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Transphobia | Wikipedia
Transphobic graffiti in Rome, meaning "trans out" in German, with a swastika. Atreliu, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia CommonsWikipedia May 13, 2023 Transphobia consists of negative attitudes, feelings, or actions towards transgender people or transness in general. Transphobia can include fear, aversion, hatred, violence or anger towards people who do not conform to social gender expectations. It is ...
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No Respite from the Slow-Motion US-China Collision | Nouriel Roubini
Despite U.S. efforts to de-escalate tensions with China and Chinese officials’ wariness of economic decoupling, attempting to restore trust between the two powers seems futile. In this increasingly f ...
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The Post-Human Desert | Slavoj Žižek
Image portraying artificial intelligence. Public domain Unlike past technological innovations, artificial intelligence is not about humanity’s mastery over nature, but rather about relinquishing cont ...
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Can Journalists Be Activists? | Jan-Werner Mueller
News icons created by Freepik - FlaticonAt a time when autocrats are consolidating power by attacking “the media,” old debates about journalism’s role in a democracy and how journalists should conduc ...
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Tax the Rich to Save the Planet | Owen Gaffney
Full disk view of the Earth taken on December 7, 1972, by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft en route to the Moon at a distance of about 29,000 kilometres (18,000 mi). It shows Africa, Antarctica, ...
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Wars Aren’t Won with Peacetime Economies | Joseph E. Stiglitz
pexels.comSince launching his war of aggression in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has described his barbaric project as a confrontation with the entire West. But while Western governments ...
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The Stagflationary Debt Crisis Is Here | Nouriel Roubini
Nouriel RoubiniThe Great Moderation has given way to the Great Stagflation, which will be characterized by instability and a confluence of slow-motion negative supply shocks. U.S. and global equities ...
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Fed Kicks Off Debate On Issuing Its Own Digital Currency | Jonnelle Marte
Jan 20 (Reuters) - Creating an official digital version of the U.S. dollar could give Americans more, and speedier, payment options, but it would also present financial stability risks and privacy co ...
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Now Playing: Central Banks vs. BIS vs. Crypto
World News Trust Editorial Team Dec. 22, 2021 Imagine a new product of streaming content in which two ultra-powerful entities battle to control an up-and-coming new power source. But… the new source ...
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Reminder: The rich are vampires — Mickey Z.
Still image from Mark of the Vampire (1935) with Carroll Borland and Bela Lugosi Mickey Z. — World News Trust December 5, 2021 “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me ...
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Right or Left: The Media is Programming You — Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. — World News Trust November 25, 2021 So, you line up for the jab because everything you hear and see says you should. Everything tells you how safe and effective it is, right? Right? It see ...
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