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Does the Food Pantry of the Future Involve Payment?

Chris Costanzo The Counter
A monthly fee is very out of the ordinary in charitable food, but Rumpsa noted that it’s a minor aspect of the new model. Food Club is more about offering convenience in an uplifting environment along with choice and high-quality food.

How Starbucks Workers Won in Mesa

Saurav Sarkar Labor Notes
Starbucks Workers United (SWU) won its third store election February 28 in Mesa, Arizona. The vote was an overwhelming 25-3.

11 Years of War in Syria

Farrah Hassen Common Dreams
What started as an anti-authoritarian uprising became a brutal international proxy war. However many years pass, the solution remains the same.

The February CPI: More Bad News on Inflation

Dean Baker CEPR
Should Jerome Powell put on his Paul Volcker outfit and push interest rates through the roof? I would argue that, while modest rate hikes are appropriate, it is too soon to bring out the heavy artillery.

NATO and the Road Not Taken

Rajan Menon Boston Review
Condemning Putin’s war must go hand in hand with imagining a more just security order.