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Photo: cnn.com By Isaac Cohen* The US Labor market, once again, has defied the central bank’s restrictive monetary policy. Last week, the Labor Department informed 272,000 new, non-agricultural jobs were created in May, more than 175,00 created in April and over the monthly average of 247,000 of this year’s first…

Photo Google Conspiracy Theories, Falsehoods and Threats of Violence Against DOJ Personnel are Not Normal.   Last week, a California man was convicted of threatening to bomb an FBI field office where hundreds of agents and other employees work. In one of his threats to the FBI, the man wrote: “I can…

Just few steps from the main entrance of the White House. Photo PSL   MLNews Room   On June 8, wearing red, over 100,000 people completely encircled the White House to establish the people's red line —a two-mile long banner with the names of all the Palestinians Israel has murdered…

Photo Cispes Dear Readers Will you join us in speaking up for jailed grassroots leaders in El Salvador? Over the past week, Nayib Bukele has escalated his attacks on the grassroots opposition, carrying out warrantless arrests against nine members of the National Alliance for a Peaceful El Salvador, one of…

    By Isaac Cohen* The Commerce Department revised downward, last week, the rate of US economic growth during this year’s first quarter, from 1.6 percent previously estimated, to 1.3 percent. The figure indicates a slowdown mainly caused by less consumer spending, at an annual rate of 2 percent during…

Photo Yahoo. By Initiative Article 88  Pronouncement #1: What is going to happen this June 1st is not the inauguration of a president. It is the funeral of the Republic, the act of formalizing the unconstitutional permanence of the president in office beyond the end of his term. It is…

Foto: cortesía Democracy Now! Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has removed a network of hundreds of fake accounts tied to an Israeli company that posted AI-generated comments to defend Israel’s assault on Gaza and to amplify claims of antisemitism on college campuses. Some of the fake accounts…

By Isaac Cohen* Memorial Day weekend in the United States marks the start of the summer and therefore of increased driving, which it usually meant increased demand and higher gasoline prices. This year, contrary to this expectation, the price of gasoline has gone down defying several supposedly inevitable forecasts. For…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! European heads of state are facing ever louder calls to join Spain, Norway and Ireland in recognizing Palestinian statehood after Sunday’s attack on Rafah. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez spoke earlier today ahead of Spain’s official recognition process in a cabinet meeting. Prime Minister Pedro…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! In Part 1 of our Memorial Day special broadcast, we speak with Jerusalem-based journalist and author Nathan Thrall, who was recently awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for his book, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy. Thrall discusses…