Monthly Archives: March 2021

2021-03-29: News Headlines

Sonali Kolhatkar (2021-03-29). Universal Health Care is a Popular Idea in America, So Why Does Biden Seem Intent on Enriching Private Insurance Companies? counterpunch.org As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on people's lives, President Joe Biden has been on a victory tour to promote the American Rescue Plan, a hefty $1.9 trillion spending package that not only sends direct stimulus payments to struggling Americans, but also greatly expands health care options through the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Rod Driver (2021-03-29). The World's Richest People: Excessive Wealth Disorder Is Destroying Our Societies. globalresearch.ca David Rothkopf wrote a book about the world's richest people called …

inequality (2021-03-29). Who are the 10 Biggest Pandemic Profiteers? indybay.org The combined wealth of the nation's 657 billionaires increased more than $1.3 trillion, or 44.6 percent, since the pandemic lockdowns began. [See Master Table] Over those same 12 months, more than 29 million Americans contracted the virus and more than 535,000 died from it.

MEE correspondent (2021-03-29). Suez Canal: Egyptians in neglected village thrust into limelight by ship crisis. middleeasteye.net Suez Canal: Egyptians in neglected village thrust into limelight by ship crisis | Residents of Manshiyet al-Rugola have struggled for years as the world's wealth passed them by. Now the Ever Given has put them on the map | Mon, 03/29/2021 – 09: 16 | A farm vehicle is seen in a field as the Panama-flagged MV 'Ever Given' is lodged behind it impeding traffic across Egypt's Suez Canal on 2…

Rod Driver (2021-03-29). Excessive Wealth Disorder is Destroying Our Societies. zcomm.org The buying power of rich people can drive prices upwards so that poor people cannot afford things. This is most noticeable with property…

teleSUR (2021-03-29). UN High-Level Meeting Takes up the Debt Relief and Poverty Link. telesurenglish.net United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness convened a high-level virtual meeting to discuss options for debt relief for developing countries. | RELATED: | "While some countries have been able to accrue new debt to build a bridge to recovery and reserve vaccines, others have been forced to allocate their limited fiscal space…