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Vijay Prashad
The U.S.’s Idea of Diplomacy With Ecuador Is a Multibillion-Dollar Loan Trap
24 Jan 2021
On January 14, the US International Development Finance Corporation provided Ecuador with a loan of $2.8 billion. This move was part of the US strategy to remove Chinese businesses and political…
Sonali Kolhatkar
Dear Republicans, Was Your Deal With Trump Worth It?
17 Jan 2021
The nation needs a reckoning for the dark deal the GOP has made with President Donald Trump in edging us so dangerously close to fascism.
Albena Azmanova, Marshall Auerback
Lessons From the January 6 Insurrection in US Capitol
16 Jan 2021
No matter how equal society becomes in terms of wealth distribution, without a dramatic government investment in public services, trust and disillusionment in American institutions will persist, and…
Leonard C. Goodman
Will the Dems Sell us Out in the Midst of a Pandemic?
22 Dec 2020
When politicians sell out to win, we all lose.
Albena Azmanova, Marshall Auerback
Why 2020 Was the ‘Precarity Election’ in US
13 Nov 2020
Neither political party has truly addressed the issue of economic security, which is why the country remains a house divided against itself.
Richard D. Wolff
Why Capitalism Was Destined to Come Out on Top in 2020 US Polls
06 Nov 2020
No matter who “won” the US election, what will not change is the capitalist organisation of the country’s economy.
Sonali Kolhatkar
In Trump’s America, There Is Death Before Due Process
18 Oct 2020
The president promises “law and order”—by which he means “no law” and “order at gunpoint.”
Richard D. Wolff
How Fascism Has Converged With Capitalism to Redefine Government
16 Oct 2020
The looming US election has brought forward intensifying debates over a capitalism in crisis, rising nationalism and state power, and the possibility of a renewed fascism.
Sonali Kolhatkar
Trump Is Waging War on Us—We Ignore It at Our Peril
11 Oct 2020
The president has made clear that he intends to cling to power at all costs, including the U.S. Constitution and our democracy.
Sonali Kolhatkar
Why Many Police Are Barely Distinguishable From Racist Vigilantes
13 Sep 2020
Under Trump, the collaboration of armed white supremacist Trump supporters and police is an explosive mix of violence aimed at communities of color.