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CEO Pay Skyrocketed While Their Low-Wage Workers Suffered in the Pandemic

May 12, 2021

During the pandemic, low-wage workers have lost income, jobs, and lives. And yet many of the nation’s top-tier corporations have been fixated on protecting their wealthy CEOs, even bending their own rules to pump up executive paychecks.

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Actor Norman Lloyd, Who Died at 106, is Remembered

May 12, 2021

Norman Lloyd, who has died aged 106, had the privilege of working as an actor, director and producer with such towering figures as Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Jean Renoir and Charlie Chaplin; they were also his close friends.

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HFPA Responds to NBC Dropping 2022 Golden Globes

May 11, 2021

On Monday afternoon, in the aftermath of NBC’s decision to not air the Golden Globe Awards in 2022, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association issued a statement suggesting it will proceed with efforts to reform itself throughout the coming year

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Labor

Krugman: Republicans are Still Waging War on Workers

May 11, 2021

“Punishing the unemployed is what Republicans do, whenever they can, whatever the economic circumstances,” writes Paul Krugman in The New York Times. “The G.O.P., posturing aside, is still a corporatist party.”

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L.A. County Expected to Hit COVID-19 Herd Immunity by End of July

May 11, 2021

Los Angeles County could reach herd immunity from the coronavirus among adults and the oldest teenagers by mid- to late July, another milestone that underscores the region’s rapid recovery from the pandemic. Herd immunity, sometimes

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Golden Globes 2022 Canceled on NBC as HFPA Struggles to Reform

May 10, 2021

There will be no Golden Globes on NBC in 2022, as the besieged Hollywood Foreign Press Association continues to falter in reforming itself to the satisfaction of Hollywood studios and stakeholders. “We continue to believe that

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Industry

Sundance Institute Names Fellows for Directors, Screenwriters, Native Labs

May 10, 2021

The Sundance Institute has named the summer fellows for the Directors, Screenwriters and Native Labs. The Labs give writers and directors a space to develop their craft and selected projects with input from a roster of industry mentors and

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US Unions File First USMCA Trade Complaint Against Mexico

May 10, 2021

US and Mexican unions on Monday filed the first labor complaint against Mexico under the US-Mexico-Canada free trade pact. The complaint argues that Mexico has not lived up to its pledge under the trade accord, known as the USMCA

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Los Angeles County Reports 5 New COVID-19 Deaths, 248 New Cases

May 10, 2021

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 5 new deaths from COVID-19 and 248 new positive cases Sunday. The number of new cases and deaths are likely to reflect reporting delays over the weekend, said the LA Department

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Brownstein: Bidenomics Really is Something New

May 9, 2021

“Some of the changes are obvious,” writes Ronald Brownstein in The Atlantic, “compared with the economic strategies of former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, Joe Biden is proposing more new spending and more new taxes than

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