A delegation of the Black Alliance for Peace was honored by the Venezuelan government and citizens for taking part in protecting that nation’s embassy in Washington from takeover by coup…
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A delegation of the Black Alliance for Peace was honored by the Venezuelan government and citizens for taking part in protecting that nation’s embassy in Washington from takeover by coup plotters. “Everywhere we went,” said BAP delegate Netfa Freeman, “Black and brown working class people were all indignant at the violation” of Venezuela’s national sovereignty.
Compared to good jobs and decent wages, Wall Street going up isn’t great for regular people, and its falling isn’t really bad news either.
The S&P 500 on Thursday surged to its biggest jump in two months, propelled by technology stocks and credited with boosting the Dow Jones up by some 370 points.
However, despite showing continued volatility, it barely affects most of us.
The US has expanded its sanctions against the Venezuelan Administration of Nicolás Maduro into a complete economic embargo. The move is intended to pressure Maduro as well as nations like China and Russia that have supported his government.
Homeownership and high-quality affordable rental housing are critical tools for wealth building and financial well-being in the United States.1 Knowing this, American lawmakers have long sought to secure land for, reduce barriers to, and expand the wealth-building capacity of property ownership and affordable rental housing.
Wealth—a household’s assets minus its debts—is a key measure of financial well-being. Unfortunately, the United States is home to stark and persistent racial disparities in household wealth. While various proposals exist with the aim of shrinking the racial wealth gap, estimates of their long-term effects are limited.
I was dismayed in your coverage of poverty in the recent “Breaking the Vicious Cycles” special report. Nowhere in the report did the author discuss the systemic causes of poverty. Other than mentioning the “working poor,” the article alluded to a deficit of character (those who don’t see the value in work or education) among parents living in poverty. “The Souls of Poor Folk: Auditing America 50 Years after the Poor People’s Campaign Challenged Racism, Poverty, War Economy/Militarism and our National Morality” (ips-dc.org/souls-of-poor-folks) found that 140 million people in the U.S. are poor or low income.
The Trump administration has officially labeled China a “currency manipulator” after the Chinese central bank allowed the renminbi to fall below a key threshold, marking a dramatic escalation in the trade war between the two economic powers. This comes as US President Donald Trump has dismissed concerns about the trade war with China, while his top economic aide said the US president was committed to negotiations with Beijing after labeling the country a currency manipulator. The US Treasury designation is seen by analysts as a largely symbolic move that will serve as a political justification for more tariffs. As I understand it, there’s a clear definition of currency manipulation that has three elements, and China at this point only meets one.
America boasts of being a land where freedom of speech and freedom to protest are respected. Yet, when it comes to Americans criticizing a foreign ally, the Zionist state of Israel, and lifting their voices for Palestinian rights, these constitutional rights and values are compromised.
Freedom of speech in America has come under attack with efforts by some federal lawmakers to curtail activists and rights groups seeking to boycott, divest, and sanction Israel for oppressive policies toward its Palestinian population.
When he arrives at a Tenleytown coffee shop, Tope Folarin is conservatively dressed in a sleek, minimalist shirt and pants—with a sunny pair of polka-dot socks peeking beneath his tailored hem. That unexpected pop is a bit like Folarin himself, a policy wonk now earning recognition for his first novel, A Particular Kind of Black Man, published this month by Simon & Schuster.
Robert Alvarez, senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies and former senior advisor to the Energy Secretary during the Clinton administration, has published “Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools in the…
“Spent fuel storage pools are often housed in buildings no more secure than a car dealership,” according to an IPS report. “Instead, these fuel rods should be safely stored in…
Alvarez wrote: As in Japan, all spent fuel pools at nuclear power plants do not have steel-lined, concrete barriers that cover reactor vessels to prevent the escape of radioactivity. They…
