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[4] 2022 also marked a period of acquisitions within the tech industry as well, notably Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter and Microsoft's ongoing buyout of Activision Blizzard. Later in the year, the US saw the first major challenges to its gratuity culture; tipflation, as it has since become known, has caused Americans to lower their tips. [5]
The major catalyst of the unrest was the murder of George Floyd on May 25. Though it was not the first controversial killing of a black person in 2020, [32] it sparked a much wider series of global protests and riots which continued into August 2020. [33] [34] As of June 8, there were at least 19 deaths related to the protests. [35]
The New Yorker compared the dispersed national response to an "American Spring" on par with the Arab Spring and other international revolutionary waves. [21] Global protests also focused on symbols of racial injustice, with The New Yorker also having a part on international solidarity towards police violence.
2020s in United States history is a narrative summary of major historical events and issues in the United States from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2029. The first part is divided chronologically by Congressional sessions and the second part highlights major issues that span several years or even the entire decade.
Responses to the case, like many issues in America, have fallen along cultural and political lines, with conservative-leaning pundits and politicians describing Penny as a hero, and progressives ...
The bad news is that rate drops won’t fix all the issues making housing unaffordable. ... as of 2022, the U.S. had a housing shortfall of 4.5 million homes, up from 4.3 million the year prior ...
The 2022 United States elections were held on November 8, 2022, with the exception of absentee balloting.During this U.S. midterm election, which occurred during the term of incumbent president Joe Biden of the Democratic Party, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were contested to determine the 118th United States Congress.
"In essence, this money has been stolen from all of us for all these years," said an 84-year-old woman whose late husband's Social Security benefits were slashed. "It's not fair."