The new, bold and vibrant leader of Burkina Faso, has left his continental colleagues in the dust, when representing Pan-African leadership…
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Absurd (scary) CO2 emissions
In a major blow to the Paris ’15 climate agreement, last year witnessed one more nail in the coffin of the celebrated agreement to slow down CO2emissions by 2030, as CO2, for the first time in modern history, enters the scientifically established danger zone.
Biden staffers admit what we all knew: White House lied about ceasefire efforts
Once and for all, we can lay to rest any notion that the Biden administration ever did anything to stop the Gaza genocide.
Sounding the alarm
In a March 31st article published by the North Carolina Black Alliance, the Smithsonian leader revisits history during an HBCU stop at Shaw University; Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch said, “I will probably get fired at some point,” Bunch said. “But I think the...
The long history of illegality in U.S. policy toward Latin America
It seems as if the entire disgraceful history of U.S. illegality in Latin America is distilled in the saga of Kilmar Ábrego García: the man whose illegal deportation to El Salvador and imprisonment in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) has sparked outrage in the...
What explains India’s response to Trump?
To a person unfamiliar with India’s history and political economy, the Indian government’s response to Trump’s actions must be puzzling.
Martin Luther King on capitalism in his own words
Throughout his life, Martin Luther King Jr spoke often and with vision about the nature of capitalism.
Trump issues executive order requiring English proficiency for truckers, escalating attacks on immigrant workers
In a barrage of executive orders issued last week, including one late Monday afternoon targeting so-called “sanctuary” cities, President Donald Trump launched a naked attack on the democratic rights of immigrants and the working class as a whole.
Do Mob wars help crime victims?
Understanding media coverage of healthcare price battles.
Israel’s backers keep whining that they’re losing control of the narrative
Zionists are losing control of the narrative, and they know it. And they are not taking it well.
There’s an under-reported Israel angle to the corporate effort to muzzle ’60 Minutes’
Billionaire heiress Shari Redstone has regularly tried to interfere with news coverage of Israel's war on Gaza on one of America’s leading TV networks.
World military spending explodes
Every dollar added to the world’s military budgets takes us closer to a potentially apocalyptic scenario of world war.