Oxfam: Nigeria’s Staggering Wealth Inequality Fueled by Corruption
A new report by the anti-poverty group Oxfam International paints a devastating picture of economic inequality, finding that the…
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Trump’s Support for Saudis Pushes US Closer to War with Iran
Prince Mohammed bin Salman could be the second most dangerous man in the world.
Palestinian Prisoners Refuse to Quit Hunger Strike as Trump Plans Israel Visit
On Friday, over 1,000 Palestinian political prisoners entered the 27th day of their hunger strike. Mahatma Gandhi’s longest hunger…
France Says ‘Non, Merci’ to Trumpism
Presidential elections on Sunday offered a dim ray of hope that democracy can triumph over tribalism.
The US is Helping Create a Famine in Yemen
Surreal Saudi leaflets promise a “happy Yemen.”
Longtime activist, scholar and translator Richard Greeman writes to us from Southern France. The country is preparing for an election on Sunday. The ultra-right nativist Marine Le Pen is vying for the presidency against Emmanuel Macron, a former Rothchild banker. What Greeman observed at May Day rallies in Montpellier does not bode well for the left in France.
Fighting Climate Change in the Age of Trump
Small measures are no longer enough, as the consequences of an increasingly unstable climate wreak havoc on communities around the world.
In his critically acclaimed new novel, Omar El Akkad imagines battle lines drawn over fossil fuels.
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets around the world for the global March for Science on Earth Day, April 22. We with some of the scientists who participated in New York. Here is a sample of what they had to say.