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Biden supply chain 'strike force' to target China on trade
Biden supply chain 'strike force' to target China on trade
The United States will target China with a new "strike force" to combat unfair trade practices, the Biden administration said on Tuesday, as it rolled out findings of a review of access to critical products, from semiconductors to electric-vehicle batteries.
Biden supply chain 'strike force' to target China on trade
values are not science-free, trans justice edition – scatterplot
values are not science-free, trans justice edition – scatterplot
Last month, Sociologists for Trans Justice released a statement condemning the wave of anti-trans legislation that has been proposed in state legislatures across the United States. The statement in…
values are not science-free, trans justice edition – scatterplot
China's Rush Into Africa, Explained.
China's Rush Into Africa, Explained.
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China's Rush Into Africa, Explained.
Google, Deloitte, and Citigroup quietly collaborate with GOP group pushing voter suppression
Google, Deloitte, and Citigroup quietly collaborate with GOP group pushing voter suppression
Several large corporations that have recently issued public statements supporting voting rights — including Google, Deloitte, and Citigroup — are also funding and collaborating with a top Republican group advocating for new voter suppression laws. Internal documents obtained by Popular Information and Documented reveal the corporations participated in a "policy working group" on "election integrity" with the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC), a party organization that is actively supporting new voter suppression bills. Participation in the roundtable required a minimum annual contribution of $15,000 to the RSLC.
Google, Deloitte, and Citigroup quietly collaborate with GOP group pushing voter suppression
Texas GOP's voting restriction bill passes House
Texas GOP's voting restriction bill passes House
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has become the latest Republican-dominated state to advance sweeping new limits on voting, despite no evidence of any problems with last year’s vote and a coalition of state and federal officials calling the 2020 presidential election the
Texas GOP's voting restriction bill passes House
Politics and gender in the executive suite
Politics and gender in the executive suite
The gender gap in corporate America is increasingly well documented, but the literature has not yet examined how a CEO’s political preferences might be associated with gender equality in the
Politics and gender in the executive suite
The History Of The Census And House Of Representatives
The History Of The Census And House Of Representatives
Almost a century ago, a law was passed that set up a once-a-decade fight for representation in Congress and the Electoral College after each census. It's meant that one state's win is another's loss.
The History Of The Census And House Of Representatives
Surviving the Crackdown in Xinjiang
Surviving the Crackdown in Xinjiang
As mass detentions and surveillance dominate the lives of China’s Uyghurs and Kazakhs, a woman struggles to free herself.
Surviving the Crackdown in Xinjiang
Record traffic in South Platte forest district spurs first-ever designated camping plan
Record traffic in South Platte forest district spurs first-ever designated camping plan
Illegal parking spots that become networks of roads pushing deeper into the forest. Piles of garbage left in campsites. Abandoned, smoking campfires. Illegal shooting. And so much poop.  That’s what pushed Brian Banks to the limit. The messes left by the masses have spurred the district ranger of the Pike National Forest’s 450,000-acre South Platte […]
Record traffic in South Platte forest district spurs first-ever designated camping plan