Cuts to SNAP Delayed, For Now

Cuts to SNAP Delayed, For Now On March 13 a Federal Judge issued a decision to stop a planned rule change to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The new rule would have prevented an estimated 700,000 people from continuing to use the program. Prior to the court ruling it appeared the Trump administration and [...]

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4 Reasons Why Coronavirus Makes Mortgage Rates So Unpredictable

The spread of COVID-19 has impacted the US economy in unprecedented ways. Even with March 15th’s record-breaking federal interest rate cuts, many homeowners are surprised to find that rates are either higher than expected or changing rapidly from day-to-day. Here are the four key factors affecting mortgage rates today: Market volatility Supply and demand Federal [...]

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‘Willfully Choosing Not to Listen to Scientists’: DNC Chair Tom Perez Under Fire for Urging States to Hold Primaries Despite Coronavirus Crisis

“That Tom Perez is encouraging this, and threatening states who postpone in-person voting, is criminal.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) Ignoring urgent pleas from medical professionals and other health experts to postpone primary elections amid the coronavirus outbreak, Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez late Tuesday encouraged states to go ahead with their scheduled contests, claiming [...]

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How Governments Across the Globe are Turning to Phone Spying During Coronavirus Crisis

The coronavirus is being used to expand mass surveillance. Across the world, governments are turning to extreme measures to control the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) from closing borders to putting entire countries on lockdown. A handful of countries are also looking at the potential of using phone tracking data to ensure its citizens [...]

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Italians Found Way to 3-D Print Key Ventilator Piece for $1 to Help Battle Coronavirus—So the Company With the Patent Is Threatening to Sue

“There were people whose lives were in danger, and we acted. Period.” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) After two Italian volunteers used a 3-D printer to manufacture a desperately needed ventilator component for those stricken by the coronavirus, the medical company with the patent for the device threatened to sue—even as the printed valves saved [...]

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US Uses Encrypted App to Solicit Coronavirus Information from Iranians

The US State Department is turning once again to Iranian civilians to obtain information from within the state. The US State Department is turning once again to Iranian civilians to obtain information from within the state. In November, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo put out a call via Twitter, asking for evidence that the regime [...]

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Biden Takes Commanding Lead In Democrat Primary, How Last Debate Played Major Role

Former Vice President Joe Biden swept Super Tuesday III and in doing so has likely ended the Democratic presidential primary. Biden won Florida, Illinois and Arizona on Tuesday and has become the undisputed front runner in a ride that began on the first Super Tuesday. In no small part this was helped by the Democrat [...]

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Labor Leader Sara Nelson Demands Stimulus Package That Bails Out Airline Industry Workers—Not Shareholders and CEOs

The Trump administration is discussing a stimulus package with the Senate today which includes $50 billion for the airline industry, following demands from an industry trade group. (By: Julia Conley, Common Dreams) As the Trump administration signaled that it would take measures to support the airline industry as the coronavirus pandemic led to international flight [...]

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Following House Approval, U.S. Has a Chance to Ban the Cruel Shark Fin Trade

Sharks are killed 30 percent faster than they can reproduce, including for the inhumane fin trade. Every year, fins from as many as 73 million sharks circulate throughout the world in a complex international market. They are the key ingredient in shark fin soup, a luxury dish considered a status symbol in some Asian cuisines. [...]

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