Ben Norton (2025-01-04). Goals behind Trump's tariffs: cut taxes on rich & escalate new cold war on China. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
Donald Trump's tariffs will not reduce US public debt. The federal deficit will keep growing, but they will be an excuse to further cut taxes on the rich and to ratchet up the new cold war on China.
Bruce E. Levine, Counter Punch. (2025-01-04). Psychiatry's Latest Insane Magic-Bullet Treatment For Depression. popularresistance.org Clinics offering ketamine infusions and injections for "treatment-resistant depression" are today claiming 24-48 hours remission, and ketamine is also being marketed for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, and anxiety disorder. | "Between 500 and 750 ketamine clinics have cropped up across the United States," NPR reported early in 2024 ("The Ketamine Economy: New Mental Health Clinics are a 'Wild West' with Few Rules"). This may be an underestimation, as Psychiatric News reported later in 2024, "More than 1,500 intravenous (IV) infusion clinics have proliferated…
Michael Roberts (2025-01-04). US economy: an exceptional boom or a bubble to burst? cadtm.org
Editor (2025-01-04). BRICS expands with 9 new partner countries. Now it's half of world population, 41% of global economy. mronline.org BRICS keeps expanding, adding 9 partner countries in January 2025, after admitting 4 new members in 2024. It now makes up roughly half of the global population and more than 41% of world GDP (PPP). It's an economic powerhouse, with top producers of key commodities like oil, gas, grains, meat, and minerals.
Javier Arana Villasusa (2025-01-04). India and Iran review broad range of ties. plenglish.com New Delhi, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) India and Iran reviewed the entire spectrum of the bilateral relationship, including the Chabahar port, agricultural cooperation, as well as trade and economic issues, highlights today.
Editor (2025-01-04). Washington funnels more than $22 billion in military support to Israel's genocidal war machine since October 2023. mronline.org 
Over all, Washington has provided the regime with $310 billion in military and economic aid, which has been regularly adjusted for inflation, according to the Council on Foreign Relations, an American think tank.
Megan McGee, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2025-01-04). Grassroots Disaster Relief In Asheville. popularresistance.org "We were pretty aware that the storm was going to be significant, but we had no idea it would be as significant as it was," says Libertie Valance, a co-owner of Firestorm Books, the worker-owned bookstore in Asheville, NC that transformed overnight into a mutual aid hub following Hurricane Helene. | After causing fatalities and catastrophic damage across the Southeast, Helene reached the Western North Carolina mountain city of Asheville in the early hours of Friday Sept. 27. Floodwaters cut off access to the city via Interstate 26, severely damaged the local water system, and left residents isolated without power…
Alina Ramos Martin (2025-01-04). India and Iran review broad spectrum of ties. plenglish.com New Delhi, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) India and Iran reviewed the full spectrum of the bilateral relationship, including the Chabahar port, agricultural cooperation, as well as trade and economic issues, it was reportedly informed.
SKWAWKBOX (2025-01-04). Streeting says pensioners can afford heating because of triple lock — which is 4 months away. skwawkbox.org 
Pensions have not risen since Labour got into government and cut Winter Fuel Allowance, but Streeting thinks it's helping poor pensioners afford fuel As Skwawkbox covered on Friday, Heath Secretary Wes Streeting — a recipient of substantial donations from private interests — told pensioners they should wrap up warm and put the heating on during …
Rhoda Wilson (2025-01-04). UK petition for the Prime Minister to call a general election will be debated on Monday. expose-news.com The petition, initiated by a West Midlands publican, accuses the Labour government of reneging on its pre-election promises. It has gathered over 3 million signatures. It reflects growing public discontent with the …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2025-01-04). Mayo Clinic Minute: COVID-19 at-home tests and expiration dates. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Respiratory illnesses, like COVID-19, flu, strep throat and RSV, are common in the fall and winter. Because COVID-19, influenza and RSV symptoms can overlap, it's not always easy to tell them apart. Taking a home antigen test for COVID-19 is a simple first step if you feel unwell or were exposed to the virus. But what about those COVID-19 tests you've stored away for the last year? Are they still good? Dr. Matthew Binnicker, director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo…
María Candela (2025-01-04). Hermanos puertorriqueños con más amor hacia Cuba (+Fotos). radiohc.cu La Habana, 4 ene (RHC) Con la premisa de que la hermandad y la solidaridad entre Puerto Rico y Cuba no se puede acallar ni bloquear, el Comité de solidaridad (CSC) boricua laboró intensamente en el año 2024 y se mantendrán activos durante el 2025.
