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Foto: cortesía Democracy Now! Ukraine’s government says Russian artillery fire killed 10 people and wounded many others Wednesday in the eastern Donetsk region. The killings came as Ukraine’s electrical grid operator announced new emergency power cuts to try to repair infrastructure damaged by Russia. This week, the United Nations reported…

Photo: CNN By Isaac Cohen* Despite the restraining measures adopted by the central bank, in November job creation remained strong in the United States. Last week, the Labor Department informed that 263,000 new jobs were created in November, slightly down from the revised figure for October of 289,000. The unemployment…

Foto: cortesía Democracy Now! Former President Trump has called for terminating the U.S. Constitution, as he continues to rail against his election loss in 2020. In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump wrote, “A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! WASHINGTON December 1, 2022 – On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404). The bill, which first passed the U.S. House of Representatives in July, will codify the nationwide redefinition of marriage to include same-sex couples in federal statute for…

Photo Google By Isaac Cohen* The price of oil has fallen from above $100 per barrel to less than $80, due to several factors. First of all, less demand caused by the global economic slowdown, punctuated by the economic consequences of pandemic controls in China, the biggest oil importer. Also…

Joe Biden has shown his true colors: he stands with corporate bosses over union workers. In a statement released last night, Biden stabbed rail workers in the back by calling on Congress to pass legislation imposing the terms of a tentative deal that was rejected by the members of key…

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that it has secured a settlement agreement with New York-based Lady M Confections Co. Ltd. and its West Coast affiliate, Lady M West Third LLC (together, Lady M), companies that operate bakeries and retail boutiques selling confections under the Lady M brand. The…

Photo: courtesy of PSL A new agreement between the Venezuelan government and U.S.-controlled opposition parties is raising hopes for an improvement in the country’s economic situation – and highlighting the cruel and unjust nature of the U.S.-imposed sanctions regime that Venezuela has been suffering under for years. This deadly policy…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! The Biden administration has extended a pause on federal student loan payments until the end of June as a court battle drags on over Biden’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 of student debt per borrower. In a statement, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said, “We’re…

Photo: istock.com WASHINGTON November 23, 2022.– In advance of Monday’s Senate vote on H.R. 8404, the “Respect for Marriage Act” (RMA), Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee for Religious Liberty, and Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, chairman of the…