Neoliberalism

The US has the highest rate of maternal deaths of any industrial country & we are the “child poverty capital”

Tunisia: Austerity Protests roil Birthplace of Arab Spring

TeleSur | – – Protests have been taking place across the North African country over the past several nights in protest against government austerity measures at the behest of the IMF. At least one person is dead and 200 people have been arrested during several nights of protests in Tunisia, according to The Guardian. Protests […]

Inequality

Will Americans finally start fighting back against tax cuts for the rich?

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Stephanie Leiser | (The Conversation) | – – The 60 percent of Americans who believe that the GOP tax package will mostly help the wealthiest among us are right, according to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center. But will widespread disapproval translate into political costs or electoral losses for Republicans? Will Americans decide they […]

Donald Trump

Congress’ Tax Plan is a give-way to the Rich, not a Reform

Juan Cole

True tax reform would help working and middle classes

Acidification of Oceans

It’s up to You: Corporations won’t save us from Global Heating

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Christopher Wright and Daniel Nyberg | (The Conversation) | – – While businesses have been principal agents in increasing greenhouse gas emissions, they are also seen by many as crucial to tackling climate change. However, our research shows how corporations’ ambitious pro-climate proposals are systematically degraded by criticism from shareholders, media, governments, other corporations and […]

Donald Trump

After Hurricane, Trump Reminds Puerto Rico of ‘Massive Debt’

contributors

TeleSur | – – “Maria has left behind her a trail of devastation and a humanitarian crisis,” said the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico’s largest city. As Puerto Rico struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria, Trump has reminded the island of its “massive debt,” adding the U.S. territory “owed to Wall Street and the […]

Climate Change

How Colonialism, Inequality turbocharge Caribbean Hurricanes

contributors

Historical legacy of exploitation and poverty lingers

Denialism

Those 90 Companies that Caused Climate Crisis? They Should Pay for It

Juan Cole

By Sarah van Gelder | Yes! Magazine | – – The companies responsible for the climate crisis should cover the costs of fighting wildfires and recovering from hurricanes. Pacific Northwest forests are on fire. Several blazes are out of control, threatening rural towns, jumping rivers and highways, and covering Portland, Oregon, Seattle, and other cities […]

Donald Trump

Trump “presidency” as Ponzi Scheme: Madoff in the White House?

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John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Here and abroad, Trump’s wealthy backers understand that his populist rhetoric is a masquerade. In 1993, I arrived one fall evening in the Romanian city of Cluj. The railway station was mysteriously full of people, and the city outside was crowded and frenetic. I was […]