RT | May 22, 2015 Inequality in the developed world is the sharpest in 30 years, a recent OECD research reveals. Yet even in this context, two countries stand out in the disparity between rich and poor: the USA and Israel. “In most countries, the gap between rich and poor is at its highest level […]
By John Chuckman | Aletho News | May 8, 2015 When I think of America’s place in the world today, the image that comes to mind is of a very large animal, perhaps a huge bull elephant or even prehistoric mammoth, which long roamed as the unchallenged king of its domain but has become trapped […]
The Economic Destruction of Baltimore By ROB URIE | CounterPunch | May 2, 2015 “We need more police, we need more and tougher prison sentences for repeat offenders. The ‘three-strikes-and-you’re-out’ for violent offenders has to be part of the plan. We need more prisons to keep violent offenders for as long as it takes to […]
The Lukewarmer’s Way | April 28, 2015 Bjorn Lomborg has been invited by the Australian government via the University of Western Australia to relocate the Copenhagen Consensus Center to the lucky country. I wish him well in his new surroundings. News of this has revived the muttering and outright ranting about how Evil!!! Lomborg is. […]
RT | April 29, 2015 A new study by the AFL-CIO found that 4,585 workers were killed while at work in the US in 2013, and another 50,000 died from occupational diseases. The report entitled “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect” found that while there had been some improvements in safety at work, […]
Sputnik | 25.04.2015 MOSCOW — Metropolitan police have used tear gas against protesters after they have tried stormed into a police station in South London’s Brixton during anti-gentrification demonstrations, local media reported Saturday. According to ITV, members of the law enforcement removed the protesters who entered the station using tear gas. Thousands of people have […]
On Shlomo Sand’s “How I Stopped Being a Jew” By JOAN ROELOFS | CounterPunch | April 6, 2015 Shlomo Sand’s gracefully written and translated short book, How I Stopped Being a Jew, deals with a question many have wondered about but have been afraid to ask: What makes someone a Jew? While it has been a puzzle […]
RT | March 23, 2015 UK families are fleeing to Ireland as social workers continue to use false allegations and vague definitions of abuse to forcibly remove children from their parents and boost adoption statistics. RT’s documentary crew spoke to several of those families. The UK is just one of two countries in Europe (the […]
teleSUR | February 27, 2015 Legislators in the U.S. state of Virginia voted Thursday to allow compensation for victims of forced sterilization, though few survivors are alive today. “I think it’s a recognition when we do something wrong we need to fix it as a government,” said Democrat delegate Patrick Hope. “Now we can close […]
By Noel Brinkerhoff and Danny Biederman | AllGov | February 24, 2015 Call it the reverse Robin Hood tax strategy: Republican governors in several states want to rob from the poor through higher taxes and give to the rich by cutting their taxes. GOP Governors Paul LePage of Maine, John Kasich of Ohio, Nikki Haley […]
