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  by Chris Lehmann America has a curious attachment to the idea of gaudy wealth as the ultimate fount of virtue. Sure, there are a handful of saintly figures in…

  By Nat Parry Hurricane Patricia, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, as viewed from the International Space Station. (Photo by Scott Kelly/NASA) With more than 40,000 negotiators…

  By Tony Dokoupil The planet is on the edge of catastrophic climate change, a warming of the globe that is already creating a mind-boggling array of human suffering. The…

  By Martha A. Sandweiss A student shows signs made for a sit-in to demand a range of changes to improve the social and academic experience of black students, at…

By Mark Weisbrot The campaign for Venezuela’s December 6 National Assembly elections is only three weeks long, but in the United States it started about six months ago with leaks…

The Neo-Liberal Assault on Black Lives from Baltimore to Colombia    by Ajamu Baraka Black people in Baltimore, USA, and Buenaventura, Colombia, are oppressed by the same monster. “In both…

Black Pastors and Trump By Goldie Taylor It was supposed to be a match made in heaven, but in the end Donald Trump was forced to forgo 12 pearly gates…

  2015.12.1.Hayes.Main Garry McCarthy, the superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, at a news conference where he and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, left, discussed the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald, November…

  By: Nigel Roberts 493664570-republican-presidential-candidate-donald-trump-speaks Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on Oct. 21 in Burlington, Iowa. While whipping up racial controversy, Donald Trump shocked many…

By Jason Hickel If you follow international news you will be accustomed to headlines announcing that world leaders have succeeded in cutting global poverty in half over the past couple…