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Please verify your request Advertisement President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of 10 centrist senators announced Thursday that they had reached an agreement on a long-sought package to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the nation’s transportation, water and broadband infrastructure. “We have a deal,” Biden told reporters at the White House after meeting with the senators midday. “We’ve all agreed that none of us got what we all would have wanted. I clearly didn’t get all I wanted. They gave more than I think they were maybe inclined to give in the first place.” The agreement calls for $973 billion in spending over five years, or $1.2 trillion if extended to eight years, according to the White House. That includes $579 billion in new spending, with $312 billion for transportation projects, $55 billion for water infrastructure and $65 billion for broadband. ....
AfricaFocus Bulletins with Material on Politics and Human Rights April 19, 2021 Confronting Global Apartheid Demands Global Solidarity http://www.africafocus.org/docs21/ga2104.php
The COVID-19 pandemic has both revealed and deepened structural inequalities around the world. Nearly every country has been hit by economic downturn, but the impacts are unevenly felt. Within and across countries, the people who have suffered most are those already disadvantaged by race, class, gender, or place of birth, reflecting the harsh inequality that has characterized our world for centuries. March 8, 2021 USA/Global: Taxing the Tech Giants http://www.africafocus.org/docs21/dig2103.php
How should we determine the corporate tax a big tech company should ....