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Human Rights

Jared Kushner Gets Candid About Struggling Trump Campaign, Mideast Peace, More

By Bill Powell — Newsweek

By Bill Powell – Newsweek Why would somebody 37 years old, with no diplomatic experience, take on the job of making peace in the Mideast? “My father-in-law asked me to do it,” Jared Kushner says.

21 Jul 2020 · 25 min read

Civil rights

THE SPECTRE OF THE BIG THREE

By Glauco Benigni

By Glauco Benigni* They are called Vanguard, Black Rock and State Street Global Advisor and they are the world’s 3 largest mutual funds. They are also known as asset managers or investment funds, operated by professional experts who collect “fresh” money from an immense and…

20 Jul 2020 · 14 min read

Civil Society

A Plan for Social and Ecological Justice

By Roy Morrison — EcoCivilization

By Roy Morrison* – EcoCivilization The death of John Lewis is a reminder that power concedes nothing…

20 Jul 2020 · 7 min read

authoritarianism

Trump’s ‘Plan’ Is Simply to Make the Virus and Its Casualties Disappear

By Sonali Kolhatkar — Independent Media Institute

By Sonali Kolhatkar* – Independent Media Institute America’s rightward march culminating in Trump’s presidency has brought us to this moment where we are dying from a virus that other nations have managed to control. When schoolchildren across the United States began their…

17 Jul 2020 · 6 min read

Democracy

Introducing "An Economic Program for American Democracy"

Posted by Yves Smith – Naked Capitalism Yves here. We’re pleased to be presenting a post from a new site, RGK, which stands for “Reviving Growth Keynesianism”.

17 Jul 2020 · 25 min read

Globalization

How objectivity in journalism became a matter of opinion

The Economist In America, political and commercial strains have led to questions about its value and meaning Have you heard the news? It’s about the news.

16 Jul 2020 · 8 min read

Economy / Finance

With Poverty & Hunger Skyrocketing, is a Global Economic Rescue Package the Answer?

By Thalif Deen

By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Jul 16 2020 (IPS) – The United Nations has been relentlessly pursuing a highly-ambitious blueprint for the sustainable future of humanity –harking back to the adoption of a new global economic agenda by the General Assembly back in 2015. And then…

16 Jul 2020 · 6 min read

authoritarianism

Nixon Didn’t Even Go As Far as Trump

By Elizabeth Holtzman — The Nation

By Elizabeth Holtzman* – The Nation I served on the House Judiciary Committee during Watergate. What Nixon tried to do in secret pales in comparison to what Trump does in the open Donald Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone’s jail sentence is an act of blatant corruption. The…

15 Jul 2020 · 5 min read

Human Rights

How Hungary's Leading Outlet Became the Target of Political Control

By Justin Spike — !!444!!! InsightHungary!!!

By Justin Spike – !!444!!! InsightHungary!!! (*) Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency V?ra Jourová sent a letter on July 7 to Index.hu, Hungary’s largest online news portal, expressing her solidarity with its staff…

15 Jul 2020 · 16 min read