COVID-19: Credit Ratings Punish Poorer Countries for Investing More in Health Care August 19, 2021 Downgrades and the fear of them prevent much-needed public spending during the pandemic, writes Ramya Vijaya. Read more →
The Climate Stat We Can’t Afford to Overlook: CEO Pay August 17, 2021 If top U.S. corporate execs are still pocketing jackpots a decade from now, our environment has no shot, writes Sam Pizzigati. Read more →
Where Best to Ride Out the Climate Apocalypse? August 17, 2021 Jonathan Cook confronts a self-serving ideological movement among the super-rich. Read more →
Trade Wars Are Class Wars August 11, 2021 Narrowing the great divides — between the rich and everyone else — will be the key to reducing new Cold War tensions, writes Sam Pizzigati. Read more →
COVAX Isn’t Africa’s Silver Bullet July 30, 2021 The facility’s colonial mindset is an ever-present reminder that “aid is dead,” writes Suhail Omar. Read more →
Housing Should Not be a Luxury July 22, 2021 Few issues mobilize people in Berlin more than the housing shortage and the rapidly rising costs, writes Katharina Hofmann De Moura. Read more →
Bezos Blasts Off & Gets Blasted July 20, 2021 Eleven people on Earth are dying of hunger every minute as the richest man in the world embarked on his “joyride” into space, blasts Oxfam. Read more →