In October of 2008, while the economy was in the early stages of what the IMF called “the worst recession since World War II,” the Washington Post reported that the “stock market’s prolonged tumble has wiped out…
Information from the “Panama Papers” continues to be made public, fostering global reaction. The Reykjavík Grapevine reports that the prime minister of Iceland just resigned following protests. CHUCK COLLINS, (617) 308-4433, chuckcollins7@me.com…
Bahrain, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates on Monday severed or downgraded diplomatic ties with Iran, in the latest sign that Saudi Arabia’s rash of brutal executions over the weekend…
The United Nations security council has unanimously approved France’s resolution to take “all necessary measures” against the Islamic State (ISIS) and urged all able member states to join in the…
CEOs got an average 3.9 percent pay increase last year. This increase is subsidized by taxpayers because corporations can deduct it as an expense. Meanwhile, America’s struggling seniors will receive…
Just days after French President François Hollande vowed a “merciless” response to the Paris attacks, his government on Thursday submitted a resolution for the United Nations Security Council to “take…
As the French government launches a major retaliatory bombing campaign against the ISIS-held Syrian city of Raqqa, observers warn that President François Hollande is taking a page from the widely…
As a wave of French airstrikes targeted the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria overnight and as British Prime Minister David Cameron has called for the UK to respond similarly to…
Prosecutors for the International Criminal Court declared Thursday that they have information which “suggests” that U.S.-led, international forces in Afghanistan are responsible for “physical and psychological” violence and torture that…
Loved ones have long charged that U.S.-backed dictator Augusto Pinochet had a direct hand in the 1976 assassination of former Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier and his Institute for Policy Studies…
