US Child Care Deficit Impacts Multiple Sectors of the Country
With funds from the American Rescue Plan drying up, there are fewer workers in the child care industry, higher tuition for child care providers and fewer Americans participating in the…
101st Airborne Still Deployed in Romania Simulating War With Russia
Members of the division told CBS in October that they were prepared to enter Ukraine if given the order.
Speaker of the House Faces Political Peril From Member Deaths and Resignations—Especially With a Narrow Majority
The Congress that ended on Jan. 3, 2023, had 15 vacancies, a rate unmatched since the 1950s. If that rate continues, whoever leads the now-closely divided House will face trouble.
26 Dems in Congress Urge DOJ to Continue Moratorium on Federal Executions
The lawmakers asserted that "there are serious concerns about arbitrariness in the application of the death penalty, the disparate impact of the death penalty on people of color, and the…
Patrick Lawrence: The Sino-Russian Summit You Didn’t Read About
The New York Times coverage of the recent summit between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping misses some of its most important details, writes Patrick Lawrence.
Will the International Court of Justice Finally Condemn Israel’s Illegal Squatting in Palestine?
By Juan Cole | Informed Comment Al-Quds reports the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution entitled “Israeli Practices that affect the Human Rights of the Palestinian People…
Could Julian Assange Be Released in Two Months?
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter As the new year began, ABC Global Affairs Editor John Lyons stated during a broadcast segment that he expected WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would…
The Hope of a Pan-African-Owned and Controlled Electric Car Project Is Buried for Generations to Come
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research The United States government held the US-Africa Leaders Summit in mid-December, prompted in large part by its fears about Chinese and…
The Great Inflation Debate: Supply Shocks and Wealth Effects in a Multipolar World Economy
Setting the record straight and identifying less destructive pathways forward than round after round of interest rate increases.
Inside Southwest’s Horrific Holidays
Blame the wealthy, not the weather.
Ukraine Prepares To Give Free Rein to Property Developers
Critics fear a new planning law will hand power to property developers and put Ukraine’s historic buildings at risk.
Brazil’s President Lula Is Back—and Bolsonaro Fled to Florida
Lula da Silva returned as Brazil’s president, calling for fighting poverty and hunger, re-industrializing, strengthening the BRICS, and deepening Latin American integration. Far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro fled to Florida, fearing…
In Many Child Welfare Cases, Most of Your Constitutional Rights Don’t Apply
The child welfare system rarely offers the same rights as the criminal justice system, leaving many families facing permanent separation without due process protections.
Vivienne Westwood: Activism and the Godmother of Punk
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch There was the punk scene, Malcolm McLaren, their racy clothes shop at 430 King’s Road that started out as Let it Rock, the creation of…
After Repeated Interest Rate Hikes, IMF Warns a Third of World Will Suffer Recession in 2023
With the world's three largest economies slowing down, said the IMF managing director, economic conditions will "feel like recession for hundreds of millions of people" this year.