Galbraith* – New Economic Thinking A Congressional Budget Office Report on the Raise the Wage Act of 2021 underpins a February 11 Washington Post editorial headlined, “Democrats Must Listen to the Data.” The Post laments that a $15 minimum wage would (according to CBO) eliminate…
By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! Guests: Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation magazine. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she has authorized a 9/11-style commission to further investigate the January 6 insurrection and the actions…
By Sania Farooqui* NEW DELHI, India, Feb 2021 (IPS) – The armed conflict in Yemen which has lasted six years, has killed and injured over thousands of civilians, displaced more than one million people and given rise to cholera outbreaks, medicine shortages and threats of famine…
By Jeet Heer* -The Nation Trump’s two impeachments are just the start of a long struggle to turn the former president into a pariah. The second impeachment of Donald Trump was an improvement, but only a partial and halting one, over the first impeachment.
Editorial – The Observer As the military cracks down ever harder on protesters, the west and China must work together to prevent disaster It began with red balloons and ribbons, silent symbols of resistance to Myanmar’s military coup. Then came the subversive banging and…
By David Scott Mathieson* – The Nation The military was never interested in peace or a democratic transition—and neither was Aung San Suu Kyi The coup d’état in Myanmar has restored the powerful armed forces, or Tatmadaw, to full control of the country, after a decade of…
York* – The Guardian Twitter and Facebook need to be more transparent about how they choose who gets censored The enforcement of policies on content moderation by popular social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, is a continuously contentious topic. Particularly so…
Editorial Though the former president will likely be acquitted again, the truly dangerous course would be failing to try him The evidence is clear and compelling. The deadly events of 6 January speak for themselves – as the dramatic video which launched the proceedings against…
By Ellen Brown* – Web of Debt, Blog Wall Street may own the country, as Kansas populist leader Mary Elizabeth Lease once declared, but a new generation of “retail” stock market traders is fighting back. A short squeeze frenzy driven by a new generation of gamers captured…
By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! Congressmember Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the lead Democratic impeachment manager in former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, closed the first day of proceedings in the Senate with an emotional speech describing the…
