Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies say Americans should hope that the CIA director’s recent visit to Moscow helped Washington understand the stakes.
The US-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine
Month: November 2021
Art ‘Appreciation,’ Billionaire-Style
Fine art has never been more financially lucrative — or less central to U.S. culture, writes Sam Pizzigati.
Biden Slammed for Renominating Powell as Fed Chair
The decision, said one campaigner, “doubles down on reckless Wall Street deregulation and dangerous dawdling on climate-related threats to the financial system.”
US Moral Authority on Elections Is Like Saudi Arabia’s
The imperial media are lining up behind the official line on Venezuela’s elections, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Cuba’s Blueprint for Building More with Less
A post-revolutionary architectural experiment offers lessons for designing with scarcity, writes M. Wesam Al Asali.
A Chorus of Misinformation About US Employment
Bruce T. Boccardy says the economic model is gradually shredding the lives of working people.
Teamsters United Takes the Wheel
The new leadership rode a wave of fury over concessions and weak contracts, especially at UPS, the union’s biggest bargaining unit, Alexandra Bradbury reports.
Time to Revive US Postal Banking
The first step, writes Monique Morrissey, is to jettison a regulatory framework that protects private-sector rivals at the expense of consumers.
Happier Holidays for US Postal Service
Congress should fix a policy requiring USPS to set aside money to pre-fund retiree health care more than 50 years in advance, writes Scott Klinger.
Palestinian Authority Entrenching State Repression
Alaa Tartira spotlights the militarization of the PA budget and intensifying authoritarian aggression following the killing of Nizar Banat last summer.