Daily Archives: July 8, 2019

2019-07-08: News Headlines

The Canary (2019-07-08). British Museum to help return ancient artefacts looted from Iraq and Afghanistan. thecanary.co Ancient artefacts that have been looted from Iraq and Afghanistan after recent conflicts and illegally exported to the UK will be returned to their country of origin.The British Museum is working with the UK Border Force and other government law enforcement agencies to help to return the seized items, which were brought there for analysis, conservation and cataloguing.Hartwig Fischer, director of the British Museum, said: War, conflict, climate change, globalisation, poverty and migration all play a part in the threats to cultural heritage. | The museum adopts a systematic approach, working with many colleagues ac…

Martin Hart-Landsberg (2019-07-08). Growing old in America: Baby Boomer nightmare. mronline.org Despite its reputation as the wealthiest generation, baby boomers (generally considered to be those born between 1946 and 1964) are facing a retirement nightmare. | Source

Staff (2019-07-07). We Have the Money to Fix Our Food System. truthout.org Poverty is expensive, but fixing it doesn't have to be — at least not compared to the status quo. | The Institute for Policy Studies and the Poor People's Campaign recently released a Moral Budget, and it's a veritable treasure trove of illuminating data proving that point. | They propose we could easily cut $350 billion from the annual military budget —…

Brian Wakamo (2019-07-07). We Have the Money to Fix Our Food System. commondreams.org Poverty is expensive, but fixing it doesn't have to be—at least not compared to the status quo.

Philip Alston (2019-07-07). US Can't Ignore That Climate Crisis Will Force 120 Million People Into Poverty. commondreams.org Climate change is making headlines this summer with record temperatures, devastating floods, and climate-related migration. But in the U.S., mainstream discussions about climate change are remarkably out of touch with the scale of the crisis and the economic and social upheaval it will bring. Political leaders have failed to put forward a vision for avoiding catastrophic consequences or protecting those most affected.

Prabhat Patnaik (2019-07-06). The debate over inequality. mronline.org The debate over inequality has become hotter world-wide. While Trump had introduced substantial tax cuts for the rich in 2017, and Britain's Boris Johnson, the front-runner to succeed Teresa May, has promised to do the same if he becomes Prime Minister, there are strong proposals for taxing the rich which have also been mooted. Bernie […] | Source

Dean Baker (2019-07-06). Job growth bounces back in June, but unemployment edges upward. nationofchange.org The annualized rate of wage growth in the second quarter was just 2.7 percent. | The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 224,000 jobs in June, a sharp bounce back from the revised figure of 72,000 jobs reported for May. With a small downward revision to the April data, this brings the three-month average to 171,000. The average hourly wage is up 3.1 percent from the year-ago level. There is evidence of further slowing, with the annualized rate of increase from the first quarter to the second quarter at just 2.7 percent. | There was little change in the household survey. Unemployment edge…

RT (2019-07-05). Billionaire US coal magnate & 6 others die in helicopter crash off Bahamas. rt.com A wealthy West Virginia coal mine owner, his daughter and five others died when their helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Bahamas en route to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Avery T. Phillips (2019-07-05). How businesses have changed since the #metoo movement. nationofchange.org Equal treatment for women in the workplace has been a point of contention since the advent of the women's rights movement a half-century ago. In more recent years, in-person and online activism have made it possible for women and allies to stand against abuse, harm, harassment and inequality with the #MeToo movement. Studies reveal that 81 …

Rob Urie (2019-07-05). Born on the 5th of July. counterpunch.org The unifying factor behind environmental decline, an extractive health care system, mind-numbing work for poverty wages, perpetual wars and increasingly intrusive and assertive commercial relations, is capitalism. Of course, the term is an abstraction, shorthand for a belief system used to explain and organize social relations. Its history is of brutality, pillage and genocide explained by its perpetrators as laying the ground for some imagined future civility. More

United Nations (2019-07-04). Pay packet inequality growing worldwide, says new UN report. un.org Top earners around the world have seen their share of national income rise in the last decade and a half, while everyone else has seen their pay packets shrink by comparison, UN economists reported on Thursday.

Marilyn Bechtel (2019-07-03). California gig workers eye a win if landmark bill passes state Senate. peoplesworld.org SAN FRANCISCO—If a law now wending its way through the state legislature passes its final hurdles this summer, hundreds of thousands of California workers now called "independent contractors" will be poised to gain essential benefits like Social Security, unemployment insurance, overtime pay, and workers' compensation, as well as vital rights like collective bargaining. Assembly Bill …

John Nichols (2019-07-02). Sorry 'Washington Post'—Bernie Sanders Is Right About Economic Inequality. thenation.com Sorry 'Washington Post'—Bernie Sanders Is Right About Economic Inequality…

splcenter (2019-06-18). Report: Louisiana schools fall short on collecting, publishing policing data. splcenter.org As the presence of law enforcement officers in schools continue to grow in Louisiana and nationally, school policing data is not being made readily available to Louisiana's citizens as required by federal law, according to a report that the Southern Poverty Law Center released today.

