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from The American Conservative
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS
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RIGHT-CENTER BIAS
"Trans equality" seemed unstoppable in Britain, until recently.
After years in which the trans-rights movement seemed unstoppable, Britain has put the brakes on. The government has abandoned a proposal to streamline “gender self-identification.” Bien-pensant opinion has become more skeptical. Whistleblowers from the medical world are speaking out. And in December 2020, the country’s only gender identity clinic for under-18s suffered a major legal defeat.________
from The Guardian (UK)
LEFT-CENTER, HIGH, British daily newspaper published in London UK
Fossil-fuel companies have received billions of dollars in tax benefits from the US government as part of coronavirus relief measures, only to lay off tens of thousands of their workers during the pandemic, new figures reveal. A group of 77 firms involved in the extraction of oil, gas and coal received $8.2bn under tax-code changes that formed part of a major pandemic stimulus bill passed by Congress last year. Five of these companies also got benefits from the paycheck protection program, totaling more than $30m. Despite this, almost every one of the fossil-fuel companies laid off workers, with a more than 58,000 people losing their jobs since the onset of the pandemic, or around 16% of the combined workforces.
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from HumanProgress.org
Education Website
Our twenty-fifth Center of Progress is Chicago during the Age of Steam. Chicago played a central role in the popularization of rail transportation and is the most important railroad center in North America today.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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from The Washington Post
Newspaper in Washington, D.C.
Congress should make the 2020 tax break permanent
The IRS says that starting next month, it will automatically send refunds to people who paid thousands of dollars of tax on unemployment income — money that they no longer owe. Many people sought unemployment benefits for the first time in 2020 and didn’t realize their benefits were taxable. Others knew unemployment compensation would be taxed but, feeling the financial strain of paying for rent or buying food for their families, opted not to have the funds taken out. But all that changed under the American Rescue Plan, signed into law on March 11. Congress removed the federal taxability of unemployment benefits up to $10,200 for individuals and $20,400 for married couples filing jointly. To get the tax break, your modified adjusted gross income has to be less than $150,000.
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