Daily Archives: January 11, 2024

2024-01-11: News Headlines

Honduras Solidarity Network, Popular Resistance. (2024-01-11). Delegation To Honduras Launches Campaign To Indict The US, Canada. popularresistance.org Members of a ten-day US/Canada delegation hosted by the Cross Border Network of Kansas City and the Honduras Solidarity Network of North America have investigated how their two nations prioritize protecting the political, economic, and military interests of their governments and corporations over the rights and interests of the Honduran people. The delegation visited communities affected by mining and land grabbing, met with labor movement activists, and spoke with US, Canadian and Honduran officials and found that the continuing poverty, inequality, and dispossession of the Honduran people result from the crimes…

isabella (2024-01-10). How Redlining's Legacies Demand New Policy Action. inequality.org

WSWS (2024-01-11). Ecuador's government declares state of war with support of Washington. wsws.org As recently as June 2022 and October 2019, Ecuador witnessed the same scenes of troops marching and tanks rolling into cities, killing dozens of demonstrators against social inequality.

Ann Brown (2024-01-11). Strong December Jobs Report Shows Second Lowest Black Unemployment Rate On Record. moguldom.com The latest jobs report released by the Department of Labor reveals positive news, particularly for Black Americans, as the unemployment rate for Black Americans dropped significantly in December 2023. While the overall jobless rate held at 3.7 percent, the Black unemployment rate reached 5.2 percent, marking a decline from 5.8 percent in November. Black men …

Ann Brown (2024-01-11). Strong December Jobs Report Shows Second Lowest Black Unemployment Rate On Record. moguldom.com The latest jobs report released by the Department of Labor brings positive news, particularly for Black Americans, as the unemployment rate for this demographic dropped significantly in December 2023. While the overall jobless rate held at 3.7 percent, the Black unemployment rate reached 5.2 percent, marking a decline from 5.8 percent in November. Black men …

Sharon Zhang (2024-01-10). In 41 States, Richest 1 Percent Pay Lowest Tax Rate of Any Group. truthout.org The richest 1 percent are benefiting greatly from highly regressive state and local tax codes across the U.S., with tax laws strongly favoring concentrating more wealth in the hands of the rich in the vast majority of states, a new report reveals. According to a report on state and local tax codes by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), the vast majority of state tax and local… |

Ruth Milka (2024-01-10). Wealth over fairness: Shocking report unveils tax favoritism for the rich in 41 US states. nationofchange.org According to the report, in 41 out of 50 states, the wealthiest 1 percent are subjected to lower tax rates compared to other income groups.

noemail (2024-01-10). Far-right party denies backing deportation of 'unassimilated' Germans. devdiscourse.com The far-right opposition party Alternative for Germany said on Wednesday it had no plans to pursue deportation of "unassimilated" immigrants with passports if it wins power, after investigative portal Correctiv said that was aired at a meeting. Correctiv said Roland Hartwig, personal assistant to AfD leader Alice Weidel, and Ulrich Siegmund, party leader in Saxony Anhalt state, met neo-Nazi influencers and wealthy businessmen late last year in a hotel near Berlin.

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