WSWS (2025-01-04). Bushfires in Victoria highlight government inaction on infrastructure and climate change. wsws.org In the same week that the bushfire in the Grampians began, the Albanese Labor government announced four coal mine expansions.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2025-01-04). Advances in pancreatic cancer screening. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Getty Images Pancreatic cancer screening has advanced significantly in recent years. There are now research-based guidelines on screening for people at high risk of developing the disease, and researchers are collaborating to develop new screening approaches involving genetic testing and artificial intelligence (AI). "We have high-quality studies from the U.S. and Europe that show screening can detect cancer at an earlier stage and that detection leads to better overall outcomes — most notably, improved survival,"…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2025-01-04). 10 pioneering studies from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine in 2024. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In 2024, collaborative efforts with Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine led to significant advances in understanding the biology that shapes health and disease. From new treatments for rare diseases to artificial intelligence-powered tools that help personalize care, these 10 studies exemplify this year's transformative progress. 1. Innovative tool measures health of a person's gut microbiome Mayo Clinic researchers, led by Jaeyun Sung, Ph.D., developed an innovative computational tool that analyzes the gut microbiome, a complex…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2025-01-04). Minnesota Partnership awards four collaborative research grants for 2024. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Getty Images ROCHESTER, Minn. — The Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics (MNP) has announced its four research awardees for 2024. MNP is funded by the State of Minnesota and provides support for innovative research conducted by teams from the University of Minnesota (UMN) and Mayo Clinic. Totaling $3 million, this year's awards support innovative projects on cognitive aging, cardiovascular disease, cancer and pulmonary hypertension. They are: An essential role for complement signaling in microglia on…
Editor (2025-01-04). How the wealthy engineered white supremacy: The Wilmington Massacre of 1898. mronline.org 
The Wilmington, North Carolina, massacre of 1898, also called a coup, was not a spontaneous eruption of white supremacist violence, but instead came from the top leadership of the Democratic Party and was backed by the rich.
Open Letter (2025-01-04). Open Letter: Germany must stop supporting the annihilation of Palestinians. mondoweiss.net 
For over one year, Germany has been actively participating in the killing and dehumanization of Palestinians by providing political, financial, military, and legal support to Israel. Germany's complicity in Israel's atrocities must stop.
newarab (2025-01-04). Iranian plane searched at Beirut airport over 'suspicious' items. newarab.com 
An Iranian commercial plane underwent rigorous security checks at Authorities at Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport had told the Mahan Air flight that it would need to undergo inspection or it wouldn't be allowed to land, amid suspicions that it was carrying financial aid to…
WSWS (2025-01-04). Unexplained workplace death at Halifax Walmart shows oligarchy's indifference to workers' lives in Canada and beyond. wsws.org While the local authorities have declared the death not to be suspicious, the perfunctory character of the reporting on the case and silence surrounding what actually happened speak to the utter indifference felt within the financial oligarchy towards the lives of the workers they employ.
