Afghan Central Bank calls US theft of $7 billion ‘injustice to people of Afghanistan’
What Biden is doing, said Askaryar "is not justice for 9/11 families," but rather the "theft of public funds from an impoverished nation already on the brink of famine and starvation brought on by the United States' disastrous withdraw" in 2021.
‘This is just the beginning:’ Greenwald on rising state violence & homophobia in Bolsonaro’s...
"There’s a vibrant left-wing movement coalescing against this, and I have a lot of optimism about the ability to fight against this."
US complicit in altering UN Gaza resolution amid rising global frustration
Amidst global outcry, the U.S. significantly alters a U.N. resolution on Gaza, diminishing calls for a cease-fire and raising questions about the effectiveness of proposed humanitarian aid under continued conflict.
“Nobody” hurt, “just a perp,” say officers after NYPD shot and killed man in...
The comments were captured in body-worn camera footage the NYPD recently disclosed, 20 months after Kawaski Trawick was shot in his apartment while holding a bread knife.
Why billionaires don’t really like capitalism
Capitalism doesn’t work well with monopolies, insider-trading, political payoffs, fraud, and large amounts of inherited wealth.
A new chapter in Wisconsin politics: Ending gerrymandering
The gerrymandered districts had long been a point of contention, with numerous legal experts deeming Wisconsin one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation.
Clarence Thomas proves Justices can’t police themselves
The Supreme Court needs term limits and a binding code of ethics.
Goodbye to all that: The UK after Brexit
Brexit could see the UK eventually lose Scotland, Northern Ireland, and a great deal of its prosperity.
The ‘Private Property’ Chokehold on Equality
How extraordinary that the glaring oppression of private property remains the invisible elephant in the room. Who doubts how many huge “private” fortunes accumulate by passing huge liabilities from “externalities” (pollution, waste, disease, ruinous landscapes) onto public shoulders? Hold manufacturing liabilities to impeccable business logic, not what lobbyist influence-peddling frees them to get away with. How long can the commons survive when our most affluent free-loaders are not only “too big to fail” but “too immune to pay their own way”?
Look! Up in the sky! Another colossal waste of our society’s talents and skills!
Our richest can now fly halfway round the world with their circadian rhythms totally intact.