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Tighter sanctions that undercut Russian countermeasures can slash Kremlin revenues by 20% annually

Reporting Highlights

• Unwilling to Invest: Over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests from rural school districts to fund repairs at their crumbling schools.
• Absent Landlord: Just under half of Alaska’s rural schools are owned by the state, which is required by law to pay for construction and maintenance projects.
• Continued Inequality: The students in Alaska’s rural schools are predominantly Alaska Native, a group that has historically been discriminated against in education.

Hidden records reveal a widespread pattern of lax enforcement of laws and regulations intended to protect the environment and communities

The United States imposed new 25% tariffs Tuesday on exports from its two biggest trading partners, Mexico and Canada, ignoring evidence that the neighboring countries curtailed illegal migration and the flow of illicit drugs into the U.S. as President Donald Trump had demanded.

President Donald Trump has placed a pause on aid to Ukraine, the White House announced late Monday.

One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimated. The programs were cut anyway.

Considering the fact the doing good will not earn you anything in anyway and that if you are not a millionaire or billionaire your good acts won't matter at all.

What's the point?

I had seen with my own eyes good people being manipulated and fucked because they did something good, on the other hand it's pretty rare for evil people to face any consequences.

Why should I restrict my free hands with ethics and why should I think about it?

Just a note: I am a deist, so I don't believe that doing good will get you anything in the after life.

Key points you should know:

• Federal employees with Long COVID are among those who lost or may lose their jobs during extreme workforce cuts under the Trump administration.
• While the federal government has historically supported workers with disabilities, some now worry accommodations such as working remotely are now threatened.
• If fired or pushed out of their jobs, employees with Long COVID are concerned about diminished opportunities for other work that would offer the accommodations and healthcare coverage they need.
• Current challenges for federal workers with Long COVID are part of a broader climate of ableism and COVID-19 denial under Trump.

United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk has expressed deep concern over the United States' "fundamental shift" in direction since the last election and has condemned the "unchecked power" of "unelected tech oligarchs."

From blowing up at Zelenskyy to fast-tracking Executive Orders, what can we learn from Trump’s recent behaviour?

In short:

More than half of Australian companies have improved their gender pay gap, compared to last year. But for every $1 a man earns, women, on average, still only earn 78 cents.

The gender pay gap is not about "equal pay for equal work", but aims to quantify the difference between the average earnings of women and men in the workforce.

What's next?

Anyone can view the gender pay gaps at companies that employ more than 5 million Australian workers, and their plans to reduce the gap.