Monday, August 24, 2026

Pandemic recovery will take more than soaring growth – to fuel a more equitable...

Countries seeking to explicitly counteract the negative effects of the pandemic need a good compass to guide their recovery plan. And that won’t be GDP.

As Obama Apologizes for Deaths of Hostages in Drone Strike, Does the U.S. Know...

President Obama apologized for the U.S. drone strike in Pakistan that took the lives of two hostages. He went on saying the operation was a botched operation and he deeply regretted its outcome.

Global elites in Davos pretend to care about inequality

Billionaires and the politicians who enable their wealth gathered for several days at a luxury resort in Switzerland to offer their puzzled concerns about why they keep getting richer at everyone else’s expense.

Trump’s seven techniques to control the media

Historically, these seven techniques have been used by demagogues to erode the freedom and independence of the press.

Arizona grand jury charges Trump aides and state Republicans in attempt to subvert 2020...

High-profile indictments spotlight a significant legal crackdown on the orchestrated attempt to overturn President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory in Arizona.

In Syria, Rebels From East Aleppo Strike Hospital in Government-Held West Aleppo (Video)

You see headlines talking about the humanitarian disaster in the city, but it is hard to know what those headlines are talking about.

Biden’s Summit for Democracy, a good idea hurt by compromise and geopolitics

It’s progress that needs to be defended.

Why America Recoils From Trump

Like Washington and Lincoln, FDR would have regarded Trump and all that surrounds him as abhorrent.

Busted deal with the devil by stooge Republicans puts Senate in play

What was an improbable prospect only weeks ago — Democrats retaking the Senate — increases in direct proportion to the severity and duration of the Trump train wreck.

Sanders warns of ‘dystopian future’ if governments don’t immediately act on climate

"We must act and act boldly. Our earth is warming rapidly. We see this every day, in every part of the world."