Tag: Circle

Layoffs are the medicine America needs to take to break out of inflation’s vicious circle, says former Walmart U.S. CEO

The United States economy has but one solution to escape the tightening grip of a wage-price spiral: more layoffs. Unemployment must rise, potentially by another two to three percentage points, for there to be hope the cycle can be broken, according to a former Walmart executive, or the alternative is out-of-control inflation that will hurt every single American. “It’s crazy …

Powerful Medicine: Abenaki Circle of Courage welcome Jim Bruchac and share stories and lessons |

SWANTON — “The drum is the heartbeat of Mother Earth,” said Abenaki leader Stacey Gould. “Her voice is sacred … It is powerful medicine.” Along with classmates and members of the Abenaki community there was another who entered the Abenaki Circle of Courage last Wednesday, carrying a traditional woven basket and plaster-casted animal prints from animals like the wolf, the …