Zvi Bar'el (2025-01-04). Syria's new leader is building a state from scratch, unfortunately for him there's no handbook. haaretz.com Mohammed al-Golani, in an attempt to learn from the mistakes of the 'Arab Spring', focuses on creating a unified Syria, open to foreign investment. Democratic processes and the enshrining of human rights take a back seat…
mforinoco (2025-01-04). China Donates 70 Tons of Equipment to Cuba To Restore Its Electric System. orinocotribune.com The People's Republic of China has donated almost 70 tons of power generator parts and accessories to The materials arrived in the country on Sunday (29) and were received by China's ambassador to Cuba, Hua Xin, and Cuba's deputy ministers of Foreign Trade and Investment, Déborah Rivas, and Energy and Mining, Tatiana Amarán…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2025-01-04). Bariatric surgery helps pastor strike the right chord. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Eric Mason after surgery Eric Mason Sr. is many things — pastor, bishop, educator, nonprofit director, mentor, husband, father and grandfather — but one of the activities he enjoys most is singing. Because of his work, Eric, 55, travels a lot — both near his home in Savannah, Georgia, and beyond — preaching to different congregations and, often, leading them in song. He's even recorded three CDs. So when he noticed he couldn't hold a…
tn.ai (2025-01-04). Iran Urges Afghanistan's Compliance with Int'l Rules on Border Rivers. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry called on the Taliban to cooperate in maintaining the natural flow of water in shared border rivers and comply with international standards and environmental regulations regarding those rivers.
United World International (2025-01-04). Moldova: Elections and consequences. uwidata.com By Gà∂kalp Erba≈ü The second round of Moldova's presidential elections, like the first one, was completed last November amid controversies and suspicions. The country now faces parliamentary elections planned for July 2025. After the official results were announced, Maia Sandu secured her presidency, even though the Socialist Party, whose presidential candidate lost by a very small margin, …
Michael Roberts (2025-01-03). US economy: an exceptional boom or a bubble to burst? cadtm.org
aljazeera (2025-01-03). Biden to block Nippon Steel's takeover of US Steel, reports say. aljazeera.com US president expected to announce decision to block proposed sale of Pittsburgh-based steelmaker as early as Friday.
Bruce E. Levine (2025-01-03). Psychiatry's Latest Insane Magic-Bullet Treatment for Depression: Why Ketamine? counterpunch.org 
Clinics offering ketamine infusions and injections for "treatment-resistant depression" are today claiming 24-48 hours remission, and ketamine is also being marketed for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, and anxiety disorder. "Between 500 and 750 ketamine clinics have cropped up across the United States," NPR reported early in 2024 ("The Ketamine Economy: New Mental Health Clinics are a 'Wild West' with Few Rules"). This may be an underestimation, as Psychiatric News reported later in 2024, "More than 1,500 intravenous (IV) infusion clinics have proliferated n…
____ (2025-01-03). How US "Realists" Contributed … smoothiex12.blogspot.com to a catastrophe in 404. Their "realist" picture of Russia, her people, her economy, her history and her military was a caricature which differed very little from the caricature by neocons or US "establishment". They are as culpable in watering down the deterrent effect of Russia's actions since Putin's 2007 Munich speech as neocons. The virus of American exceptionalism kills, literally, including through self-proclaimed "realists" who never had realistic picture of Russia. Now, last Ukranian sperm pool of 18-year-olds is getting ready to be disposed of by Biden's regime. Russian Armed Forces will oblige. Re…
Rhoda Wilson (2025-01-03). New Zealand is transitioning from a middle-income to a low-income economy. expose-news.com The New Zealand Treasury's Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update predicts a cyclical downturn with 0.5% economic growth in the current fiscal year ending June 2025. But it's likely to be worse …
Hilary Wething, Economic Policy Institute. (2025-01-03). How Vouchers Harm Public Schools. popularresistance.org Voucher programs for schools are rapidly expanding across the country. Under these programs, public budgets provide funding to parents to either send their children to private school or homeschool them. | These programs' growing popularity raises the question of whether letting public money leave the public school system and subsidize private forms of schooling is a way to improve children's access to an excellent education. EPI's analysis shows that vouchers harm public schools. | To illustrate the damage, EPI has developed a tool that estimates fiscal externalities—the dollar costs to school districts fro…
Joel Schlosberg (2025-01-03). What Oren Cass Sunstein Could Learn From Henry George Costanza. counterpunch.org 
Oren Cass's "What Economists Could Learn From George Costanza"(The New York Times, December 23) has forgotten what economics Henry George taught. That's the pundit named Cass who invariably calls for constrictions on consumers, as opposed to Cass Sunstein's advocacy of "choice-preserving but psychologically wise interventions" that would make "automatic enrollment in government programs" the default (in the words of
Elsy Fors Garzon (2025-01-03). Mexico to hold forums to define the development plan. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jan 3 (Prensa Latina) Mexican authorities announced today the start of citizen participation forums next Monday to develop the National Development Plan 2025-2030, which defines the economic, social and political priorities during the six-year term.
