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January 16, 2020

Petition · Kingston Mayor and City Council : Stop the Sale of Kingston's Municial Assets · Change.org
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The signatories of this petition ask the Mayor and City Council to maintain control and ownership of city recycling resources and reject privatization at the February 18th City Council Meeting.

Brazil sits out leftist Latin American nations' body on anti-democracy fears - Reuters
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"Mexico this month assumed the presidency of CELAC, which was established in Venezuela during the late President Hugo Chavez’s government but has lost influence in recent years."

The Silicon Valley Economy Is Here. And It’s a Nightmare. | The New Republic
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In October, San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Mar released the inaugural “Jobs-Housing Fit Report,” which analyzed job creation in the city from 2010 to 2018 and sought to establish whether there was enough affordable housing to lodge those new workers. Unsurprisingly, the report found that there was plenty of housing for high earners (defined as those making 120 percent or more of the area median income) but less for low- and middle-income earners, with a gap of about 15,000 units between what the city would need to build to accommodate them all and what is actually in the pipeline.

Sanders climbs, now tied with Biden among registered voters: Reuters poll - Reuters
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No Free Lunch, but almost: what DoorDash actually pays, after expense — #PayUp
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What DoorDash actually pays, after expenses, and what’s happening with tips

Israeli surveillance software lawsuit goes behind closed doors - Reuters
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"Amnesty says governments have used the Israeli company’s cellphone hacking software, Pegasus, to crack down on activists across the world. A study by University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab has linked it to political surveillance in Mexico, the UAE and Saudi Arabia."