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Occupy Wall Street participants march down Fifth Avenue as part of May Day events in New York, May 01, 2012. The Occupy movement that shook the United States last year, spawning similar protests worldwide, announced widespread May Day demonstrations and strikes against social inequality Tuesday. The protests, billed as stretching from New York to California, and from Spain to Australia, raised the possibility of disruption in dozens of urban centers on the date when many countries observe International Workers' Day. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/GettyImages)

'The Game Is Rigged': How Fury Over The Great Recession Fueled The Reddit Trade

The GameStop stock saga has risen into a movement fueled by a wave of emotions from the 2008 global financial crisis that are still raw.

New York Senate Approves Bills Targeting Housing Discrimination

“Buying a new home should be a special achievement in a person’s life without the risk of becoming a victim of abhorrent discrimination.”

PA Lt. Gov. John Fetterman Officially Running For U.S. Senate

Politically, he has made a project of attempting to bridge the increasing conservatism of de-industrialized, once-Democratic-voting areas with his own brand of progressive politics.

At a protest outside the state Capitol in 2020, Mary Beth Delarm displays pictures of her mother, who died in a nursing home in May during the COVID-19 pandemic. CREDIT KAREN DEWITT / WRVO NEWS

New Data Show COVID Killed Nearly 15,000 Nursing Home And Adult Care Residents In New York

The numbers confirm a report by State Attorney General Tish James, who said the state undercounted nursing home hospital deaths by 50%.

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 9, 2021) – Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 fly over the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in the South China Sea Feb. 9, 2021. The Theodore Roosevelt and Nimitz Carrier Strike Groups are conducting dual-carrier operations during their deployments to the 7th Fleet area of operations. As the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed fleet, 7th Fleet routinely operates and interacts with 35 maritime nations while conducting missions to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific Region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Deirdre Marsac)

U.S. Carriers Train In South China Sea In Likely Signal To Beijing

The move appears to be a show of strength meant to signal the new administration's determination to stand firm against China's steady encroachment in the strategic waterway.

FBI Called In After Hacker Tries To Poison Tampa-Area City's Water With Lye

"The hacker changed the sodium hydroxide from about 100 parts per million to 11,100 parts per million," Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said.

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 08: Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) arrives to meet fellow House Impeachment Managers before walking through the U.S. Capitol Rotunda to the Senate chamber on Monday February 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. The Senate is scheduled to begin the second impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald J. Trump on February 9. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

House Managers To Present New Evidence At Trump Impeachment Trial

Aides say the Senate will hear evidence "nobody has seen before" related to incitement of the Jan. 6 insurrection. The former president's defense, however, argues the trial should not happen at all.

WHO Is Fighting False COVID Info On Social Media. How's That Going?

A year ago, the World Health Organization declared war on misinformation by partnering with Big Tech, from Facebook to Twitter to ... Uber. They're sending out public health messages. Who's tuning in?

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 09: Neera Tanden, nominee for director of the Office and Management and Budget (OMB) speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on February 9, 2021 in Washington, DC. Tanden helped found the Center for American Progress, a policy research and advocacy organization, and has held senior advisory positions in Democratic politics since the Clinton administration. (Photo by Ting Shen-Pool/Getty Images)

Neera Tanden Apologizes After Comparing GOP Senators To Voldemort And Vampires

President Biden's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget apologized for previously insulting Republicans and promised to work in a bipartisan manner if confirmed.

"It was certainly expected that nursing homes would be hit but it was not inevitable that they'd be hit this hard," Richard Mollot, executive director of New York-based Long Term Care Community Coalition, told NPR.

Problematic Pandemic Response At Nursing Homes Prompts Action By New York's Senate

"If there’s things need to be codified in law, mandated in law that actually secure people’s safety and well being, that’s what we want to do.”

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