Urban CNY News (2025-01-03). County Executive McMahon Announces Cydney Johnson & Robert Pertrovich to Join Senior Leadership Team. urbancny.com 
Johnson to oversee Physical Services; Petrovich to oversee Economic Development & Planning Syracuse, N.Y.— County Executive McMahon today announced that Cydney Johnson and Robert Petrovich will be part of his …
WSWS (2025-01-03). Cultural institutions in the UK face an existential crisis, with Labour government worsening austerity. wsws.org Government spending on culture in Britain is a tiny fraction of overall spending: only 0.17 percent of GDP in 2023 and among the lowest rates in Europe, where the average is around four-and-a-half times higher—at a still-low 0.74 percent.
SKWAWKBOX (2025-01-03). BBC, Sky, Times, Guardian leave out fact Broxtowe councillors quit Labour over Gaza. skwawkbox.org 
Glaring omission in coverage exposed by group's resignation letter As Skwawkbox reported yesterday, twenty councillors in Broxtowe, Notts, have resigned from the Labour party in disgust at Keir Starmer's betrayal of Labour values. The resignations have been widely covered by the so-called 'mainstream' media, but almost all have a huge omission in their coverage of …
WSWS (2025-01-03). Oligarch Elon Musk posts torrent of far-right content backing Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson in the UK. wsws.org The most that senior Labour cabinet minister Wes Streeting would say of Musk's actions was that "some" of the criticisms were "misjudged" and "misinformed". He continued, "But we're willing to work with Elon Musk… If he wants to work with us and roll his sleeves up, we'd welcome that."
Prem Sikka (2025-01-03). How our democracy has been hijacked by corporations and wealthy elites. leftfootforward.org Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. | 'Free and fair elections' is the slogan of liberal democracies. But when did we have free and fair elections? | The slogan obfuscates the power of corporations and wealthy elites in shaping public choices. People merely rubber-stamp the policies already decided by political elites and their financial backers. Some crumbs are occasionally thrown to the masses but the rich and corporations always win because they contr…
Alan Macleod (2025-01-03). Raffi Berg: BBC Middle East Editor Exposed as CIA, Mossad Collaborator. mintpressnews.com 
Raffi Berg, now at the center of a media scandal over the BBC's Israel coverage, once worked for a known CIA front and collaborated with Mossad officials.
Alan MacLeod (2025-01-03). Raffi Berg: BBC Middle East Editor Exposed as CIA, Mossad Collaborator. thealtworld.com Raffi Berg, now at the center of a media scandal over the BBC's Israel coverage, once worked for a known CIA front and collaborated with Mossad officials. | A senior BBC editor at the center of an ongoing scandal into the network's systematic pro-Israel bias is, in fact, a former member of a CIA propaganda outfit, MintPress News can reveal. Raffi Berg, an Englishman who heads the BBC's Middle East desk, formerly worked for the U.S. State Department's Foreign Broadcast Information Service, a unit that, by his
Jose Eloy Richards Richards (2025-01-03). Chinese foreign ministry backs restrictions against US entities. plenglish.com Spokeswoman Mao Ning stressed that the Ministry of Commerce's actions respond to national laws and regulations based on international practices. | Previously, China announced the inclusion of several US companies on the 'Untrustworthy Entity List' in response to their involvement in arms sales to Taiwan. | The companies include Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Lockheed Martin Missile System Integration Lab, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories, and Lockheed Martin Ventures. | These entities are prohibited from: importing and exporting activities related to China…
Damon Orion (2025-01-03). How a Community Collaborative in Arkansas is Pioneering Solutions to Long-Standing Social Problems. counterpunch.org 
Redlining, exclusionary zoning, and predatory lending schemes have put prospective Black homeowners at a severe disadvantage. As the Ballard Center for Social Impact points out, the gap in homeownership rates between Black and white families was larger in 2019 than in the 1960s. In 2023, the National Association of Realtors reported a nearly 29 percent homeownership divide between these
Maryanne Demasi (2025-01-03). FDA Lab Uncovers Excess DNA Contamination in COVID-19 Vaccines. globalresearch.ca An explosive new study conducted within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) own laboratory has revealed excessively high levels of DNA contamination in Pfizer's mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. | Tests conducted at the FDA's White Oak Campus in Maryland found that …
Elsy Fors Garzon (2025-01-03). Spain ends with a good balance of employment. plenglish.com Madrid, Jan 3 (Prensa Latina) Spain ended 2024 with a good balance of the labor market, which registered 21.3 million employed people and 501,952 new members of Social Security.
