As income inequality soars in the U.S., the rich are paying fewer and fewer taxes. Drawing upon data from a new book, “The Triumph of Injustice” by UC Berkeley economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, ...
As corrosive as neoliberalism has been to working people in the U.S., it has been far more destructive wherever the U.S. and its allies have tried to impose it by military force. This season could ...
Environmentalists and other proponents of utility reform argue the forced outage is a sign that California should replace PG&E and invest in safer, renewable infrastructure. Pacific Gas & Electric cut power to around 800,000 California ...
Despite repeated warnings that the U.N. was underfunded, the international peacekeeping body may be facing a U.N. bankruptcy in a matter of weeks. The United Nations is facing a severe budget deficit of $230 million ...
Google’s Sycamore 53-qubit quantum machine has opened the doors to a new era of computing. No, quantum computing did not come of age with Google’s Sycamore, a 53-qubit computer solving in 200 seconds a problem ...
Former FBI director James Comey who has called Donald Trump unfit to be president will be featured in a sure-to-be dramatic miniseries based on Comey’s memoirs of his time during and after the 2016 election. ...
Betsy Devos and the Department of Education have continued to attempt to collect on fraudulent student loans from a now-bankrupt for-profit college. Federal judge Sallie Kim slammed Education Secretary Betsy Devos on Monday for violating ...
“Pray for our Kurdish allies who have been shamelessly abandoned by the Trump Administration. This move ensures the reemergence of ISIS.” News that the Turkish army, using aircraft and artillery, launched a massive military operation ...
After US President Trump suggested he would not come to the aid of Kurdish allies in Syria, Turkey has launched a military offensive against Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria. The Turkish army, using aircraft and ...
Extinction Rebellion activists of all ages are continuing to press for action on climate during a planned two-week-long protest in several major European cities. In 48 hours, the London metropolitan police arrested more than 500 ...
The NBA is being accused of prioritizing profit over human rights issues after a tweet by NBA general manager Daryl Morey angered Chinese government officials. The NBA is facing criticism for apologizing to China for ...
Portugal’s Socialist Party won big over the weekend, overcoming recent corruption scandals and a rising tide of right-wing populism in Europe. Portugal’s Socialist Party won the most votes in Sunday’s general election, granting prime minister ...
The federal government has yet to resolve its impasse over appropriations as another government budget deadline nears. Lost amidst the impeachment news swirling in recent weeks was the signing into law on September 27 of ...
While Tunisia’s post-Arab Spring transition has been relatively smooth compared to neighboring countries, low voter turnout and lack of a clear election winner suggests a shaky road ahead for Tunisian politics. Eight years ago Tunisians ...
While suspicion remains around the shooting death of Joshua Brown, a key witness in the Amber Guyger/Botham Jean murder trial, Dallas police are relating Brown’s murder to a drug deal gone wrong. Dallas Assistant Police ...
The big picture is that the regional Middle Eastern states are coming under pressure to sort out their differences and disputes through their own initiatives. U.S. President Donald Trump is not known to practice judo. ...
More Americans are consuming news from social media platforms despite their concern for fake news shared on social media and the growing proliferation of organized disinformation campaigns. Even though social media channels are easy targets ...
While some celebrate Bernie Sanders’ and Elizabeth Warren’s fundraising success as a positive sign for progressive politics, the money is still rolling in for Donald Trump. Progressives Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren led ...
Turkey looks to be preparing to enter Syria for a major military operation against the SDF, while the U.S. has announced it will not defend the SDF despite their alliance in the U.S. war on ...
“His murder underscores the reality of the black experience in America.” Only three days after former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing Botham Jean, an unarmed black ...
We’ve run out of time. We cannot waste any more precious time listening to anyone who insists that the climate crisis is a hoax. The younger generation is not listening to the denial B.S. The ...
During the trial of Tony Hernández, a US prosecutor alleged that his brother, President Juan Orlando Hernández received 1.5 million in bribes. (By Peoples Dispatch) The long-awaited trial of Juan Antonio “Tony” Hernández on charges ...
“I don’t feel like this is like anything I’ve done before, because it is emotional. There is romance and this family dynamic, this drama, and this action.” The new CW series “Batwoman” premiered on Sunday ...
At least one foreign agent simultaneously held a U.S. government appointment while being paid to represent Saudi interests as a foreign agent. (By Anna Massoglia, Center for Responsive Politics) Foreign influence and lobbying spending targeting the United States ...
The bill legalizing abortion was passed by state legislature in New South Wales, the last remaining Australian state where it was criminalized. (By Peoples Dispatch) After over 70 hours of debate and much drama, the ...
