By Olga Tomilova and Edlira Dashi (*) WASHINGTON DC, Apr 3 2018 (IPS) – For the first time in over a decade, Sub-Saharan Africa is a top priority for international funders investing in financial inclusion, with 30 percent of all active projects focused on the region. Ten years…
By Robert Leonard* KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Donald Trump won over 60 percent of the 2016 vote in rural Iowa, where I live, and I haven’t heard much concern from Republicans over the president’s alleged infidelities with a porn actress, his ties to Russia or Jared Kushner’s real estate…
By David Scott Mathieson * – Asia Times Aung San Suu Kyi shuns erstwhile Western allies to embrace China, Russia and others unperturbed by her regime’s rampant rights abuses When former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi and her long persecuted National League for Democracy…
GOODMAN * – The New York Times LONDON — History was not supposed to turn out this way. In the aftermath of World War II, the victorious Western countries forged institutions — NATO, the European Union, and the World Trade Organization — that aimed to keep the peace through…
By Mark Hertsgaard and Mark Dowie (*) – The Nation The disinformation campaign—and massive radiation increase—behind the 5G rollout. Things didn’t end well between George Carlo and Tom Wheeler; the last time the two met face-to-face, Wheeler had security guards escort Carlo off…
Sifry – The Nation The problem is bigger than Facebook In the summer of 2012, a group of scholars at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania led by Joseph Turow put out a national survey on public attitudes toward targeted political advertising…
By PATRICK KINGSLEY* – The New York Times BUDAPEST — Billboards. The anti-immigrant government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban uses different levers to influence public opinion, particularly on the subject of the European refugee crisis.
By Jim Jatras* The expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats from the US, along with dozens of others from various other countries, should be a sobering moment for all of mankind. It’s a sign of how close to the brink of a major war the world is coming. To start with, this current…
By Seth Binder and William D. Hartung – LobeLog (+) This week’s presidential election in Egypt offers an opportunity to rethink the amount and purpose of U.S. military aid to that nation, which has totaled over $40 billion since the signing of the Camp David peace accords in…
By Katrina vanden Heuvel* – The Nation Trump’s presidency has taken a foreboding turn—from madcap farce and unending melodrama toward grim tragedy With the appointment of John Bolton as national security adviser, President Trump has put the finishing touches on his war Cabinet…