WSWS (2025-01-03). Holiday season highlights deepening inequality in New Zealand. wsws.org In 2024 New Zealand's financial and political elite vastly increased their wealth while the level of need for many people over Christmas was the worst it has ever been.
WSWS (2025-01-03). Socialism against oligarchy, fascism and war. wsws.org Underlying the interlinked crises of the capitalist system is an oligarchy that subordinates all of society to profit and the accumulation of personal wealth. The fight against the oligarchy is by its very nature a revolutionary task.
WSWS (2025-01-03). Socialism against oligarchy, fascism and war. wsws.org Underlying these interlinked crises of the capitalist system is an oligarchy that subordinates all of society to profit and the accumulation of personal wealth. The fight against the oligarchy is by its very nature a revolutionary task.
A Guest Author (2025-01-03). Refugees, foreign goods flood Syria as prices rise. workers.org 
By Karin Leukefeld Damascus The author has been covering events in Syria and West Asia for decades for the German left daily newspaper, junge Welt, and other mainly German-language media. This article, published Dec. 30, gives a description of her entry into Syria some days earlier after the seizure of . . . |
Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee. (2025-01-03). A Reality Check On Our 'Energy Transition'. popularresistance.org The much-vaunted "energy transition" that promised a great leap forward from fossil fuels to renewables along with a cornucopia of technologies is now struggling with history and complexity. A few facts tell the story. | Despite all the talk of "decarbonization," global coal production reached a record high in 2023. The dirtiest of fuels accounts for 26 per cent of the world's total energy consumption. And despite all the promises of a green revolution, oil, gas and coal still account for 82 per cent of the global energy mix. | Meanwhile greenhouse gas emissions galloped to a new high in 2023. The concentration o…
newarab (2025-01-03). Iranian plane searched at Beirut airport over 'suspicious' items. newarab.com An Iranian commercial plane underwent rigorous security checks at Authorities at Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport had told the Mahan Air flight that it would need to undergo inspection or it wouldn't be allowed to land, amid suspicions that it was carrying financial aid to…
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2025-01-03). Bank Employees Sell Your Financial Data to Scammers. Paul C. Roberts. globalresearch.ca
Editor (2025-01-03). U.S. credit card defaults at highest level since Great Recession. mronline.org 
Credit card defaults in the U.S. reached their highest level since the 2008 financial crash during the first nine months of 2024, according to figures compiled by BankRegData and cited in a recent Financial Times article.
The Independent (2025-01-03). Sh1trillion target for local revenue collections. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Local Government Finance Commission (LGFC) seeks to collect up to 1 trillion shillings in local revenue collections. The commission intends to hit this target by the 2025/26 financial year. This ambitious goal was revealed by Isaac Musumba, the commission chairman, during its rebranding function. "This is not just a …
Howard Lisnoff (2025-01-03). Jimmy Carter: Amnesty and Draft Registration. counterpunch.org Jimmy Carter may have liked the endless accolades that came his way following his death. Carter was immensely unpopular by the end of his first and only term as president from 1977 to early 1981. His foreign policy success between Israel and Egypt was overshadowed by inflation, an inability to communicate with the people, and
Tik Root (2025-01-03). How Elon Musk could end fossil fuel subsidies. grist.org President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to upend the federal government, and he has enlisted firebrands Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to help him do it. The two men are set to lead the Department of Government Efficiency and aim to trim $2 trillion from the U.S. budget. | That's about one-third of all federal spending, and the pair also believe they can cut the government workforce by 75 percent. In announcing the office, known as DOGE, Trump said that "these wonderful Americans" will "dismantle" bureaucracy, "slash" regulations, cut "wasteful" expenditures, and "restructure" agencies. Ramaswamy <...
