Subjects Archives: Inequality

What do Panama, Canada and Greenland have in common? Could Donald Trump be getting the US back to brass tacks, to a core strategy of dominating the Western Hemisphere?

Rafael Barrett has always been close to the hearts of Paraguayan radicals, who, along with his progeny, have kept his memory alive. And he is known throughout the Southern Cone of South America, though his work has suffered long periods of relative neglect there.

John Mullen writes about the Nazi and colonial origins of Jean Marie Le Pen, and how they continue to influence French politics today.

The latest is the martyrdom of 31-year-old Thabat Ibrahim Muhammad Salim, a volunteer doctor at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, on 5 January, 2025.

The former Uruguayan president asked to be kept out of public activities since he is dying.

Ten days before Donald Trump will be inaugurated in Washington DC on January 20, there will be another inauguration in Caracas. Two contenders claim they will receive the Venezuelan presidential sash.

2025 is set to be the ‘break-out year’ for artificial intelligence.

The NIA claimed before the Bombay HC that it would ‘expedite the trial’ in the case in which charges are yet to be framed.

Richard Seymour on how crisis and catastrophe are feeding the far-right surge.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reaffirms support for migrants amid Trump’s deportation plans, and proposes a regional summit to address the causes of immigration.

When news broke over the weekend that President Biden just approved an $8 billion deal for shipping weapons to Israel, a nameless official vowed that “we will continue to provide the capabilities necessary for Israel’s defense.”

The trial over the decade-long abuse involving numerous men has shaken many, and requires us to demand societal and judicial change.

Trump, who promises to be the “most pro-Israel president ever,” has picked a cabinet replete with neoconservative, pro-war voices.

The emperor, we are now told, was naked all along.

The Wilmington, North Carolina, massacre of 1898, also called a coup, was not a spontaneous eruption of white supremacist violence, but instead came from the top leadership of the Democratic Party and was backed by the rich.

Kieran Allen delves into the establishment spectacle of condemnation surrounding Luigi Mangione, who has gained folk hero status after allegedly assassinating Brian Thompson, the CEO of United Health Care. Allen explores the morally bankrupt world of private health insurance, where companies like United Health Care prioritize profit over people’s lives on a daily basis, leading to thousands of preventable deaths.

Negotiations have also been influenced by India, which supports Mauritius due to shared cultural and historical ties.

The number of homeless people living in shelters or on the streets topped 770,000 this year, according to the annual report by the Department of Housing and Urban Development released Friday, a rise of 18 percent over 2023.

Twenty years ago this month, on December 10, 2004, former San Jose Mercury News investigative reporter Gary Webb died by apparent suicide, following a stretch of depression.

Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at the age of 100, was attacked for telling the truth about Israel. Many Democrats joined the smear campaign.