One of the U.S.-Ukraine diplomats has a lengthy history as a Republican donor, while another performed lobbying work for foreign clients and a major defense company. (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom and Yue Stella Yu, The Center ...
After four days of protests in Iraq, dozens of protesters are dead and many more wounded sparking calls for the Iraqi government to step down. International media reports said on Friday that the death toll ...
An executive order signed by President Trump to expand Medicare Advantage is being criticized for expanding the scope of Medicare plans contracted out to private companies. President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday in ...
Egypt released six foreigners accused of supporting terrorism and fomenting public unrest for their participation in the anti-Sisi protests that rippled through Egypt in late September. On Thursday, Egyptian authorities released six foreigners who were ...
So there it was, good ole sugar, if added to these low-fat foods it made them taste much better and even better manufacturers could print that their food was low fat because it was! That's ...
As big pharma faces a mountain of opioid lawsuits, one novel solution is to join Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy proceedings. Just two weeks after the famed Sackler family’s Purdue Pharma filed bankruptcy, pharmaceutical giant Johnson & ...
“When people are laughing, they’re more open to taking on an idea than when they’re not” – Steven Soderbergh on his new film The Laundromat The new dark comedy film, The Laundromat, depicts a real-life ...
“This is not a new idea, these exist all over the world. Germany is fueled by public banks, and look, they have the best economy in Europe.” California will be permitted to establish public banks ...
“Evidence, proof and witnesses against them are in this region, and we can prosecute them.” Officials in the Kurdish-led region of north-eastern Syria are calling for an international war crimes tribunal to be held for ...
“Under the new paradigm of private equity, poorly maintained ambulance services siphon profit from vulnerable patients.” Wall Street investment firms are behind soaring ambulance costs, according to a Thursday article by the American Prospect’s Olivia ...
It’s hard not to be impressed with climate activist Greta Thunberg. Well, that is, unless you’re a climate change denier.
“This is just one of many cases of the U.S. military wantonly tarnishing large parts of the Somali population with the ‘terrorist’ label.” A new report from Amnesty International finds that three Somalian men killed ...
Neoliberal free-trade policies that favor aggregated seed, food and chemical corporations prevent family-scale farms that use regenerative practices from profiting. We need a fair Green New Deal now. In February, a dairy farmer friend sent ...
With impeachment hearings swirling around U.S. President Trump, youth environmentalists scolding adults for failing to address climate change and a multitude of clashes between nations, the 74th UNGA offered plenty of highlights. On September 30, ...
“The only reason we all sit in this courtroom today is because of her actions. And for her actions, there must be consequences.” Ten years in jail is the sentence for Amber Guyger, the 31-year-old ...
“The greed of Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Citigroup and BlackRock is insatiable.” Last year, top executives and investors protested the annual investment conference in Saudi Arabia known as ‘Davos in the Desert’ after the savage execution ...
Sudan is eager to be removed from the U.S.’ list of states that harbor terrorism but also not ready to normalize relations with Israel. On the sideline of the meeting between Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla ...
Could a president removed from office legitimately take the oath of office again? (By Austin Sarat, The Conversation) The launching of an “official impeachment inquiry” into President Donald Trump’s conduct has sailed America into largely ...
As impeachment proceedings against Trump ramp up, could he turn to declaring war on Iran in a move to provide distraction? On CBS’s “60 Minutes,” the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the architect of ...
“The Warren bit (a little overhyped in the headline) will get attention. But the more damning thing in the Zuckerberg tapes is him saying they cloned TikTok and are perfecting it in Mexico.” Facebook CEO ...
“Nothing will bring Botham back, but today his family has found some measure of justice.” Amber Guyger, the 31-year-old Dallas police officer who fatally shot 26-year-old Botham Jean in his own apartment when she walked ...
“You did support 11 additional enhanced interrogation techniques, which are now illegal. Whether we call them torture or not.” Human rights advocates have condemned President Trump’s nomination of Marshall Billingslea, a Bush-era torture proponent, to ...
”The Politician is a comedy about moxie, ambition, and getting what you want at all costs. But for those who struggle with mental health, some elements may be disturbing.“ “The Politician” is a new dark ...
Whistleblowers bring much-needed attention to matters of interest and importance to the public. (By Jennifer M. Pacella, The Conversation) When President Donald Trump likened a whistleblower’s White House sources to spies and made a lightly ...
Haiti, perhaps the country most affected by the energy crisis derived from the embargo against Venezuela, is being used as a launch point of the offensive against the government of Nicolás Maduro. (By Lautaro Rivara, ...
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