Is Capitalism Too Close to See?

(David Swanson) I’m not quite as big a fan of the new film “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” as Jon Schwarz is but think he makes some great points about it, as he usually does. The film doesn’t tell a story with characters and drama. It’s a documentary that tries to recount the economic history of the past [...]

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As US Approaches Record Deficit, Israel Asks for Record Handout

The request would work out to almost $21 million per day from American taxpayers, even as the U.S. is approaching a $4 trillion deficit (the largest in the world), and Israel typically has a lower unemployment rate than the United States. (IAK, Mintpress News) Breaking Defense, a digital magazine that covers military issues, reports that Israel may ask for its [...]

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The COVID-19 Pandemic: How to Achieve a Fair and Effective Response That Includes Migrants

Health systems are racing to review the abundant evidence available from many countries on the effectiveness of various policies to reduce transmission rates.

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Trump-Linked Mercenaries Implicate Themselves in Failed Venezuela Coup

The Trump administration immediately denied all involvement, “it has nothing to do with our government,” the president said yesterday. But as the dust settled, the mercenaries immediately began implicating each other – and the U.S. (By: Alan Macleod, Mintpress News) In what has been labeled a new “Keystone Kops Bay of Pigs,” the latest attempt to overthrow [...]

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Education Department Unveils Sweeping Changes to Campus Sexual Assault Rules

“With school resources already stretched thin, now is not the time to require school administrators, faculty, and staff to review new, complex title IX regulations, revise their schools’ policies in response, and communicate these changes to students and parents.” The US Department of Education issued new regulations for US schools, public and private, to follow [...]

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Latest FCC Report on Cell Phone Safety Is Fraudulent

District Court Judge Alsup amazed agency would be “that dumb.” The recently released Federal Communications Commission (FCC) report on cell phone radiation relied on obsolete and unrealistic methods that are endangering the lives of millions. Contrary to headlines trumpeting that “FCC Determines iPhone Radiation Doesn’t Exceed Safety Levels,” the reality is quite the opposite. Instead [...]

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‘Justice Demands That Arrests be Made’ After Video of Ahmaud Arbery’s Killing Goes Viral

“The reason that there has not been an indictment, in my opinion, is because these men were white, these men have strong law enforcement ties,” said a lawyer for the victim’s family. (By: Julia Conley, Common Dreams) After graphic footage showing the fatal shooting two months ago of an unarmed black man named Ahmaud Arbery surfaced [...]

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Sudan Finally Outlaws Genital Mutilation

Last week the Sudanese Council of Ministers passed an amendment to the nation’s criminal code to make performing female genital mutilation a crime. Last week the Sudanese Council of Ministers passed an amendment to the nation’s criminal code to make performing female genital mutilation a crime. The new amendment took effect when passed and violating [...]

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Cuomo’s Plan to ‘Reimagine’ Education with Gates Foundation Draws Ire

“The education of our children has been repeatedly put at risk by their [The Gates Foundation’s] non-evidence based ‘solutions'” During a press conference Tuesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan to reimagine the state’s education system by enlisting the help of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Cuomo said, “the old model of [...]

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George W. Bush is Profiled in New Documentary

One of the most polarizing presidents in recent memory — George W. Bush is featured in a new documentary from the PBS series “The American Experience”. Bush is the latest subject in the award-winning series of presidential biographies by “The American Experience”. The two-part documentary promises to look at the life and presidency of the forty-third [...]

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Some Communities Are Being Forced to Fight off School Closures and Privatization in the Midst of the Pandemic

Citizens opposing a school restructuring plan in Minneapolis remind local officials: “The educational system actually belongs to us.” Since mid-March, public school students in Minnesota have had to stay home because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, according to the state’s governor, Tim Walz, schools will remain closed until the end of this school year, with no guarantee [...]

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Former Vaccine Director Alleges HHS Ignored COVID Warnings and Promoted Nepotism in Whistleblower Complaint

Bright’s whistleblower complaint casts the inner workings of HHS as highly politicized during a time of global pandemic. Vaccine expert Dr. Rick Bright filed a whistleblower complaint on Tuesday, detailing weeks of early COVID-19 warnings that were allegedly ignored. Bright is the former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), an organization [...]

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Nurses Call on Pelosi to Enact Remote Voting So House Can Deliver Urgent Covid-19 Relief

“Our government has treated us as if we are expendable.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) The largest union of registered nurses in the United States on Monday delivered a scathing rebuke to Congress and President Donald Trump for failing to protect healthcare workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic and warned that continued [...]

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