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Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! In Pennsylvania, the remains of nine Indigenous youth who died while at a government school over 100 years ago were turned over to their families Wednesday. The Carlisle Indian School was founded by an Army officer in 1879. Over 10,000 Native American children passed through…

Photo: cbj.ca By Isaac Cohen* With the reactivation of demand mainly among the advanced economies and China, last week, oil prices crossed $70 per barrel, the highest price in six years. However, the ascent in prices was interrupted by the revelation, in The Wall Street Journal (07/07/21), that a major…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! Spanish police have arrested three suspects connected to the beating death of a young gay man whose killing set off massive protests in Madrid, Barcelona and other cities across Spain. Twenty-four-year-old nursing assistant Samuel Luiz died after he was beaten near a nightclub early Saturday…

Photo: todosahora.com Two Co-Conspirators Plead Guilty and Another Two are Extradited to the United States to Face Charges. WASHINGTON – A Peruvian national has been sentenced to 90 months in prison for operating a series of call centers in Peru that defrauded Spanish-speaking U.S. residents by falsely threatening them with…

Photo: salariosenusa.com By Isaac Cohen* The vigorous creation of 850,000 new jobs in June in the US, a figure not seen since last August, led to an improvement of 3.6 percent in hourly wages from a year earlier and 0.3 percent from the previous month. Figures revealed last week by…

Photo: courtesy of Democrcy Now !In Tennessee, environmental activists are celebrating the cancellation of the Byhalia Connection pipeline, which would have carried crude oil over an aquifer that provides drinking water to 1 million people. The company dropped its bid to build the 50-mile pipeline through predominantly Black communities in…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! In Canada, protests and vigils replaced many of the usual festivities marking Canada Day, following the recent discovery of graves and remains of First Nations children at government-run schools. In Saskatchewan, protesters laid backpacks covered in orange handprints on the steps of the Legislative Building,…

Photo: reduser.com By Isaac Cohen* Two high tech giants have become the first US companies to each cross the $2 trillion valuation threshold. As a result of the pandemic boom, since last year, Apple and Microsoft have experienced spectacular growth, followed closely, but still below the threshold, by the other…

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! A federal judge has thrown out two antitrust lawsuits seeking to force Facebook to divest from WhatsApp and Instagram. U.S. District Court Judge Jeb Boasberg — a George W. Bush appointee — ruled the Federal Trade Commission failed to provide enough evidence to make a…

File Photo from different actors but the same play (not from GALA). As the 45th Season came to a rousing close with cheers and a standing ovation this past Sunday, GALA Theatre were completing the detail on their next season to bring the best of Latino performing arts in 2021-2022.…