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War profiteering? How about pandemic profiteering?

2 years 7 months ago
Inflation is usually blamed on higher prices for commodities, which in turn raise the prices for finished consumer goods. Add in higher labor costs and you get the dreaded spiraling inflation. But Reuters reports that European central bankers are finally waking up to something else: Huddled in a retreat in a remote Arctic village, European ...continue reading "War profiteering? How about pandemic profiteering?"
Kevin Drum

Alex Murdaugh found guilty in the killing of wife, son

2 years 7 months ago
A jury found Alex Murdaugh guilty of killing his wife and son on Thursday after just a few hours of deliberation. Murdaugh was a prominent attorney who hailed from a historic, well-known South Carolina family with multiple members working in the law, but he has fallen from grace in recent years following allegations that he [...]
Jared Gans

What will it take to curb traffic violence in St. Louis?

2 years 7 months ago
Traffic violence has grabbed headlines the last few weeks. The violence has claimed four young lives, taken a teen’s legs, and injured four people. Scott Ogilvie, the City of St. Louis’ Complete Streets program manager, discusses a new law that allocates millions of COVID relief dollars toward street and pedestrian safety improvements. And NextSTL Editor Richard Bose talks about what has led to such a high rate of pedestrian deaths and what needs to be done to make the region’s streets safer.