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The administration’s 2021 fiscal year (October 1-September 30) budget request dismisses the preferred solution of the postmaster general and Congress Democrats, for taxpayers to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB252420
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The union represents some 340,000 workers at UPS, the largest US package delivery company. The United States is experiencing a rise in strikes and work stoppages espite low union…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280183
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While the pandemic has both amplified and illuminated areas of racial, gender and economic inequality, it has also overshadowed a range of worsening societal problems that had…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262016
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The pandemic has plunged Canada into recession. Employment rolls shrank from 19.2 million (mn) in February to 16.2mn in April. Although they rose to 16.5mn in May, concerns about…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253389
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Despite campaigning for years on repealing the Democrats’ Affordable Care Act (ACA or ‘Obamacare’) once in power, and the personal backing of President Donald Trump, factional…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB219858
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The US census is conducted every ten years. The survey contributes to public allocation of resources and determines how many US House of Representatives seats each state has…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB252229
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Over the coming months a number of European governments are likely to make similar decisions on the participation of Chinese equipment suppliers in their 5G networks.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250212
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The move implied tacit acceptance of Morales’s controversial re-election bid, reducing the likelihood of Bolivia becoming an international pariah along with its allies Venezuela…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244006
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However, the departure of former US President Donald Trump -- who was an enthusiastic supporter of Brexit and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson -- has made this harder to achieve.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261409
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Three states will elect governors this November and eleven more will do so a year later.