TopicsPosts Tagged ‘u.s.’
Behold the U.S.’s 250th birthday, brought to you by corporate behemoths, via Trump
WASHINGTON—Behold the United States’ 250th birthday celebration, brought to you by a cavalcade of corporate behemoths, via Donald Trump. And much of it will be paid for by you and me. At least $103 million in taxpayer dollars were funneled to favorite Trump companies via no-bid contracts from the Trump-established celebration committee, Freedom 250. It has also collected tens of…Read More
The Mladenov distraction: Behind the screen, Netanyahu is annexing Gaza ‘step-by-step’
Gaza requires urgent international attention. What is happening in the besieged and devastated Strip at the moment by far exceeds an unfolding humanitarian disaster; it is a calculated geopolitical reshaping. Israel is actively executing a plan to permanently occupy the vast majority of Gaza, with consequences that require little elaboration, considering what we already know about the ongoing genocide. Currently,…Read More
Michigan nurses push back on Henry Ford Health union-busting tactics
DETROIT—On West Grand Boulevard, two hospitals sit side by side, both owned by the Henry Ford Health system. The newly constructed facility, nearing a price tag of $3 billion, towers over the old. It’s a picture Henry Ford Health would like to use as a symbol of progress and a future of high-tech, high-profit medicine. But the informational pickets held…Read More
Uprisings against ICE intensify and score some victories
Keeping the pressure on Congress, hundreds of thousands of protesters, in demonstrations across the U.S., plus at least one abroad, hit the streets in the last few days to demand an end to ICE invasions of the nation’s cities. And in deep-red Oklahoma, the mobilizations scored at least one major victory by blocking construction of a warehouse “detention” camp planned…Read More
Texas tremors shake national politics
National pundits are analyzing Texas special election results from Jan. 31. For the most part, they are getting it wrong, even though the winner for State Senator in Fort Worth, Taylor Rehmet, made it simple for them when his overwhelming victory was registered: “This win goes to everyday working people!” What the pundits ignore is that organized labor provided the…Read More