(2021-09-17). Biden-Backed Aukus Deal Could Spell 'Disaster' for Climate Cooperation With China. commondreams.org "By failing to extend unemployment benefits, Congress and the White House will harm working people struggling in the pandemic."
(2021-09-17). Why Do Europeans Live Longer Than Americans? inequality.org
(2021-09-17). Mexico Got Rid of a Prominent Columbus Statue. Neo-Colonial Economic Policies Should Fall Next. inequality.org
(2021-09-17). National Philanthropic (Mis)Trust. inequality.org
(2021-09-17). Afghan refugee crisis poised to explode. asiatimes.com 
PESHAWAR- None of Afghanistan's neighbors is prepared to take in Afghan refugees and internally displaced persons despite the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) warning that 97% of Afghanistan's population is at risk of poverty and starvation. The UN agency cautions that Afghanistan is inching towards a total collapse given "frozen foreign reserves, collapsing public finances, …
(2021-09-17). Video: #Yes, It's a "Killer Vaccine": Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca The unspoken truth is that the novel coronavirus provides a pretext to powerful financial interests and corrupt politicians to precipitate the entire World into a spiral of mass unemployment, bankruptcy, extreme poverty and despair.
(2021-09-17). Unemployment Benefit Cut-Off Will Slash Annual Incomes by $144 Billion: Analysis. commondreams.org Friends of the Earth Africa, along with 50 organizations across Africa, have signed a political statement demanding that our governments support and show their commitment to act on building renewable energy on our continent.
(2021-09-17). South Yemen Separatists Declare Emergency, Trying to Handle Protests. news.antiwar.com Protests in southern Yemen continue to grow this week as economic collapse fuels unemployment and widespread shortages. The Southern Transitional Council (STC), a separatist group, Years of war has taken the Middle East's poorest country and made things even worse, while a Saudi blockade has kept basic goods, including food, in desperately short supply. This has many protesters complaining that the Hadi government is a failure. | The STC…
(2021-09-17). Saving $3.5 Trillion on Prescription Drugs to Pay for Bernie Sanders's Big Agenda. counterpunch.org According to a draft document being circulated, the Democrats are looking to save $600 billion over a decade by negotiating lower prescription drug prices. The basic story here is that the United States pays more than twice as much, on average, for prescription drugs than Germany, France, Canada, and other wealthy countries. If we paid
(2021-09-17). As Democrats shield wealth of billionaires, Biden pleads with super-rich to pay their "fair share" wsws.org More significant than the minor tax increases on the wealthy that are contained in the House bill is what is omitted.
(2021-09-17). 'What Betrayal Looks Like': UN Report Says World on Track for 2.7 ∞C of Warming by 2100. commondreams.org The movement galvanized public outrage and begged for a fundamental shift from a system that was rigged in favor of corporations and the wealthy. The lesson from the last year and a half is that this kind of shift can happen.
(2021-09-17). Headlines for September 17, 2021. democracynow.org U.S. Resumes Deportation Flights to Haiti as 10,000 Haitian Asylum Seekers Cross Rio Grande, Haitian Prime Minister, Accused of Aiding President's Murder, Sacks Justice Minister, Federal Judge Bars Biden Administration's Use of Trump-Era Rule to Fast-Track Deportations, U.N. Warns Time Is Rapidly Running Out to Limit Global Heating to 1.5 Degrees Celsius, U.S. Reports 3,400 COVID Deaths in One Day; One-Quarter of ICU Beds Are At or Near Capacity, France, China Blast U.S.-U.K.-Australia Nuclear Partnership, Biden Calls for Corporations and Super Wealthy to Pay Fair Share of Taxes, Police Put Fence Around Capitol A…