What Clean Energy Transition?
Commentary by Steve Hendricks You may ask why, despite the growth in renewables, we keep burning more carbon than ever. The answer is simple: We—and here We means both the great mass of people and…
Economy
What Is the Economic Impact of Data Centers?
It’s a Secret. By Lisa Sorg Tax breaks for data centers in North Carolina keep as much as $57 million each year from state and local government coffers, state figures show, an amount that could…
US Tech Giants, EU Hid Datacenter Pollution
By Al Mayadeen English Microsoft and other American technology corporations successfully pushed the EU to adopt a confidentiality clause that blocks public access to environmental data from individual datacentres. Microsoft and other US tech giants…
Regulating AI Anthropomorphism
China’s proposed AI law establishes measures to prevent AI harms By Luiza Jarovsky, PhD China has recently launched a public consultation on its proposed new law on AI anthropomorphism, titled “Interim Measures for the Administration…
The Decline of Trumpism
And the Crisis of Capitalism Commentary by Greg Godels The chaotic Trump reign over US politics is showing critical signs of weakening on many fronts: Trumponomics is failing: Trumpian immigration policy has stirred a powerful…
The World is Ready for Socialism
Commentary by Vijay Prashad The refashioned liberals and social democrats are back. They have positioned themselves as the saviors of the world; they act as Reason to the unreasonableness of neo-fascism. This is possible because…
Venezuelan Economic Projections Expose US Imperialism
By Hedelberto López Blanch In 2025, Venezuela became the country with the highest economic growth and social benefits for its population, despite constant harassment and illegal extortion, euphemistically called “sanctions” imposed by the US regime….
We Can Move Beyond the Capitalist Model and Save the Climate
By Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis We have an urgent responsibility. Our existing economic system is incapable of addressing the social and ecological crises we face in the 21st century. When we look around we…
Why I Became A Socialist
Commentary by Carl Hintz When I was 7 the US invaded Iraq. It was a war based on a lie. Like all wars, organized state sanctioned killing, it came at the irreparable cost of human…
NC Food Pantries Fill The Gap After Funding Cuts
By Kara Hoving For Haywood Christian Ministry (HCM), the past year has been one of fast and dramatic pendulum swings. At the end of 2024, the Waynesville-based nonprofit was fully immersed in Hurricane Helene relief…