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The Pandemic Has Made US Billionaires $1.6 Trillion Richer
Update (April 12, 2021): The assets of America’s billionaires have soared in value a good deal more since this article originally published. As of April 12, 2021, combined billionaire net worth was…
What Now? Phyllis Bennis on Foreign Policy Under Biden
Phyllis Bennis addresses what the transition between Trump and Biden means for foreign policy, and how to advocate for peace under the new US presidency. Phyllis Bennis is an American…
Global Day of Action demands end to war on Yemen, militarism in the Middle East
Khury Petersen-Smith joins KPFA’s UpFront. … Listen to the full interview at KPFA.
For much of world, Biden means continuity
WASHINGTON (AFP) – United States (US) President Joe Biden has begun his presidency with sharp breaks from Donald Trump in both substance and tone, from climate change to immigration to…
After Tumultuous U.S. Election, What Lies Ahead in the Joe Biden Administration?
After one of the most tumultuous elections in U.S. history, Joe Biden was inaugurated as America’s 46th President. What lies ahead for the North American country and the world in…
For much of world, Biden means continuity
Joe Biden has begun his presidency with sharp breaks from Donald Trump in both substance and tone, from climate change to immigration to a general openness to working with the…
Rep. Jamie Raskin On The Life And Legacy Of His Son, Tommy Raskin
By the age of 25, Thomas Bloom Raskin had already accomplished a great deal: He was a graduate of Amherst College who went on to intern at the Cato Institute…
2020: Africa Year in Review – Straight Talk Africa
In this edition of Straight Talk Africa, guest host Vincent Makori reviews major developments that impacted African in 2020 and issues that are likely to set the pace for 2021.…
Global chaos, confusion and uncertainty
When Bob Marley sang the prophetic “So Much Trouble in the World” in 1979, the lyrics are just as prophetic for 2020. As the year concludes, the United States has…
Biden Defense Secretary Nominee Lloyd Austin Comes Under Fire for Industry Connections
LAST MONTH, two progressive members of Congress sent President-elect Joe Biden a letter requesting that he commit to nominating a secretary of defense with no previous ties to weapons manufacturers. The letter, from…
Billionaires and philanthropy bigwigs want Congress to fix tax laws so charities can get more money faster
Some of philanthropy’s heaviest hitters say they want Congress to reform tax laws so philanthropists can get money to those in need faster. … Read the full article at MarketWatch.
Wall Street’s New Water Market Is the Latest Sign We’re Headed Toward a Mad Max Future
We need water to cook and wash our bodies and clothes, and especially to drink—without it, we can’t live. Despite this, Wall Street traders are going to start betting on…
Even in a Pandemic, the Billionaires Are Winning
On Tuesday, as the stock market soared to a record, Chuck Collins was watching the billionaires cross a depressing threshold: $1 trillion. That is the amount of new wealth American…
Generation Forever War: Biden’s National Security Picks Herald Return to Hawkish Normalcy
AFTER FOUR YEARS of Trumpian national security policy that was, by turns, assailed as “rudderless,” “schizophrenic,” “incoherent,” and “riven with contradictions,” the conventional wisdom says that the incoming Biden administration…
U.S. foreign policy challenges facing Biden administration
As President Donald J. Trump continued complaining about presidential election results that declared Joseph Biden the winner, analysts and observers are looking at what U.S. foreign policy under a Biden-Harris…
How to Tell if Joe Biden Is Hiring the Right People to Address the Climate Crisis
President-elect Joe Biden will enter the White House with plans to decarbonize the grid by 2035, reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, invest in communities dealing with environmental degradation,…
Criminalization of Pipeline Protests By Polluter-Paid Politicians Makes Dirty Infrastructure Easy
The way things are looking, if there is any to be had, climate action from the next Congress will come in the form of an infrastructure package. Neil Bradley said…
State Backers of Anti-Protest Bills Received Campaign Funding from Oil and Gas Industry, Report Finds
Politicians responsible for drafting laws criminalizing pipeline protests in Louisiana, West Virginia, and Minnesota did so after receiving significant funding from the fossil fuel industry, according to a new report…
A Bittersweet Hispanic Heritage Month
September 15 to October 15 marks Hispanic Heritage Month. This year, it falls right as early voting begins for the 2020 election, where Latinx votes could make a crucial difference.…
Abraham Accord: Experts Warn Trump Peace Deal a Precursor to War with Iran
n paper at least, last month’s U.S.-sponsored agreements between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were all about peace. But behind the headlines, a darker, much more worrying picture…
Would a President Biden Embrace Democracy in the Middle East?
Waging Peace The Cordoba Foundation and Georgetown University’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding held a joint event on Aug. 11 to discuss how the November U.S. presidential…
Trump “Peace Deal” a Front for War
Arab states’ recognition of Israel is meant to target Iran. Beware of an October surprise, says Phyllis Bennis on theAnalysis.news podcast with Paul Jay Transcript Paul Jay Hi, I’m Paul…
Peace talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan are kicking off this week in Qatar
Peace talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan are kicking off this week in Qatar. But at stake in the peace talks is the presence of U.S. ground troops, and not…
Phyllis Bennis on Foreign Policy Visions
This week on CounterSpin: One of many disfiguring effects of corporate news media is the ingrained presumption that the United States, whatever its leadership, has the right, nay the duty,…
Palestinian Lives Matter
Phyllis Bennis joins the Sunday Show with KPFA to discuss “Palestinian Lives Matter.” Listen to the full interview at KPFA.
‘Food is more important right now’: COVID-19 forces some to struggle paying energy bills
While the the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in job losses left and right, Evansville resident Aerial Jones was thankful she and her husband kept working. Then the bills started coming in.…
PANDEMIC PROFITS: Who’s making money from coronavirus?
Drugs companies, the makers of PPE, others who bet on stock market falls; and maybe eventual rises. Who’s in line to get rich from the pandemic – and will their…
Chuck Collins on Wealth Inequality, Pandemic Profiteering, a Plutocracy Prevention Program, America’s Preexisting Condition, and his interpretation of “Civic Imagination”
Chuck Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, Director of the Institute for Policy Studies’ Program on Inequality and the Common Good and the Co-Editor of Inequality.org.…
Read full letter signed by Tlaib and 12 others condemning Israel’s annexation plans
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and 11 others members of the House and Senate released a letter addressed to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that calls on…
Israel’s Annexation Plans
Today on Sojourner Truth: As coronavirus cases rise in 26 states, and as New York, New Jersey and Connecticut impose a 14-day quarantine on travelers coming from eight states where…