Adam Mahoney (2025-01-03). Residents Say Their Daily Struggles Are Sidelined in Coverage of NOLA Attack. truthout.org NEW ORLEANS — Mark Whitaker sells chicken and hot links in New Orleans' historic French Quarter every New Year's Eve as fireworks paint the sky along the Mississippi River. He pulls his cooler and barbecue pit through the crowded streets to maximize his profits as the city attracts up to 150,000 tourists on New Year's Eve and Day. Sometimes, he sells into the wee hours of 3 or 4 a.m. |
WSWS (2025-01-03). US police killed record number of people in 2024. wsws.org For over 10 years, Mapping Police Violence, a non-profit research group, has documented a steady increase in police killings in the United States, including over 1,250 in 2024.
Rhoda Wilson (2025-01-03). UK government plans to profiteer from NHS patients' private medical information. expose-news.com An NHS survey in May 2024 found that 50 per cent of people were concerned the health service would sell their data to companies without their permission. Now it seems their concerns …
Editor (2025-01-03). Luigi Mangione and the morality of killing. mronline.org 
Kieran Allen delves into the establishment spectacle of condemnation surrounding Luigi Mangione, who has gained folk hero status after allegedly assassinating Brian Thompson, the CEO of United Health Care. Allen explores the morally bankrupt world of private health insurance, where companies like United Health Care prioritize profit over people's lives on a daily basis, leading to thousands of preventable deaths.
WSWS (2025-01-03). Minnesota: Deer River Essentia Health strike enters 27th day. wsws.org The Deer River strike is part of a larger wave of class struggle within the United States and globally, as workers increasingly rebel against decades of stagnant wages, austerity, and the erosion of their living conditions.
Staff (2025-01-03). Legal Options for Motorcycle Accidents Involving Reckless Drivers. moguldom.com In Las Vegas, victims of motorcycle accidents caused by reckless drivers can pursue legal options such as filing a personal injury claim for medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering. Nevada law allows victims to hold reckless drivers accountable. Consulting a Las Vegas motorcycle accident lawyer ensures proper evidence collection, timely filing, and maximizing …
Staff (2025-01-03). Estados Unidos: Signos de degradación. cubadebate.cu El capitalismo de libre mercado que admira Javier Milei exhibe cotidianamente un doble perfil sangriento. La lógica de la refracción explica el vínculo entre las 700 bases militares estadounidenses esparcidas a lo largo y ancho del Planeta Tierra y su obvia relación con las recurrentes matanzas, tiroteos masivos y asesinatos colectivos.
____ (2025-01-03). Real Life Vs. Movies. smoothiex12.blogspot.com This is exactly why there are limits to martial arts in being outnumbered situation, before one either runs or pulls his gun and stands his ground. Same as competent robbers in Home Alone: The script and analogies today write themselves, pretty much. I am talking about geopolitics. I am planning to make a video tomorrow about this dramatic contrast. I also want to point out one critical fact of SMO and why Russian Army is by far the best army in the world today. Take a look, again, at fighters of the 5th Brigade hoisting the Russian Flag over Kurakhovo's Power Plant and other industrial facilities a few days ago.
