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Sanctions Threaten Venezuelan Sovereignty & US Military Still Dominates Across Africa
U.S. Military Generals are worried that Russia and China might push the U.S. military out of Africa. An inside look from Huawei’s headquarters. New U.S. sanctions and political maneuvering against…
Charitable Capitalism Is The Linchpin For Tech Innovation And Social Impact
Earlier this year, Oxfam released data noting that the 26 richest people on earth in 2018 had the same net worth as the poorest half of the world’s population, some 3.8 billion…
US Black Peace Delegation Returns from Venezuela
A delegation of the Black Alliance for Peace was honored by the Venezuelan government and citizens for taking part in protecting that nation’s embassy in Washington from takeover by coup…
Consumers, farmers paying for trade war
Compared to good jobs and decent wages, Wall Street going up isn’t great for regular people, and its falling isn’t really bad news either. The S&P 500 on Thursday surged…
Netfa Freeman on WPFW
Netfa Freeman joins WPFW on August 12, 2019. https://archive.wpfwfm.org/mp3/wpfw_190812_110000mondayqb.mp3
US Tightens Screws On Venezuela With Complete Embargo
The US has expanded its sanctions against the Venezuelan Administration of Nicolás Maduro into a complete economic embargo. The move is intended to pressure Maduro as well as nations like…
Systemic Inequality: Displacement, Exclusion, and Segregation
Homeownership and high-quality affordable rental housing are critical tools for wealth building and financial well-being in the United States.1 Knowing this, American lawmakers have long sought to secure land for, reduce…
Simulating How Progressive Proposals Affect the Racial Wealth Gap
Wealth—a household’s assets minus its debts—is a key measure of financial well-being. Unfortunately, the United States is home to stark and persistent racial disparities in household wealth. While various proposals…
Focus needed on causes of poverty
I was dismayed in your coverage of poverty in the recent “Breaking the Vicious Cycles” special report. Nowhere in the report did the author discuss the systemic causes of poverty. Other…
White House Claims “Currency Manipulation” and Threatens More Tariffs on China
The Trump administration has officially labeled China a “currency manipulator” after the Chinese central bank allowed the renminbi to fall below a key threshold, marking a dramatic escalation in the…
No right to free speech – against Israel?
America boasts of being a land where freedom of speech and freedom to protest are respected. Yet, when it comes to Americans criticizing a foreign ally, the Zionist state of…
How Tope Folarin Went From Policy Wonk to Novelist
When he arrives at a Tenleytown coffee shop, Tope Folarin is conservatively dressed in a sleek, minimalist shirt and pants—with a sunny pair of polka-dot socks peeking beneath his tailored hem. That…
Can the climate justice movement ground the fighter jets celebrated at air shows?
It’s air show season again. A number of them are coming up soon: the Abbotsford International Airshow August 9 to 11; the Canadian International Air Show in Toronto August 31…
Análisis: ¿Cómo fue la defensa de la embajada de Venezuela en EEUU?
El miembro de la Alianza Negra por la Paz, Netfa Freeman, y el documentalista de Mintpress News, Alexander Rubinstein, en entrevista especial para teleSUR, ofrecieron su experiencia como parte del…
Donor-advised funds are becoming more of a charity, less of a tax haven
Let’s say you learned about an investment method that rewards people for putting money into an account that’s earmarked for future charitable use. Theoretically, it would allow contributors to let…
Inside Google’s billionaire’s summer camp: Where Obama, DiCaprio and Prince Harry can talk climate change or ride yachts
It may sound like a big, three-day party for the maybe-not-so mythical illuminati, taking place at an opulent resort on the Italian island of Sicily. But Google’s annual, supposedly top-secret…
American Wealth Is Broken
Wealth is a number, sure, but it’s also a feeling. I grew up living with my mom and maternal grandparents, while my dad played and coached in the NBA. For a…
Fact checking CNN’s Democratic presidential debate in Detroit, Round 2
As 10 Democratic presidential candidates square off on the last of two nights of debate at Detroit’s Fox Theatre, Detroit Free Press reporters will assess their assertions, primarily on issues affecting Detroit,…
Democrats Made Lots of Claims During the Second Debates. Here Are the Facts
A 2017 report from the Institute for Policy Studies found that the three wealthiest Americans on the Forbes 400 list had accumulated a collective wealth of $248.5 billion. At the time those…
Fact-check: The second Democratic debate 2019, Night 1
The first 10 Democratic presidential candidates took the stage at Detroit’s Fox Theatre on Tuesday for the second round of presidential debates. As they defended their positions and attacked their opponents, NBC News fact…
Where do top Democrats stand on foreign policy?
The United States 2020 Democratic primary candidates have largely avoided discussing foreign policy issues in much detail, and when they do, it can be difficult to distinguish their positions. “[I don’t] have…
Can a New Think Tank Put a Stop to Endless War?
John Quincy Adams doesn’t get a lot of respect. There are no monuments to the sixth president on the National Mall, his face adorns no paper currency, and history mainly…
Democratic presidential debates ignore student homelessness, elderly care, NYers say
During the first round of Democratic presidential candidate debates in June, hopefuls stuck to an abbreviated list of what they would do if voted into the Oval Office. But some New…
Gillibrand’s claim on transaction taxes not whole story
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand supports taxing certain securities trades to pay for some of her proposed initiatives, such as job training programs. The Democratic senator from New York is a co-sponsor…
‘Baby bonds’ bill aims to give children up to $50,000 to start adulthood
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) want to address racial and wealth inequality by giving upwards of $50,000 to the country’s poorest children by the time they…
When radioactive wastes aren’t radioactive wastes
The U.S. Department of Energy wants to redefine what constitutes high-level radioactive waste, cutting corners on the disposal of some of the most dangerous and long-lasting waste byproduct on earth…
SCLC’s 61st Annual Convention Last Week Centered ‘Unapologetically’ on Ending American Poverty
The South Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), a national leader in civil and political rights, held a convention in Atlanta from July 18 to July 20 to scrutinize a topic many…
Watching Wall Street, Gabbard Introduces Accountability Act
US Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawai‘i—District 2) on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, introduced House Resolution 3885, the Wall Street Banker Accountability for Misconduct Act, which would require senior executives at Wall Street’s biggest…
Save the Climate, Dismantle the Border Apparatus
Dotted throughout the Arizona-Sonora borderlands are more than forty new surveillance towers, the backbone of a “virtual wall” — the newest symbol of the border’s ever-expanding fortification. … Read the full article…
A plan to fix inequality would target CEOs who make 100 times more than their employees
America is riven by enormous income inequality. Should Silicon Valley’s very richest pay to make that better? That’s the question behind an intriguing and politically timely new proposal that San Francisco…
