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Foto: cortesía Democracy Now! On Saturday, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres traveled to Hiroshima to mark 77 years since the United States dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on the Japanese city. Guterres warned the risk of nuclear war is once again on the rise. Secretary-General António Guterres: “We must keep…

Federal Reserve chair and millionaire banker Jerome Powell speaking at a July 27 press conference. Photo Credit: Federalreserve (Flickr) The Biden administration and their defenders are heralding the July jobs report as a sign that the economy is strong and that fears of a recession are overblown. The report, released…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! Albert Woodfox, who was held in solitary confinement longer than any prisoner in U.S. history, has died at the age of 75 from COVID. The former Black Panther and political prisoner won his freedom six years ago after surviving nearly 44 years in solitary confinement.…

Photo: courtesy of PSL In the first referendum since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and eviscerated abortion rights nationwide, Kansas voters have turned out to emphatically defend abortion rights. Kansans flooded the voting booths. Early in-person voter turnout was 250% higher than the 2018 primary midterm election and…

Photo: Protest in San Francisco Aug. 1 outside Nancy Pelosi’s office opposing her trip to Taiwan   Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan today in a dangerous act of provocation designed to push the United States and China closer towards a catastrophic conflict. Her reckless decision raises…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! Senator Joe Manchin’s office said Monday the conservative West Virginia Democrat has secured a promise from party leaders and the White House to complete a highly contested gas pipeline. In 2020, construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline was halted by a federal court after activists…

Photo: ownmexico.org By Isaac Cohen* When there is turmoil in the global economy, as now, the US dollar gains strength, beyond its dominant currency function. In such times, the demand for safe assets increases and the dollar appreciates, as it becomes a shelter while other currencies lose value. This is…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! The Biden administration has cleared another prisoner for release from the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The United States has imprisoned Khalid Ahmed Qasim of Yemen at Guantanámo since May of 2002 without charge or trial. The human rights group Reprieve says he…

Photo: istockphoto.com By Isaac Cohen* With 31 cities and 247 million people under drastic lockdown, equivalent to one fifth of the population, the Chinese economy slowed down during this year’s second quarter. According to China’s National Bureau of Statistics, economic growth in the second quarter was 0.4 percent from a…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! The death toll from an unprecedented summer heat wave in Europe has topped 1,100 as temperature records across the continent are expected to fall again today. Fire crews are battling huge wildfires in Portugal, France and Spain. Meanwhile, Britain remains under a “national emergency” alert…