(2019-08-01). Presidential Racism: Shining Example of America's Somber Status Quo. counterpunch.org 
Trump trumpets the low unemployment rate among blacks as proof that his body contains no racist "bones." | But what Trump doesn't say (and what the media doesn't report adequately) is that the current unemployment rate for blacks remains about twice that of whites. The June 2019 national unemployment rate for whites was 3.3 percent compared to 6 percent for blacks. The June 2000 rate was 3.6 percent for whites and 7.8 percent for blacks. More
(2019-08-01). Understanding the politics of inequality. greenleft.org.au 
The Political Economy of Inequality
| By Frank Stilwell
| Polity, 2019 | The existence of stark economic inequality within and between different nations is one of the most reprehensible facts of modern society. Some simply dismiss it as natural and inevitable, but most people would at least recognise it as a serious problem. Efforts to change it have largely failed or been too meagre to stem the tide. | Welcome attention was drawn to the issue with the 2014 publication of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-first Century which, surprisingly for a book on economics, became an international bestseller. I…
(2019-08-01). Oddball Dem hopeful Andrew Yang's advice against climate change: Run for the hills. rt.com 
Andrew Yang, a wacky tech candidate in the crowded Democratic presidential field, broke from the party line on climate change, saying it's too late for last-ditch efforts to stop it, so people might as well move to higher ground.
(2019-07-31). 48 hours of overpolicing in NYC. liberationnews.org 
Recording the police or offering Metrocards will not end the criminalization of poverty, it will not end police terror.
(2019-07-31). US Court Rules Canadian Firm Can Collect $1.4B From Venezuela. telesurenglish.net With United States backing, self-declared interim president Juan Guaido and the Venezuelan right have been conducting an illegal operation to confiscate the Venezuelan public's wealth and assets, Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said Wednesday. | RELATED: | Russia To 'Abstain' Attending Int'l Talks on Venezuela in Lima | According to rep…
(2019-07-31). Millions displaced and hundreds killed by monsoonal floods in South Asia. wsws.org South Asian governments have responded with apathy and indifference toward the poverty-stricken people severely impacted by the floods.
(2019-07-31). U.K. Could See 'Corporate Courts' After Brexit. telesurenglish.net A parliamentary report published Tuesday warns that investors could have huge new powers to sue the government after Brexit, as EU trade arbitration could be replaced by investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), which means corporations will play a role in settling trade disputes, rather than an independent third party. | RELATED: | 'Poverty Criminalized, Wealth Immunized': US Corporate Impunity | Britain has not yet defined how they will handle trade disputes after Brexit, witho…
(2019-07-31). Indian protest marks seven years of legal vendetta against jailed Maruti Suzuki workers. wsws.org The sole "crime" of the 13 jailed auto workers was to challenge the poverty-wages and repressive sweatshop conditions at Maruti Suzuki.
(2019-07-30). Greece: Suicide or Murder? dissidentvoice.org Pundits from the left, from the right and from the center cannot stop reporting about Greece's misery. And rightly so because the vast majority of her people live in deep economic hardship. No hope. Unemployment is officially at 18%, with the real figure closer to 25% or 30%; pensions have been reduced about ten times …
(2019-07-29). Democrats Use Trump's Tweets to Hide Neoliberal Policy Failures. therealnews.com 
The reactions to Trump's tweets show that the "Diverter in Chief" has effectively derailed the conversation around Baltimore City, and has allowed establishment Democrats to avoid their own culpability in the segregation and poverty in our cities…
(2019-07-26). Newstart poverty crisis: Raise the rate now. greenleft.org.au 
It is fast becoming a recognised fact — almost a truism — that the Newstart Allowance is too low. For unemployed people trying to get by on about $300 a week ($277 without rent assistance, $227 for those under 21), this is not news. | Likewise for those who are unable to work because of illness or disability but are forced onto Newstart due to the difficulty of accessing sickness or disability payments. | Newstart payments have not risen since 1994 — not something that can be said about the cost of living. The cost of housing, particularly in capital cities, has skyrocketed. Low Newstart rates a…
(2019-07-24). What Do Black Voters Want? NYT's Edsall Says It's What 'Conservative' Democrats Want. fair.org 
"The Democratic Party," a new column by Thomas Edsall ( 7/24/19) declares, "Is Actually Three Parties." | Fascinating! Tell us more, New York Times columnist on "politics, demographics and inequality." | Well, based on data from a CBS poll of "battleground states," there are "three roughly equal groups": Democrats who call themselves "very liberal," Democrats who call themselves "somewhat liberal," and Democrats who call themselves "moderate" or "conservative." | That's it—those are the "three parties" that the Democr…
(2019-07-23). Multinational Pharmaceuticals and Medicine: Under Fire Worldwide. uwidata.com 
The massive multinational corporations that produce the world's supply of drugs, vaccines and genetically modified organisms have been coming under increasing heavy scrutiny in recent years. These companies are in a position, thanks to their incredible resources, to influence doctors, and even nations to buy their products. They have used their wealth to push favorable …