(2022-01-27). Government Contracting: The Next Big Battleground for a More Equal America? inequality.org
(2022-01-27). How the U.S. Transportation System Fuels Inequality. inequality.org
(2022-01-27). Why Are We Torching Our Best Tool to End Child Poverty? inequality.org
(2022-01-27). Nicaragua Once Again Inaugurates the "People as President" dissidentvoice.org Family in Bismarck Martinez Housing neighborhood watch the inauguration and swear to fight with all their strength to eliminate hunger, poverty and backwardness. [Photo by Jairo Cajina] On January 10, Daniel Ortega was inaugurated President and Rosario Murillo was inaugurated as Vice President. The central event in the Plaza of the Revolution was accompanied by …
(2022-01-27). "Bastille 2022": Building a Worldwide Movement Against "Corona Tyranny" globalresearch.ca Bastille 2022 pertains to the restoration of fundamental rights. It seeks to reverse the criminal COVID-19 agenda which in the course of the last two years has triggered economic, social and political chaos Worldwide, coupled with bankruptcies, unemployment, mass poverty and despair.
(2022-01-27). Headlines for January 27, 2022. democracynow.org Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to Retire, Handing Biden Chance to Nominate Replacement, U.S. and NATO Offer No Concessions to Russia in Standoff over Ukraine, U.S. Approves $2.5 Billion Arms Sale to Egypt Despite Human Rights Abuses, House Democrats Demand End to U.S. Servicing of Saudi Warplanes Used in War Crimes, 180 Killed as U.S.-Backed Forces Retake Syrian Prison Where Children Are Imprisoned, U.N. Renews Calls to Free Up Aid for Millions of Afghans Facing Starvation, Extreme Poverty, Global COVID Cases Break New Record as COVAX Falls Short on Vaccine Delivery Goal, Spotify Sides with Joe Rogan in Vac…
(2022-01-27). Can economy and ecology be reconciled? indybay.org The Corona-related shutdown, imposed by the state and whose effects are to be dampened by the state with enormous sums of money, will go down in history as the classic example of how states create unhappiness and unemployment with unilateral interventions in the economy.
(2022-01-26). Solution to global inequality is socialism! workers.org 
Around the globe, billions of people are suffering incredible losses resulting from capitalism's inability and refusal to seriously address the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions have lost lives or loved ones. Families are houseless. Workers have been forced to choose between risking their health at minimum wage jobs and feeding their families, . . . |
(2022-01-26). An Uncharitable View of Charity. otherwords.org Our society has coined expressions like "philanthropist" to encourage and hail people's charitable spirit. Look on the flip side of that shiny coin of generosity, however, and you'll find that its base substance is societal selfishness. | After all, the need for charity only exists because we're tolerating intentional injustices and widespread inequality created by power elites. A society as supremely wealthy as ours ought not be relegating needy families and essential components of the common good to the whims of a few rich philanthropists. | Yes, corporate and individual donations can help at the margins, but t…
(2022-01-26). Macron calls to introduce massive US-style university tuition fees in France. wsws.org The French president's proposal to launch "American-style" tuition fees reflects his broader policy of intensifying social inequality in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2022-01-26). In OtherWords: January 26, 2022. otherwords.org For millions of American families, this January meant financial strain. | Why? Because Republicans, together with Democrat Joe Manchin, have stalled the renewal of the expanded Child Tax Credit. That credit reduced child poverty by 30 percent in December alone, but in January — the first month without payments — the rate is expected to climb to its highest point in a year. | This week in OtherWords, Clara Moore explains how those monthly payments changed her life — and her child's life — for the better. Don't miss it! | Meanwhile, Martha Burk marks another sober January milestone: Roe v. W…
(2022-01-26). 1 in 4 Holocaust Survivors in Israel Live in Poverty, State Does Little to Help. sputniknews.com Although 54,000 victims are getting an assistance package worth up to $2,000 per month, the vast majority are forced to live off a stipend of roughly $105, a drop in the ocean given Israel's high living expenses.
(2022-01-26). Glen Ford: Legacy Of A Black Revolutionary. popularresistance.org As 2021 comes to an end, and the U.S. approaches the one-million mark of American lives lost to Covid-19, I would think holiday celebrations should include more somber notes than usual. Instead of seeing street behavior that would acknowledge grieving over 800,000 people in the U.S. who have died of Covid-19, we witness the convulsions for survival in a society and nation that is imploding as the wealth gap stretches far beyond our imaginations. In a nation inundated with death, whether from school shootings, the up-tick in crime rampages, fentanyl overdoses, alongside Covid-19 deaths, those who have passed may o…
(2022-01-26). Concerns Mount Over Buckhead Plan To Separate From Atlanta, Establishing New Services And Taxes Not That Easy. moguldom.com 
Atlanta's wealthiest and whitest neighborhood has been in talks for years about seceding from the city. The movement to create Buckhead City is gaining traction with a continued uptick in crime in the area. As a result, Atlanta officials are concerned about losing major numbers in population and tax revenue, according to The Wall Street …
(2022-01-26). Venezuela: An Oasis of Environmental Conservation. orinocotribune.com 
By William Urquijo Pascual — Jan 21, 2022 | Bathed by the Caribbean Sea, and with a territory that extends from the foothills of the Andes through the extensive llanos plainlands all the way to the forests of the Amazon, Venezuela stands out today as an oasis of natural wealth and environmental conservation. | The situation of Venezuela as an Amazonian, Andean and Caribbean country gives it a wide diversity of climatic zones, habitats, and geological units, which make the country a land of inexhaustible resources and extensive biodiversity. | Venezuela has a total of 44 national parks, all of them protected…