Category: Economy

WATCH: CN Live! — ‘BRICS Rising’

CN Live! previews the BRICS summit starting Tuesday in Kazan, Russia as Ukraine falters, the Mideast blows up and BRICS advances its alternate economic system. With Pepe Escobar, Scott Ritter and Mark Sleboda. 

Hurricane Season Rips Into US War-Spending

With another major storm bearing down on Florida, Elizabeth Vos reports on distressed survivors of Helene and tight federal disaster relief funding amid a flood of U.S. money for foreign proxy wars.  

Nationalizing US Rail

There is little hope for any improvement of the U.S. rail system so long as it remains in the hands of the irresponsible and unaccountable Class I robber barons, writes Adam Barrington. 

The Real Joe Biden

As the U.S. president’s era draws to a close, Stefan Moore takes stock of his signature domestic and foreign policies.

Vijay Prashad: Rust Belt & Broken Road

From the 1942 “American century” to Trump’s “American carnage,” the U.S. has shifted from a post-WW2 boom to decline and is now facing political divides, economic crisis, poverty and social decay.