Alexander Levine’s Post

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I guess his real name was Joshua Cohen. https://lnkd.in/eh5d5jQk

“With the Fateful #Election 3 Weeks Away, an Update on #Polls and Predictions | Is America Itself on Trial in This Election and Could it Soon Descend Into Darkness Like Germany in the 1930's? | The Political #Violence Spilling Out of Red States in Our Vigilante Nation”

“It's been a year since the horrific attack in Israel that set off the current wars in the #MiddleEast. Frank Foer from The Atlantic and David Rothkopf from The Daily Beast to talk about the painful year and what happens moving forward. If a ceasefire is worked out, what is the future of #Gaza and how will it rebuild? What political price is America paying for its role in the wars? And does anyone actually think Donald #Trump would be the best person to manage this crisis?  Plus, Nobel Prize-winning climate scientist #MichaelMann kicks off this week's show! #HurricanesHelene and #Milton have caused unprecedented damage to parts of the country. Unless we take action on #climate, storms like this could be our new reality.”

"Even in a decade marred by online grifters, shameless politicians, and an alternative right-wing-media complex pushing anti-science fringe theories, the events of the past few weeks stand out for their depravity and nihilism. As two catastrophic storms upended American cities, a patchwork network of influencers and fake-news peddlers have done their best to sow distrust, stoke resentment, and interfere with relief efforts." https://lnkd.in/eQhwUmZG

"A plant operated by #PEMEX, Mexico's state-owned oil company, was the site of a deadly #hydrogensulfide leak in the suburb of Deer Park, with at least two workers found dead at the scene. At least 35 others were hospitalized due to their exposure or treated at the scene...In mid-September, a fire at a liquefied natural gas pipeline owned by fossil fuel giant #EnergyTransfer went on for four days, damaged nearby homes and a playground, melted vehicles, and forced about 100 households to evacuate Deer Park and another nearby town, La Porte." #Houston #LNG #benzene https://lnkd.in/em7-Qk4c

"The manufacturing giant #Boeing, under the leadership of new CEO Kelly Ortberg, announced Friday that it will axe roughly 10% of its total workforce in the coming months...Boeing, which is currently facing a machinist strike, spent an estimated $68 billion on executive-enriching share repurchases and dividends between 2010 and 2019—spending that critics say refutes the company's claim that #layoffs and inadequate worker compensation are necessary...Ortberg took over as Boeing's CEO in August following the former chief executive's departure—with a $45 million golden parachute—amid fresh safety concerns at the company" https://lnkd.in/eESSZTYX  

"In #NorthCarolina, the median hourly wage for an early childhood educator was $12.31,...the living wage for a single adult in the state was $15.82 per hour, which means there’s a 22% or $3.51 living wage gap for single early childhood educators...43% of North Carolina’s early childhood educator households participate in one or more public safety net programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid...North Carolina has lost 116 child care centers over the past year...early childhood educators have one of the worst-paid jobs in the nation. “They earn less than 97% of all other occupations" https://lnkd.in/e7VScXaM