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December’s Jobs report reveals a growing racial employment gap, especially for Black women (Kristen Broady and Anthony Barr, Brookings)

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) December jobs report, released January 7, provides some good news for the state of the nation’s economic recovery, yet...

Is ‘long Covid’ worsening the labor shortage? (Katie Bach, Brookings)

Over the past two years, the media, politicians, public health authorities, and others have paid close attention to the number of lives lost to...

Kim backs ‘military muscle’ as he watches hypersonic missile test (Al Jazeera)

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the successful test of a hypersonic missile and called on scientists to accelerate efforts to build...

In Cambodia, union arrests spotlight pressures on civil society (Andrew Haffner, Al Jazeera)

Before plainclothes police forced Chhim Sithar into an unmarked sedan within sight of the casino complex where she had worked last week, the Cambodian...

Hungary’s general election set for April 3: President (Al Jazeera)

Hungarian President Janos Ader has set a parliamentary election for April 3 with a referendum on LGBTQ issues to be held on the same day, the...

Dozens of Cuban protesters to face trial this week, relatives say (Al Jazeera)

At least 57 protesters arrested in Cuba during last year’s wave of unprecedented demonstrations are scheduled to go on trial this week, their relatives have said. The...

State win for Venezuela’s opposition masks deeper problems (Chris Arsenault, Al Jazeera)

Venezuela’s opposition has won an important symbolic battle in securing the governorship in Barinas State, but analysts say they are still losing the broader political...

Nicaragua’s president is sworn in again, so what’s next? (Al Jazeera)

To some, Daniel Ortega has ruthlessly crushed all dissent in Nicaragua. He won a fourth straight term as president last November after jailing opposition candidates,...

US judge dismisses Facebook’s request to throw out monopoly case (David McLaughlin, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook must face the U.S. government’s monopoly lawsuit alleging that the company abused its dominance and should be broken up, a...

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