In part two, political economist Patrick Bond outlines the activities of Glencore and other South African energy corporations which continue to ship…
Following decades of ongoing mineral extraction, environmental plunder, and the subsidization of the fossil fuel industry, the second Trump administrationās aggressive pro-drilling…
Economist Martin Hart-Landsberg underscores the importance of planning for a just transition and transformation of socio-economic relations. Hart-Landsberg examines FDRās Defense Production…
Following the inflationary period of the Covid-19 pandemic, inflation is largely down and currently at 2.1% in the U.S. Bob Pollin, economist,…
In part 2, Bob Pollin, economist and Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), lays out policies to increase workersā wages…
Given votersā concerns over rising food and housing costs, Kamala Harris has pledged to combat price gouging if elected president, though she…
The issue of banning (or not banning) fracking has been at the forefront of the 2024 presidential debates between former President Trump…
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The First Amendment guarantees religious freedom and the separation of Church and State, basic tenets of American democracy which conservative think-tank the…
The assassination of Hamasā top political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, on Iranian soil was an embarrassment to the Iranian regime and its new…
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