“Inequality is a crisis in need of concerted action,” said Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. A panel of experts convened by South Africa’s president warned Tuesday that the world is facing an “inequality emergency” as the richest people on the planet capture a disproportionate share of new wealth and prepare to pass it down to their […]
“Yet, they never have the funds for healthcare coverage for all,” said Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. Reality once again clashed uncomfortably with Argentinian President Javier Milei’s so-called “libertarian revolution” Wednesday as the Trump administration said it is working to double a $20 billion private sector bailout to prop up the South American nation’s moribund currency amid enduring high poverty and inflation and broader economic […]
“I am convinced that the DOJ ignored evidence found in the U.S. Treasury Department’s Epstein file,” wrote Sen. Ron Wyden. A Democratic senator on Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi outlining potentially explosive financial reports that could detail the funding of the sex-trafficking ring run by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. […]
Republicans, said one feminist writer, “don’t care about making the world better, safer, or healthier for American families and children. They just want women to have more babies.” Political observers have warned that U.S. President Donald Trump has spent his first months in office “flooding the zone”—unleashing a torrent of executive actions and Republican proposals meant to […]