2020-02-03: News Headlines

Rajan Menon (2020-02-03). The Shame of Child Poverty in the Age of Trump. zcomm.org Billionaires Are Soaring, Poor Kids Are Losing More…

RT (2020-02-03). 'They want to pay Khabib $100m': Ali Abdelaziz reveals HUGE Saudi offer and says Mayweather is ahead of McGregor for shot (VIDEO). rt.com Khabib Nurmagomedov's manager, Ali Abdelaziz, says Saudi suitors have offered $100m to host a fight featuring the lightweight champion – but believes Conor McGregor's comeback win over Donald Cerrone has not earned him co-billing. | Floyd Mayweather would be a more worthy current opponent than Conor McGregor for a $100m fight that has been offered to Khabib Nurmagomedov in Saudi Arabia, manager Ali Abdelaziz has argued. | Abdelaziz says he has spoken to Saudi authorities who are willing and wealthy enough to more than double the reported figure of around $40m they paid to take Anthony Joshua's rematch with And…

Fight Back (2020-02-02). Marinette, WI: Workers at Aurora Medical Center Bay Area stand up to union busting. fightbacknews.org Marinette, WI – 300 workers at Aurora Medical Center Bay Area in Marinette, Wisconsin are fighting back against management's attacks on their right to organize. These attacks include using the expiration of their contract to cease dues check-off, offering poverty wages, and consistently extending bargaining by conveying misleading and inaccurate information to workers. These tactics are a vicious attack on working people and our ability to provide for our families. | AFSCME Local 3305 represents medical and professional support staff at the hospital, which was purchased by Aurora Health Care Inc. in 2019. Aurora…

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2020-02-01). Watch: News Anchor Shows Americans Real Size of Wealth Gap—Using American Pie. commondreams.org "Give this video four minutes and let's start the revolution." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/pie_.png

Ramzy Baroud (2020-01-31). Pipeline or a Pipe Dream: Israel, Turkey Hydrocarbon Conflict is Brewing in the Mediterranean. counterpunch.org Massive natural gas discoveries off the coast of Israel and Palestine are slated to make Tel Aviv a regional energy hub. Whether Israel will be able to translate positive indicators of the largely untapped gas reserves into actual economic and strategic wealth is yet to be seen. What is certain, however, is that the Middle

Agha Hussain (2020-01-31). Wealthy Gulf States Plan to Spend Big to Coax Syria Away from Iran. mintpressnews.com In the first of a three-part series, Agha Hussein investigates efforts by wealthy Gulf Arab countries to ply post-war Syria away from Iran by investing heavily in its post-war reconstruction.

Alexander Rubinstein (2020-01-30). Anti-Trump-themed 'Immigrant Food' restaurant owned by lobbyists for right-wing Latin American coup leaders who fueled migration crisis. thegrayzone.com The shocking story of how wealthy Latin American regime-change hitmen exploited immigrant rights, international food, and a pliant DC media…