The Healthcare System in Cuba
How a tiny island defies U.S. sanctions to lead in healthcare By Renee L Quarterman and Dr Leonardo González de Dios In the heart of the Cuban capital, the Dr. Cosme Ordoñez Carceller Teaching Polyclinic…
Economy
They Looted Companies–Now They ’re Looting the Government
By Lynn Parramore There’s a familiar myth in American politics: that of the no-nonsense business leader who cuts through red tape and gets results. It fuels the belief that running a country is just like…
Black Farmers Are Reclaiming Their Land
By Andrew Sartain We’ve all heard the rumors of foreign interests buying up millions of acres of American farmland. In fact, over 45 million acres of U.S. farmland—nearly the size of half of California—are now…
The Trump Tariffs and the U.S. Labor Movement
Commentary by Michael D. Yates A cornerstone of Donald Trump’s economic policies is tariffs. Claiming that just about every country in the world has ripped off the United States—even stating that the European Union was…
A Key Freight Indicator Is Flashing Red
Here’s What It Means for Global Trade By Lori Ann LaRocco A key supply chain data point is flashing red, warning that the pullback in freight orders will continue. Empty container exports is a forward-looking…
SWIFT’s Decline How global powers are escaping the dollar trap
By Aidan J. Simardone The weaponization of global finance has become a cornerstone of US foreign policy. Central to this has been Washington’s control over the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), a financial…
Trump Wants Big Tech to Own the Dollar
By Yanis Varoufakis ATHENS — The Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are usually placid, forgettable affairs. Not this year. Several central bankers returned home with a visceral sense of…
Global Nuclear Weapons Spending Surpassed $100 Billion Last Year
By Jon Letman In 2024, for the fifth year in a row, the world’s nine nuclear-armed nations increased spending on nuclear weapons, according to a report published by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons…
Trump’s Deportations Could Increase Migrant Labor
By Teresa Cotsirilos and Ted Genoways The U.S. food system is propped up by low-wage immigrant workers from farm to table. From California’s strawberry fields to Florida’s orange orchards, at least 70 percent of the…
Pulling The State Down by Its Own Bootstraps
How 15 years of budget cutting has impacted NC Commentary by Rob Schofield Several important policy priorities have defined conservative Republican governance of North Carolina during the last 15 years – the culture wars, the…