreements, fiimsy NIH

Ukraine: A new battle in the old war of the “New Normal”

In one sense, I don’t have much to say about the newest chapter in the eight-year-old American war against the people of Ukraine – nothing that you can’t learn from an array of sources as politically diverse as George Galloway and Peter Hitchens, Tariq Ali and John Mearsheimer. After

Elon Musk Will Address Twitter Staff Following Internal Outrage

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is set to address panicked Twitter employees following his purchase of a large portion of Twitter stock and appointment to the censor-happy company’s board of directors.

Oil Execs Push Back Against Democrats’ Charge of Gas Price Goughing

Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations put oil company executives in the hot seat at a hearing on Wednesday, accusing the corporations of making profits from the Russia invasion of Ukraine amid oil shortages and high prices for gas at the pump. Executives from

RSLC Launches Ad Targeting Regretful Biden Voters in Democrat States

Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC), the state Republican-aligned group, released a six-figure ad campaign encouraging Americans who regret voting for President Joe Biden and his “return to normalcy” in 2020 to vote for the GOP candidate in November. This most recent ad buy from the RSLC is a part of

China: Treatment for Non-Covid Illnesses Denied

(New York, April 6, 2022) – The Chinese government should respect the right to health and other basic rights in its response to the Covid-19 surge in the country, Human Rights Watch said today.

What They Got & What We Lost

Stop the party, folks, it’s not over until the fat lady sings, and she is only taking a break. I’ve written about this premature euphoria several times, warning that we really haven’t won a thing, not even one battle, until some heads roll. And there are no

Report Shows Climate Crisis Solutions Exist but Action Is Lacking

This week, the world’s leading scientific body on climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released a damning report that underscores the urgent need to hold high-emitting governments and corporations accountable for reducing greenhouse gas emissions as needed to prevent devastating climate harms. United Nations Secretary General

Take Shorter Showers: Minister to Force Carbon Tax Hike Despite Crisis

A Green Party Minister is to hike carbon taxes despite the ongoing energy crisis, telling the public to take shorter showers if they want to save money.

Summers: It's at Least 50-50 that There Will be a Recession 'Within the Next Two Years'

During a portion of an interview aired on Friday’s edition of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” economist, Harvard Professor, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama, and Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton Larry Summers stated that he doesn’t see how anyone “can look at

Polish Activists Arrested for Saving Lives

It is a tale of two borders.In Poland, at the Ukrainian border, volunteers are heralded as heroes for helping Ukrainian refugees.