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Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) is one of the few large European banks that continues to conduct business more-or-less-as-usual in Russia. But as the profits from its Russian operations surge, the associated risks and costs are also rising.
Right-wing pundits rushed to defend Harlan Crow’s gifts to Clarence Thomas and his Nazi memorabilia collection — without disclosing their ties to the mega-donor.
The document says just under 100 troops from the US, Britain, France, and Latvia are in Ukraine.
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The vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years later, and the relevance of his economic ideas today.
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A federal watchdog called for ending the practice nearly 50 years ago, but the military pushed back. Now, soldiers leave the Army with a negative discharge, avoiding possible federal conviction and with little record of the allegations against them.
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We must not allow our movements for justice to be silenced by laws that criminalize dissent.
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By Ralph Nader If there was a giant composite lawsuit against Donald J. Trump, for his over forty years of recurring criminal and civil violations, (while a corporate boss and politician) the only recourse for his lawyers would be to plead the insanity defense. Until this week, in a New York State Supreme Court based […]
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- by Aeon Video
- by Antone Martinho-Truswell
- by Joseph M Keegin
All over the world, progressive people have been paying tribute to Denis Goldberg, who sadly died last month. He was a great fighter to end apartheid and for a better future for all of humankind. In South Africa itself, the President announced that national flag was to fly at half-mast at every station in the […]
Contending with cancer is horrific enough. Fighting to get care is scary, demoraizing, and can be fatal.
The goals of the newly created BTFP are to bolster depository institutions’ capacity to safeguard deposits and ensure the ongoing provision of credit to communities and the broader economy.
Yes, sports fans, the Administration blew it with Saudis. Dealings may have been set to sour, but Team Biden accelerated the process.
CIAR Coalition and BLM Coalition call for action and resistance to protect our rights – and will march on Downing Street later this month Ahmed Hussain of Citizenship is a Right (CIAR) writes: Silence is not an option. Our airwaves are dominated by the opinions of bigots whom we have allowed into power, and who […]
Australia's two-party political system is archaic, providing PM Albanese with an opportunity to consider a more progressive form of government. read now...The week that was for the GOP.
Artificial innovations for government and business.
Criticism aimed at a café employing child workers is unwarranted since no complaints of exploitation have been made and the children work willingly. read now..."Utes will cost $4 million"
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DETROIT — Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) led Congressmembers Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), Cori Bush (MO-01), Greg Casar (TX-35), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Ilhan Omar (MN-05) and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling on the Department of Justice to uphold the First Amendment’s protections for the freedom of the press by dropping the Trump-era charges against Australian publisher Julian Assange and withdrawing the American extradition request currently pending with the British government.
Australia’s official media watchdog has found three-quarters of recent complaints upheld for violations of media ethical principles were against News Corp. read now...