2020-01-04: News Headlines

Julie Hollar (2020-01-04). Media Leave Yang Out of Candidate Conversations. fair.org by Julie Hollar | The Democratic primary field may be narrowing, but Andrew Yang still can't get the media's attention. According to the New York Times ( 12/19/19), which breaks down the debates by speaking minutes, Yang, polling at fifth of the seven participating candidates, with an average of 3.5%, came in last in the December debate at 10…

Climate One (2020-01-04). Is California's Climate Progress Going Up in Smoke? indybay.org The Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, Taube Family Auditorium, San Francisco 94105…

Fangman Michael (2020-01-03). BACKSTORY OF U.S. POWER BROKERS THAT NEVER GETS TOLD. truthdig.com THE BACKSTORY THAT DEFINES AMERICA BUT IS NEVER TOLD- MUST COME TO THE FOREFRONT IN ELECTION YEAR 2020 : THERE HAS LONG BEEN A COVERT STRATEGY CONCEIVED OF BY WEALTHY FAR RIGHT OPERATIVES IN AMERICA. THEIR TACTICS HAVE BEEN CALCULATED TO REPLACE THE IDEALISM OF REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY WITH A HYBRID FORM OF PLUTOCRACY. FDR WAS …

Alan Macleod (2019-12-30). New York Hanukkah Stabbing Latest in Wave of Trump-Era Anti-Semitic Attacks. mintpressnews.com While poverty, inequality and social and economic dislocation that breed fear and resentment of the other continue to grow, the problem of racist attacks is bound to increase.

Staff (2019-12-27). The Top 5 Mainstream Media Myths That Perpetuate Income Inequality. therealnews.com The Real News takes aim at the top 5 mainstream myths that bolster income inequality and tout the ultra-rich.

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…