Biden’s Southeast Asia Policy Still Has Much to Prove

As the Biden administration’s first year comes to a close, how is the United States faring in Southeast Asia, a region critical to winning the strategic competition against China in the Indo-Pacific? The returns are mixed, and there are worrying trends. Despite one year of honing an Indo-Pacific strategy, Washington is still no closer to… Continue reading Biden’s Southeast Asia Policy Still Has Much to Prove

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Starbucks Union Drive Spreads To Massachusetts & Arizona

Authored by Brett Wilkins via Common Dreams, Inspired by the successful unionization of workers at two Buffalo, New York Starbucks stores last week, employees at a pair of the chain’s Boston-area locations—one in the city’s Allston neighborhood and the other in Brookline—requested votes this week to join the Workers United union. In a letter to company CEO Kevin… Continue reading Starbucks Union Drive Spreads To Massachusetts & Arizona

Vanishing in Plain Sight – SpiritualDirection.com

Planes are disappearing from the skies, stocks are disappearing from the shelves, and workers are disappearing from their jobs.  It is happening all around us. Wherefore vanish these, purgatorial shadows? It happened to me just days ago.  I noticed that I vanished.  It began one quiet afternoon during a discussion with my supervisor at the… Continue reading Vanishing in Plain Sight – SpiritualDirection.com

We Discovered a Rogues’ Gallery of Monster-Sized Gas Giants – Facts So Romantic

It doesn’t feel right to see a toddler walking down the street by themselves. Toddlers don’t just go rogue, and if they do they are quickly chased down by a parent or grandparent or teacher and brought back where they belong. Most planets are like toddlers: They follow a well-behaved orbit around a star. It… Continue reading We Discovered a Rogues’ Gallery of Monster-Sized Gas Giants – Facts So Romantic

GM Ships First Electric Hummers To Customers

General Motors President Mark Reuss spoke with CNBC’s Phil LeBeau during “Squawk on the Street” about the first shipments of its GMC Hummer EV to customers.  The Hummer EV is an impressive vehicle, with claims of up to 1,000 horsepower, able to rocket the truck from 0-60 mph in just 3 seconds. The all-electric super-truck… Continue reading GM Ships First Electric Hummers To Customers

Gender Pay Gap Among Doctors, America’s Labor Shortage, ‘Hacking Equity’: RAND Weekly Recap

This week, we discuss the $2 million pay gap between male and female doctors; what to do about the weird U.S. job market; implementing social and emotional learning programs; assessing the trade-offs of decisions about U.S. military intervention; RAND’s virtual hackathon; and new artwork that illustrates the high prices of prescription drugs in the United… Continue reading Gender Pay Gap Among Doctors, America’s Labor Shortage, ‘Hacking Equity’: RAND Weekly Recap

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