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Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! The House is expected to consider a bill today which would extend a nationwide moratorium on evictions, set to expire Saturday, as nearly 12 million people in the U.S. are behind on rent. On Thursday, Biden urged Congress to find a way to extend the…

Photo: laverdadnoticias.com By Isaac Cohen* The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, non-profit and non-partisan entity charged with determining when recessions begin and end in the United States. For that purpose, it maintains a chronology of the peaks and throughs of US business cycles and defines a…

"La Comadre" was convicted of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and other substances. Photo: alsegundo.mx WASHINGTON – A Mexican national was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to 22 years in prison for her role in an international drug trafficking…

TAKE ACTION HERE: Send an email or Tweet at Salvadoran authorities and/or the U.S. Embassy  Protests have taken to the streets since Thursday night, when members of the National Civilian Police (PNC) illegally detained five former cabinet members from the leftist Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). Read more here from CISPES. Among those captured were Dra.…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! Germany Considers Restrictions for Unvaccinated People.   As COVID-19 cases continue to rise around the world, fueled by the more transmissible Delta variant, more countries are enacting or considering health passes for vaccinated people. France just approved a highly contested law making proof of vaccination…

Dr. Violeta Menjívar, fomer Minister of Health and former Mayor of San Salvador, is one of the former cabinet members illegally detained. Bukele regime scrambles to cast aspersions amidst scrutiny on corruption in his administration and growing discontent among the population. In an aggressive show of force Thursday night, operatives…

Huge crowds gather in the early morning of July 17 to show support for the Cuban revolution and its government. Credit Photo: CubaDebate.cu The United States, a country with a $20 trillion economy, is waging a full-scale economic war against an island whose economy equals half of one percent of…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! The highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant is continuing its rapid spread across the globe, with poor, mostly unvaccinated countries bearing the brunt of its impact. Namibia is recording a world record of 28 COVID-19 deaths per 1 million people as infections soar across many African…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has proposed draft legislation that would remove marijuana from a federal list of controlled substances, while paving the way for the drug to be taxed and regulated. The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act would also expunge federal records of…