News Analysis
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LISTEN: Poverty’s Hidden Dimensions -- Martin Kalisa, IMF
Countless resources and billions of dollars have been directed at poverty alleviation over the decades and yet almost 10 percent of the world’s population is still struggling to survive... not only ...
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Musk And Other Pro-Trump Billionaires Helped Shape Shooting Narrative -- Elizabeth Dwoskin and Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post
The right-leaning business community on X, including Elon Musk and hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman, used their megaphones to endorse Trump and fuel storylines about Saturday’s attack. Elizabeth ...
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“The President Is Now a King”: The Most Blistering Lines From Dissents in the Trump Immunity Case -- Mother Jones
King Trump. Credit: AI Emoji Generator. CC BY-ND 4.0“Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune.” David Corn -- Mother Jones July 1, 2024 In response to the Supreme ...
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Summer Solstice -- Wikipedia
Summer Solstice Sunrise over Stonehenge 2005. CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=195581 The summer solstice or estival solstice occurs when one of Earth's poles has its ...
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Why Does the Government Borrow When It Can Print? -- Ellen Brown
By DonkeyHotey. Flickr. CC BY 2.0Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt June 19, 2024 In the first seven months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, net interest (payments minus income) on the federal debt reached $514 ...
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Dollar Dominance In The International Reserve System: An Update -- IMF
The U.S. dollar continues to cede ground to nontraditional currencies in global foreign exchange reserves, but it remains the preeminent reserve currency Serkan Arslanalp, Barry Eichengreen, Chima ...
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Can AI-Generated Content Be A Threat To Democracy? -- Alena Kuzub, Northeastern University
Humans need to find ways where AI doesn’t shape choices they make or preferences they express, says John Wihbey, associate professor of media innovation and technology at Northeastern. Credit: ...
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The Drowning South: Where Seas Are Rising At Alarming Speed -- Washington Post
Between 1993 and 2022 mean sea level has risen across most of the world ocean (blue colors). In some ocean basins, sea level has risen 6-8 inches (15-20 centimeters). Rates of local sea level (dots) ...
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Tackling California’s Budget Crisis: Raise Taxes, Cut Programs, Or Form A Bank? -- Ellen Brown, Web Of Debt
Ellen Brown -- Web Of Debt May 2, 2024 In 2022, the state of California celebrated a record budget surplus of $97.5 billion. Two years later, according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office, this ...
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Radical Right vs. Radical Left: Terrorist Theory and Threat -- US Justice Department
Made with Midjourney by Ofer A. Lidsky NCJ Number: 125094 Journal: Police Chief Volume: 57 Issue: 8 Dated: (August 1990) Pages: 70-75 Author: T Strentz Date Published: 1990 Length: 6 pages ...
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