2019-07-08: Social Media Postees

British Museum to help return ancient artefacts looted from Iraq and Afghanistan
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-08
Ancient artefacts that have been looted from Iraq and Afghanistan after recent conflicts and illegally exported to the UK will be returned to their country of origin.The British Museum is working with the UK Border Force and other government law enforcement agencies to help to return the seized items, which were brought there for analysis, conservation and cataloguing.Hartwig Fischer, director of the British Museum, said: War, conflict, climate change, globalisation, poverty and migration all play a part in the threats to cultural heritage. | The museum adopts a systematic approach, working with many colleagues ac…
thecanary.co/global/2019/07/08/british-museum-to-help-return-ancient-artefacts-looted-from-iraq-and-afghanistan/

Growing old in America: Baby Boomer nightmare
Martin Hart-Landsberg | mronline.org | 2019-07-08
Despite its reputation as the wealthiest generation, baby boomers (generally considered to be those born between 1946 and 1964) are facing a retirement nightmare. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/08/growing-old-in-america-baby-boomer-nightmare/

We Have the Money to Fix Our Food System
Brian Wakamo | commondreams.org | 2019-07-07
Poverty is expensive, but fixing it doesn't have to be—at least not compared to the status quo.
commondreams.org/views/2019/07/07/we-have-money-fix-our-food-system?cd-origin=rss

US Can't Ignore That Climate Crisis Will Force 120 Million People Into Poverty
Philip Alston | commondreams.org | 2019-07-07
Climate change is making headlines this summer with record temperatures, devastating floods, and climate-related migration. But in the U.S., mainstream discussions about climate change are remarkably out of touch with the scale of the crisis and the economic and social upheaval it will bring. Political leaders have failed to put forward a vision for avoiding catastrophic consequences or protecting those most affected.
commondreams.org/views/2019/07/07/us-cant-ignore-climate-crisis-will-force-120-million-people-poverty?cd-origin=rss

We Have the Money to Fix Our Food System
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-07
Poverty is expensive, but fixing it doesn't have to be — at least not compared to the status quo. | The Institute for Policy Studies and the Poor People's Campaign recently released a Moral Budget, and it's a veritable treasure trove of illuminating data proving that point. | They propose we could easily cut $350 billion from the annual military budget –…
truthout.org/articles/we-have-the-money-to-fix-our-food-system/

The debate over inequality
Prabhat Patnaik | mronline.org | 2019-07-06
The debate over inequality has become hotter world-wide. While Trump had introduced substantial tax cuts for the rich in 2017, and Britain's Boris Johnson, the front-runner to succeed Teresa May, has promised to do the same if he becomes Prime Minister, there are strong proposals for taxing the rich which have also been mooted. Bernie […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/06/the-debate-over-inequality/

Job growth bounces back in June, but unemployment edges upward
Dean Baker | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-06
The annualized rate of wage growth in the second quarter was just 2.7 percent. | The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 224,000 jobs in June, a sharp bounce back from the revised figure of 72,000 jobs reported for May. With a small downward revision to the April data, this brings the three-month average to 171,000. The average hourly wage is up 3.1 percent from the year-ago level. There is evidence of further slowing, with the annualized rate of increase from the first quarter to the second quarter at just 2.7 percent. | There was little change in the household survey. Unemployment edge…
nationofchange.org/2019/07/06/job-growth-bounces-back-in-june-but-unemployment-edges-upward/

Born on the 5th of July
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-05
The unifying factor behind environmental decline, an extractive health care system, mind-numbing work for poverty wages, perpetual wars and increasingly intrusive and assertive commercial relations, is capitalism. Of course, the term is an abstraction, shorthand for a belief system used to explain and organize social relations. Its history is of brutality, pillage and genocide explained by its perpetrators as laying the ground for some imagined future civility.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/05/born-on-the-5th-of-july/

Born on the 5th of July
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-05
The unifying factor behind environmental decline, an extractive health care system, mind-numbing work for poverty wages, perpetual wars and increasingly intrusive and assertive commercial relations, is capitalism. Of course, the term is an abstraction, shorthand for a belief system used to explain and organize social relations. Its history is of brutality, pillage and genocide explained by its perpetrators as laying the ground for some imagined future civility.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/05/born-on-the-5th-of-july/

Billionaire US coal magnate & 6 others die in helicopter crash off Bahamas
rt.com | 2019-07-05
A wealthy West Virginia coal mine owner, his daughter and five others died when their helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Bahamas en route to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. | …
rt.com/usa/463415-coal-magnate-dies-bahamas-helicopter/

How businesses have changed since the #metoo movement
Avery T. Phillips | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-05
Equal treatment for women in the workplace has been a point of contention since the advent of the women's rights movement a half-century ago. In more recent years, in-person and online activism have made it possible for women and allies to stand against abuse, harm, harassment and inequality with the #MeToo movement. Studies reveal that 81 …
nationofchange.org/2019/07/05/how-businesses-have-changed-since-the-metoo-movement/

Pay packet inequality growing worldwide, says new UN report
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-04
Top earners around the world have seen their share of national income rise in the last decade and a half, while everyone else has seen their pay packets shrink by comparison, UN economists reported on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1041862

California gig workers eye a win if landmark bill passes state Senate
Marilyn Bechtel | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-03
SAN FRANCISCO–If a law now wending its way through the state legislature passes its final hurdles this summer, hundreds of thousands of California workers now called "independent contractors" will be poised to gain essential benefits like Social Security, unemployment insurance, overtime pay, and workers' compensation, as well as vital rights like collective bargaining. Assembly Bill …
peoplesworld.org/article/california-gig-workers-eye-a-win-if-landmark-bill-passes-state-senate/

Sorry 'Washington Post'–Bernie Sanders Is Right About Economic Inequality
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-07-02
Sorry 'Washington Post'–Bernie Sanders Is Right About Economic Inequality…
thenation.com/article/washington-post-bernie-sanders-2020/

Report: Louisiana schools fall short on collecting, publishing policing data
splcenter.org | 2019-06-18
As the presence of law enforcement officers in schools continue to grow in Louisiana and nationally, school policing data is not being made readily available to Louisiana's citizens as required by federal law, according to a report that the Southern Poverty Law Center released today.
splcenter.org/news/2019/06/19/report-louisiana-schools-fall-short-collecting-publishing-policing-data