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John Nichols Pope Francis, who has died at 88, fought for economic justice with a consistency that distinguished him from the elites of his time. The post The Pope Who Decried the Savage Inequalities of Billionaire-Class Capitalism appeared first on The Nation.

Photo by Muhammed Nuri Çiçenoğlu Almost exactly 30 years ago, Canadian Bacon depicted a U.S. president picking on his neighbor to the north to boost his sagging approval ratings. Starring Alan Alda, John Candy, and Rhea Perlman, the film was supposed to be a comedy....

Liberal pundits are urging Democrats not to talk about Trump’s illegal moves to disappear people to a Salvadoran dungeon. Not only is that wrong on principle, it doesn’t make political sense. US president Donald Trump welcomes El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, at...

Purge is the word symbol of Athena – AthensSo, I slip me a work out in on a local trailway and then decide to drop off a deposit at my bank. I spot a branch of my bank just down the way and think, cool, I’ll just pop in the drive-through. But there is no...

Photograph Source: governo.it – CC BY 3.0 IT Apparently, he is addicted to it. The French President, Emmanuel Macron, adores using perfume. The variety: Dior Eau Sauvage. Dior states that the perfume is characterised by notes of Calabrian bergamot and Papua New...

Photograph Source: Gage Skidmore – CC BY-SA 2.0 “Your presence here today is making Donald Trump and Elon Musk very nervous,” Sen. Bernie Sanders told Angelenos on April 12 as he took the stage to a thunderous ovation at Gloria Molina Grand Park in Downtown L.A....

La suspension des activités de Médecins sans frontières (MSF) dans deux centres de santé et l'assassinat, le 31 mars 2025, de deux sœurs religieuses sont autant de marqueurs de la descente aux enfers d'Haïti. L'Église a réagi en dénonçant l'inaction du pouvoir, dont...

La collisione tra un pianeta e la sua stella, le origini del gatto domestico, i pesticidi tossici nelle case europee: l’attualità scientifica, in breve. Leggi

Image by Markus Spiske. Most of us can remember at least a few troubling scenes from George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984: the mandatory love demanded for the spectral dictator Big Brother; the malleability of facts at the Ministry of Truth; or the ruling party’s...

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair The law enforcement breed can be a pretty dark lot.  To be paid to think suspiciously leaves its mark, fostering an incentive to identify crimes and misdemeanours with instinctive compulsion.  Historically, this saw the emergence of...

Ultrabulk, trans-oceanic cargo ship, Astoria, Oregon. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Okay, maybe you do read these in the newspaper, but not as much as you should. 1) The dollar’s status as the leading reserve currency does not mean we have to run a trade deficit, 2) There...

Alabama Rocks and Mt. Whitney, BLM lands, California. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. The United States possesses a natural bounty of federal public lands, sprawling across the West and encompassing spectacular mountains, sagebrush basins, and cactus-studded deserts. It is...