Over three million US workers filed claims for unemployment benefits last week, millions more likely coming in the weeks ahead. Never before in US history did this happen so swiftly in such large numbers as now. A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that around one-fourth of US adults were either laid …
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Can Coronavirus Be a Catalyst for Thinking Globally?
In an age of pandemics and climate crisis, countries’ health, environmental, and development policies are globally important.
Read More »Exclusive: As coronavirus spreads, U.S. military to withhold some infection data
The U.S. military has decided it will stop providing some of the more granular data about coronavirus infections within its ranks out of concern that the information might be used by adversaries as the virus spreads. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper outlined the plan in an interview with Reuters, saying that …
Read More »The Mainstream Media Obfuscates War Crimes
The big pandemic of 2020 has done a good job of blocking any other news from hitting the headlines. However, just because the limited mental space of the Mainstream Media (MSM) is being occupied by a virus, does not mean that other things are not occurring. One very hot issue …
Read More »Nuclear Proliferation Treaty Troubles Remain Unaddressed Amid a Global Pandemic
It is vital that would-be bombmakers be disabused of any notion that they could evade tough international sanctions. We need a country-neutral, reasonably predictable, more-or-less automatic sanction regime that puts all countries on notice, even friends of the powerful.
Read More »The Staggering Collapse of U.S. Intelligence on the Coronavirus
An agency tasked with tracking future bio threats fell down on the job, causing us to wonder what else we don’t know.
Read More »How U.S. Military Aid Threatens to Upend Europe’s Long Peace
If the goal is to preserve a stable peace in Europe, the impacts of these arms transfers are much more dubious.
Read More »U.S. and Iraq: The Hidden History
“You have given Iraq the opportunity to stand on its own,” President Barack Obama told hundreds of cheering U.S. troops in Baghdad on April 7, 2009, his first visit to the country after being elected. He added that now, “Iraqis need to take responsibility for their country.” For brazen hypocrisy and condescension, …
Read More »The End of Civilization?
Governments all over the world are using the alleged threat of a COVID-19 pandemic to shut down the world’s economy. Daniel Lacalle, an authority on energy economics, writes: “The decision to shut down air travel and close all nonessential businesses is now a reality in major global economies. The United States has …
Read More »Stop Tightening the Thumb Screws against Iran. A Humanitarian Message
U.S. sanctions against Iran, cruelly strengthened in March of 2018, continue a collective punishment of extremely vulnerable people. Presently, the U.S. “maximum pressure” policy severely undermines Iranian efforts to cope with the ravages of COVID-19, causing hardship and tragedy while contributing to the global spread of the pandemic. On March …
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