News from the Other War

Ukraine War

            Pearl River      Walking in my neighborhood, I still see a couple of houses flying the yellow and blue flag in solidarity with Ukraine.  More than four years after Russia invaded the country, and now as we are all obsessed and hammered by the Trump war in Iran and horrified by news of Israel’s activity …

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War’s Hitting Lower Waged Workers Worse

Energy Gas Prices Inequity Inflation War

            Pearl River      2022 wasn’t so long ago that we can’t remember it.  The oil shock that brutalized the world economy then came from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  The reverberations were everywhere, but the impact on Europe was the worse, because they relied on Russian imported oil.  While they weaned off, they were basically financing …

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