Editorial – The Guardian The killing of its president came amid growing violence, poverty and disaffection with politics ‘The murder is the latest iteration of a long running political crisis, in which Haitian elites and foreign powers call the shots while ordinary people…
By Francine Mestrum* – Wall Street International Magazine Supposedly increased social protections may just be new words for old policies John Williamson passed away on 21 April 2021. He was the economist who neatly outlined and named the ‘Washington Consensus’, the policies…
El País in english, Spain (*) On January 20, 2021, Valerie Huber, an advisor at the Office of Global Affairs within the US Department of Health and Human Services, wrote a goodbye email. A fanatical promoter of abstinence, Huber had made it her goal to undermine sex education…
Editorial – The Guardian Global rules are needed to govern the proliferation of these weapons of mass repression Last year saw the highest global military spending – nearly $2tn – since 1988. More than half of that was expenditure by the United States and its allies.
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan (*) –Democracy Now! The west Texas town of Van Horn was in the news this week, as the site of the private space flight launched by the world’s richest man, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
By Bradley Hope* – The Guardian When I heard my number was on a leaked data list, I wasn’t surprised. Reporters have never been more vulnerable ‘Anyone who believes in the value of investigative reporting that holds the powerful accountable should be worried about this global…
By Jessica Corbett* – Common Dreams The United Nations human rights chief and American whistleblower Edward Snowden on Monday joined the wide range of public figures demanding urgent action after reporting that Pegasus hacking spyware, sold by the Israeli firm NSO Group…
By Sara Perria Jul 20 2021 (IPS) – The third wave of Covid-19 is sweeping through Myanmar, from the high narrow buildings of the commercial capital Yangon to bamboo houses in rural areas. Ma Ni, not her real name, caught the virus in Yangon, infected by her husband and son. But…
By Shaun Walker* – The Guardian Hungary’s far-right government suspected of hacking phones of investigative journalists and targeting owners. Since Viktor Orbán became prime minister in 2010, Hungary has fallen from 23rd to 92nd in the World Press Freedom Index. Viktor…
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19 2021 (IPS) – With Henrietta Fore’s decision last week to step down as UNICEF Executive Director, her successor is most likely to be another American since that post has been held– uninterruptedly — by US nationals for almost 74 years…
