(2022-03-03). Probe launched into TikTok's impact on children. rt.com 
The investigation will explore whether the video-sharing app violated state consumer protection laws | A bipartisan coalition of US attorneys general on Wednesday launched a probe into video-sharing app TikTok's impact on children, marking the latest investigation into the effect of social media companies on kids' safety. | Attorneys general from California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, Tennessee and Vermont are working together to establish if TikTok has violated state consumer protection laws and put the public at risk.The probe will seek to explore the potential harm young people…
(2022-03-03). An interview with Bryan Wizemann, writer-director of You Mean Everything to Me: "There's another 'underserved' population … and that's people without money" wsws.org Wizemann's You Mean Everything to Me follows a young woman, Cassandra (Morgan Saylor), who, faced with homelessness, comes under the spell of a local DJ, Nathan (Ben Rosenfield).
(2022-03-03). Top-Heavy Philanthropy Explained in 8 Charts. inequality.org
(2022-03-03). Biden Doesn't Need to Wait for Congress to Begin Transforming the Economy. inequality.org
(2022-03-02). My Family Came to Seek Asylum, But Found Danger Instead. aclu.org One year ago, as part of a lawsuit, I was permitted to cross a bridge into the United States with my husband and three daughters — after more than 16 months living in danger and poverty, just beyond the Southern border. Our family is still trying to overcome the trauma of this ordeal. But now, the U.S. government has restarted the policy that caused us so much suffering, expelling asylum-seekers back into the cartel-controlled city of Matamoros, Mexico, and putting more families in danger. | The so-called "Migrant Protection Protocols" (MPP), first introduced by President Trump, required families like ou…
(2022-03-02). A Different "Fight for 15:" Haiti Garment Industry Workers Strike. libya360.wordpress.com Marymah Prosper Garment worker protesting in Port au Prince, February 17, 2022 Reuters: Ralph Tedy Erol The garment workers' strike in Haiti can't be separated from that nation's history. Continued US interference on behalf of oligarchic rule keeps workers in poverty. On February 16, 2021, thousands marched from the SONAPI park down the Toussaint Louverture Boulevard…
(2022-03-02). Llegamos en Busca de Asilo, Pero Lo Que Encontramos Fue Peligro. aclu.org Hace un año, gracias a un proceso jurídico, me permitieron cruzar un puente para entrar a los Estados Unidos con mi esposo y mis tres hijas — después de haber pasado más de 16 meses viviendo el peligro y la pobreza, a unos pasos de la frontera del sur. Mi familia sigue intentando sobreponerse al trauma de esta terrible experiencia. Pero ahora, el gobierno de los EE. UU. ha reactivado la política que nos causó tanto sufrimiento, con la que expulsa a los que buscan asilo, enviándolos a la ciudad de Matamoros, México, que está bajo el control de un cartel, lo cual pone en peligro las familias. | Los dichos…
(2022-03-02). Biden's Silence Throws 30 Million Uninsured People Under The Bus. popularresistance.org In his State of the Union address tonight, 1 Mar 2022, Joe Biden stayed consistent with his campaign pledge to bury universal healthcare, throwing 30 million uninsured Americans under the bus along with at least 40 million under-insured. | In tonight's speech Biden used the simplest of expedients: silence. Amid all the easy applause lines, the leader of the world's wealthiest nation whispered not a word about healthcare as a human right… …Nor a word about addressing America's shameful performance contrasted with peer nations, a gap that is growing. Average life expectancy in comparable nations has now risen…
(2022-03-02). Can wealthy nations stop buying Russian oil? asiatimes.com 
One option the US and other nations have for ratcheting up pressure on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine is reducing their Russian energy purchases. UK Foreign Minister Liz Truss has proposed that the G7 nations — the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan — impose limits on their Russian oil …
(2022-03-02). Ukraine puts ASEAN in 'with us or against us' bind. asiatimes.com 
SINGAPORE AND PRAGUE — Singapore and Indonesia are so far the only Southeast Asian states to openly condemn Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with the wealthy city-state going as far as to announce sanctions on Moscow earlier this week. For the most part, however, analysts reckon most of the region's governments will aim to keep …
(2022-03-02). Russia is now exclusively a ruble country. rt.com 
Neither citizens, nor companies will be able to pay in foreign currency | Russian citizens and companies will no longer be able to pay off their foreign debts with currencies other than the ruble, the country's central bank announced on Wednesday. | Earlier reports also said the central bank had temporarily banned financial institutions from making money transfers from Russia abroad to non-residents, namely citizens of countries that have placed sanctions on Russia. According to business outlet RBC, the regulator sent a letter with the corresponding order to credit institutions on March 1. The ban is effective…
(2022-03-02). Truth-fiction strangeness contest: Russia as Magog. asiatimes.com 
Little could be weirder than to be, as I am, the author of a financial/religious/political thriller called Nuclear Blues, watching the Ukraine conflict unfold. A little over two weeks ago, noticing how the market in credit default swaps on Russian sovereign debt had spiked, I wondered for public consumption whether it was being manipulated, a …
(2022-03-02). Sean Penn tweets about escaping from Ukraine on foot. rt.com 
The double Oscar winner said he and his crew had to walk miles on foot to reach the Polish border | Hollywood star Sean Penn took to social media to share his thrilling story of how he fled Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion of the country. | Penn arrived in Kiev last week to film material for a documentary about tensions surrounding Ukraine, which he had been working on for several months. | The actor was even present at a Ukrainian government press conference last Thursday, just hours after Moscow announced its "special operation" to demilitarize and "denazify" the Kiev government, which it accused…
(2022-03-02). NATO's proxy war on Russia and the death of the Corbynite "left" wsws.org The rump of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs died on their knees, cowering before party leader Sir Keir Starmer's pro-NATO witch-hunt aimed at silencing anti-war sentiment in the working class.
(2022-03-02). Care Ambulance drivers protest low wages in Southern California health care workers protest. wsws.org Three-quarters of Falck/Care Ambulance drivers in Orange and LA County get paid $15 per hour, which became the state minimum wage for California on January 1.
(2022-03-02). Guatemalan Water Defenders Celebrate 10 Years of Resistance. inequality.org