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Deportation protest

jeudi 2 août 2018 à 02:00

Elin Ersson prevented Sweden from deporting someone to Afghanistan by refusing to sit down on the flight.

UAE secret police

jeudi 2 août 2018 à 02:00

As part of the US-backed intervention in Yemen, the UAE operates a secret police unit that kills and tortures Yemeni civilians.

GDP and income

jeudi 2 août 2018 à 02:00

"You can't eat GDP." The US economy appears to be very successful, if you measure it by this incorrect measure. Meanwhile, most people's income is going down.

It's nothing new that the GDP does not measure what matters about an economy, but having an example where the GDP rises and most people's lives actually get worse is a clearer demonstration of this.

Disneyland workers

jeudi 2 août 2018 à 02:00

10,000 unionized Disneyland workers have won a big raise. 20,000 more non-organized and badly paid Disneyland workers depend on a ballot measure to increase the minimum wage (for certain businesses only).

Equifax got away

jeudi 2 août 2018 à 02:00

Equifax got away without any penalty after carelessly allowing crackers to get data on around 150 million Americans.