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How U.S. Cities and States Spent Billions in COVID-19 Assistance
President Biden’s signature American Rescue Plan Act gave local governments $350 billion to recover from COVID-19. They spent much of it on police, prisons and the courts.
Recycling in Obscurity on the Streets of Miami
Invisible but essential to the global recycling industry, the cardboard collectors of Miami-Dade earn a living by breaking down each piece of cardboard by hand, with no guaranteed income or labor protections.
Republican Governors’ Spending Machine on the Rise
With the midterm elections just months away, Republican governors are using funds from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan to quietly push their respective re-elections and agendas at the expense of the funds they once demonized.
The Merging of Church and State and the End of Roe v. Wade
The question is not whether Roe v. Wade is moral, nor if it is flawed. The question is if it had been ratified not only by the courts but by the people many times before in the past 50 years.
In Florida, Hispanics are lagging behind in COVID-19 immunization
Notwithstanding a high population rate of Hispanic descent, the Sunshine State, controlled by the Republican party, ranks third in distribution of COVID-19 vaccines among the US states with large Hispanic communities. In addition, it has the fourth most unequal apportionment of vaccines for African Americans.
As Florida reopens the risk of a fiercer virus is latent
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Biden: “I am not a socialist”
Amid utter chaos, the United States of America looks like a yearning, exhausted nation going through an apocalyptical pandemic and its aftereffects. Add to this the upcoming election for president. In the aftermath of November 3, 2020, Joe Biden, the challenger of US President Donald Trump, promises to be a leader for all Americans, including those at odds with him.