A Guest Author (2025-01-03). Condemn the tragic attack in New Orleans. Reject scapegoating of Middle Easterners, Muslims and Immigrants. workers.org 
New Orleans The Workers Voice Socialist Movement (Louisiana) issued the following lightly edited statement on Jan. 1, 2025. Our condolences go out to the families and friends of those killed and injured in the horrific attack in the French Quarter of New Orleans. We condemn it completely. We also call . . . |
Eve Ottenberg (2025-01-03). Mass Hysteria Strikes Again: The Great Drone Invasion of 2024. counterpunch.org 
The latest American mass psychosis involves drones, a rather mundane twist in a long, gaudy, societal psychopathology leading from communists under the bed, to the lunatic Havana Syndrome, to dastardly Chinese spy balloons. So our current fixation is mystery drones, sighted across the U.S. but most alarmingly, for birdbrains I guess, over U.S. military bases.
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This coverage is made possible through a partnership between After spending more than two years drafting a plan to manage and protect the nation's old-growth forests as they endure the ravages of climate change, the Biden administration has abruptly abandoned the effort. | That decision by the U.S. Forest Service to shelve the National Old Growth Amendment ends, for now, any goal of creating a cohesive federal approach to ma…
By The National Security Archive of George Washington University, as it so often does, performed a fabulous …
KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bank of Uganda has reduced the frequency of the review of the Central Bank Rate, to allow for more comprehensive economic analysis and enhanced forecasting accuracy. This, the Bank says, will in turn enable the management to "build upon our established track record of effective policy decisions." The Monetary …
At the close of 2024 there were 813 billionaires in the United States with a combined total wealth of $6.72 trillion, according to an analysis of the Forbes wealth data. The total number of billionaires has remained constant since the outlet published its 38th annual World's Billionaire List on April 2, 2024. But the combined 
Soaring rents and home prices across the country are fueling the housing instability that forces working families into the streets. Wall Street's increasing penetration into the single-family home market is at the core of the upheaval. | It all began in 2007, when a large number of "adjustable-rate mortgages" (or "ARMs"), also known as subprime mortgages, reached the date at which their loan rates were due to be reset. These "ARMS" had previously allowed millions of families to buy homes. But when they hit the reset date, the interest rates greatly increased, and a large swath of the population was suddenly un…
The New York Times had a lengthy piece giving a story on how the Democrats lost the support of working-class voters over the last three decades. The essence of the argument is that working-class voters were angered by Democrats' support of "free trade" and the bailouts of the financial industry in the financial crisis. While 
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Luwero District are grappling with a sh740 million debt related to road works after the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development rejected their request to settle the amount. The debt dates back to 2014, when the district contracted Busenvi Enterprises Limited for sh522 million to construct …
Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pader District is pushing to establish an Integrated Agricultural Laboratory as part of the Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project. The facility would provide essential diagnostic services for pests, diseases, and soil health, aimed at boosting agricultural productivity in the region. The district has identified three potential sites that …
7 January 2025, Quezon City. The environmental and health watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition bewailed the rise in the number of people, especially young children, who were injured or killed in firecracker-related incidents, prompting it to call for stronger regulations to prevent these senseless injuries and deaths. | As the Department of Health (DOH) concluded its surveillance on incidents involving the ignition of firecrackers and fireworks, the EcoWaste Coalition lamented the 38 percent increase in related injuries from 610 in 2024 to 843 in 2025, plus three deaths due to firecrackers and one death due to a str…
After nearly three years of protracted negotiations, However, within the enclaves, officials and merchants fear Madrid has given Rabat a foothold in the autonomous territories— at least trade wise. | For the…
Days after hurricanes Irma and Maria tore through Puerto Rico in 2017, Ernesto Diaz formed a team to survey what the Category 5 storms had done to his home. Touring coastal areas, Diaz, then an assistant secretary with the commonwealth's Department of Natural & Environmental Resources, saw rooftops poking out from floodwaters, forests stripped bare, and windows and doors floating by. As a marine scientist who knew the shoreline ecosystems intimately, he also noticed something that intrigued him: Communities near coral reefs sustained less damage. | That became the genesis of a first-of-its kind project when, i…
The concepts of climate debt and ecological debt are central to successfully achieving the ecological bifurcation. The ecological debt owed by States — and in particular the wealthiest States and major corporations — of the North to the populations of the Global South must be recognized. That recognition must take the form of cancellation of