Daily Archives: December 19, 2019

2019-12-19: News Headlines

Alan Minsky (2019-12-19). The Democratic Presidential Debate Must Address Poverty. thenation.com The Democratic Presidential Debate Must Address Poverty…

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-12-19). If Current Trends Hold, Women Around the World Will Have to Wait 257 More Years for Gender Pay Gap to Close. commondreams.org The World Economic Forum warned Wednesday that women around the world face "centuries of inequality ahead" with the current rate at which the gender pay gap is being closed. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/45902356345_a5313858ef_o1.jpg

RT (2019-12-19). 'Out of touch & out of time': Angry Brits react to pomp & ceremony of Queen's Speech. rt.com Queen Elizabeth has delivered a post-election speech opening Parliament, but not all were enthralled by the pageantry of the occasion, many complaining on Twitter about poverty, homelessness and the 'out of touch' monarch. | New figures from the Shelter charity earlier this week showed that more than 280,000 people will be homeless on Christmas Day in England alone — up 23,000 since 2017. The numbers are a conservative estimate, too, since they d…

Staff (2019-12-16). Headlines for December 16, 2019. democracynow.org U.N. Climate Talks End with Few of the Commitments Needed to Avert Catastrophe, Top Republicans Coordinating with White House on Senate Impeachment Trial, Trump Set to Withdraw 4,000 Troops from Afghanistan Amid Revelations About Failing War Effort, At Least 6 Dead in India as Protests Rage Against Anti-Muslim Citizenship Law, Fire Kills 10 at Bangladesh Factory with "No Safety Measures", Police in Lebanon Break Up Protests Against Corruption & Inequality, Judge Orders 234,000 Names Purged from Voter Rolls in Wisconsin, Key Battleground State, New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew to Join Republican Party After Meeting w…

Josh Hoxie (2019-12-11). Economic Inequality Has Gone Bananas. progressive.org The same week the now-infamous banana gallery piece sold for over $100,000, the Trump administration announced its plans to slash the nation's nutrition assistance program.

Naomi Klein (2019-12-10). The Case for a Green New Deal. zcomm.org Interview on the case for a Green New Deal that tackles the causes and impacts of climate change while confronting racial and economic inequality…

Mina Khanlarzadeh (2019-12-06). Anti-Imperialism As An Intellectual Trap. zcomm.org The US-led economic sanctions have caused a great deal of death and destruction in Iranian society, and the IMF policies in Iran, similar to other developing countries, have resulted in a widening of the class gap, poverty, severe marginalization of the peripheries, and a lowering of living standards. Yet, the US sanctions together with IMF Read more…

splcenter (2019-11-12). SPLC Response to Union Petition. splcenter.org On November 7, 2019, the Southern Poverty Law Center received a notice from the National Labor Relations Board that the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild seeks to represent certain employees through the formation of a union.

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The Democratic Presidential Debate Must Address Poverty
Alan Minsky | thenation.com | 2019-12-19
The Democratic Presidential Debate Must Address Poverty…
thenation.com/article/democrat-debate-poverty-california/

If Current Trends Hold, Women Around the World Will Have to Wait 257 More Years for Gender Pay Gap to Close
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-12-19
The World Economic Forum warned Wednesday that women around the world face "centuries of inequality ahead" with the current rate at which the gender pay gap is being closed. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/45902356345_a5313858ef_o1.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2019/12/19/if-current-trends-hold-women-around-world-will-have-wait-257-more-years-gender-pay?cd-origin=rss

'Out of touch & out of time': Angry Brits react to pomp & ceremony of Queen's Speech
rt.com | 2019-12-19
Queen Elizabeth has delivered a post-election speech opening Parliament, but not all were enthralled by the pageantry of the occasion, many complaining on Twitter about poverty, homelessness and the 'out of touch' monarch. | New figures from the Shelter charity earlier this week showed that more than 280,000 people will be homeless on Christmas Day in England alone — up 23,000 since 2017. The numbers are a conservative estimate, too, since they d…
rt.com/uk/476413-queens-speech-homelessness-uk/

Economic Inequality Has Gone Bananas
Josh Hoxie | progressive.org | 2019-12-11
The same week the now-infamous banana gallery piece sold for over $100,000, the Trump administration announced its plans to slash the nation's nutrition assistance program.
progressive.org/op-eds/economic-inequity-has-gone-bananas-hoxie-191211/

The Case for a Green New Deal
Naomi Klein | zcomm.org | 2019-12-10
Interview on the case for a Green New Deal that tackles the causes and impacts of climate change while confronting racial and economic inequality…
zcomm.org/zvideo/the-case-for-a-green-new-deal/

Anti-Imperialism As An Intellectual Trap
Mina Khanlarzadeh | zcomm.org | 2019-12-06
The US-led economic sanctions have caused a great deal of death and destruction in Iranian society, and the IMF policies in Iran, similar to other developing countries, have resulted in a widening of the class gap, poverty, severe marginalization of the peripheries, and a lowering of living standards. Yet, the US sanctions together with IMF Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/anti-imperialisms-creation-of-the-complex-west-and-the-similar-rest/