By Miguel Otero-Iglesias* – POLITICO Migration — like globalization — creates winners and losers. As European countries grapple with the backlash to immigration, it’s become clear that there’s a growing cognitive dissonance between the global elite and ordinary voters. Immigration … Continue reading →

Larry Swedroe* – ETF.com. Forests cut warming better than technology As the director of research for Buckingham Strategic Wealth and The BAM Alliance, I get many questions about whether reinsurance is an appropriate investment. The basic argument in favor of … Continue reading →

Christopher Bertram* – The Nation If countries want the right and not just the power to control their borders, they have to consider the rights of immigrants, too For decades, politicians around the world have repeatedly reminded voters that unauthorized … Continue reading →

By William S. Becker* It happened in July 2016. A flash flood roared through Ellicott City, Maryland, killed two people and caused tens of millions of dollars in damages to the historic buildings along Main Street. The experts said it … Continue reading →

By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 2018 (IPS) – The unpredictable Donald Trump, described by some as a human wrecking ball, will be walking down his own path of self-inflicted destruction when he visits the United Nations next week. … Continue reading →

Daniel Levitt and Niko Kommenda – The Guardian –Hurricane season is here, and long-term trends paint a worrying picture –Carolinas flooded from historic Florence rainfall –Hurricane Florence is a climate change triple threat As Florence hovers over the US east coast, life-threatening … Continue reading →

By Brendan O’Connor* – The Nation At The Gateway Pundit’s far-right confab, Western chauvinism is the only idea that matters Last weekend, at an airport hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, hundreds of aging Caucasian conservatives gathered for a three-day long … Continue reading →

By Federico Mayor Zaragoza* In my book “La nueva página” (The New Page), published in 1994, I started the chapter on “Culture of War and Culture of Peace” as follows: “A new page in the history of mankind is being … Continue reading →

By Zack Beauchamp*  – VOX  A new kind of authoritarianism is taking root in Europe — and there are warning signs for America The Hungary-Serbia border runs through a wilderness, tall grass flatlands ringed by imposing clusters of trees and … Continue reading →

Prudy Gourguechon* – Forbes Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey described the company’s health initiative in his testimony to Congress earlier this month.  The project was understandably overshadowed by security and safety issues in the coverage of testimony by Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl … Continue reading →

By Lauren Carasik – The Nation The reforms to the IMF since the global financial crisis have amounted to window dressing. Ten years after the financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) remains largely beholden to policies that undermine human … Continue reading →

By Justin Gillis and Hal Harvey(*) – The New York Times By pledging to cut its emissions in half by midcentury, China would propel itself into a world-leading role in the fight against global warming. SAN FRANCISCO — At long … Continue reading →

BBC World  Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has defended the jailing of two Reuters journalists, despite international condemnation. She said Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had broken the law and their conviction had “nothing to do with freedom of … Continue reading →

By Roberto Savio*  ROME, September  2018 – This testimony to Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General, comes a month after his death. Much has already been written, and it is now superfluous to recall his efforts for peace and international cooperation. … Continue reading →

By Ádám Fischer* – The Guardian I conduct orchestras all over the world, and I know that only if we work together can we have harmony Human rights are under attack from populist and nationalist movements across the world – … Continue reading →

Deborah Coen* – The Conversation** Back in the 19th century, when tractors were still pulled by horses and the word “computer” meant a person hired to carry out tedious calculations, climate science made front-page news. One European forester remarked in … Continue reading →

Banks have paid 321 billion dollars of fine, for illicit and criminal activities. All this is due to Bill Clinton, who abolished the Sea-Glass regulation(a law of 1938),  a deregulation process started during  Reagan.w That l law  established a strict … Continue reading →

BY ISHAAN THAROOR* – The Washington Post In his first major policy address since joining the White House in April, national security adviser John Bolton offered a particularly aggressive demonstration of President Trump’s “America First” agenda. He threatened the International … Continue reading →