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Senate returns to partisan showdowns as election looms

by news | Sep 8, 2020 | Bottom Left, Top Right, Uncategorized

Senators return to Washington Tuesday with a slate of politically contentious objectives to check off just as the 2020 election season revs into high gear. While the stalemate continues on another COVID-19 relief package, other legislative priorities — primarily...

Melania Trump’s ‘best friend’s’ book and email revelations should trouble U.S. watchdogs

by news | Sep 8, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, Top Middle

The revelation that Melania Trump regularly used a private Trump Organization email account and an account from a MelaniaTrump.com domain and the encrypted messaging app Signal while in the White House is no surprise. Dispensing with rules about preserving records and...

China Delves into Past to Police Tibet’s Future

by news | Sep 8, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, Top Left, Uncategorized

Since the 2008 protests in Tibetan areas of China, Chinese authorities have often been at the forefront when it comes to innovating repressive tactics. There are tech-enabled “convenience police posts” on city streets, Communist Party cadre teams in every village, and...

Thought capitalism couldn’t get worse? Meet the workplace ‘spiritual consultants’

by news | Sep 8, 2020 | Bottom Middle, Top Right, Uncategorized

Thought capitalism couldn’t get worse? Do you feel lost? Like your life has been drained of meaning or purpose? During your work day, do you wander from task to task in a daze, just waiting to be released from this painful monotony? Yeah, well, guess what, your...

On Labor Day, remember this: Trump’s America works only for the rich

by news | Sep 8, 2020 | Bottom Middle, Top Left, Uncategorized

On Labor Day weekend, eight weeks before one of the most consequential elections in American history, it’s useful to consider the inequalities of income and wealth that fueled Donald Trump’s victory four years ago – and which are now wider than ever. No other...