(2024-01-04). US's Wealthiest Collectively Held $8.5 Trillion in Untaxed Assets in 2022. truthout.org An analysis released Wednesday shows that in 2022, the wealthiest people in the United States collectively held a "staggering" $8.5 trillion in wealth that is not — and might never be — subject to taxation. Examining recently released data Federal Reserve data for 2022, Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) found that the roughly 64,000 U.S. households with at least $100 million in wealth — less than 0. |
(2024-01-04). Museveni slams West for imposing selfish beliefs on foreign territories. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has criticized attempts by Western powers to impose their beliefs on people in foreign territories. The President made the remarks on Thursday while addressing over 33 delegates attending the Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers Conference — CSPOC 2024 at the Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala. "Stop manipulation …
(2024-01-04). Why Debt Is Crushing So Many Countries But Not The U.S. youtube.com
(2024-01-04). With Over $34 Trillion U.S. Government Debt Jumps To New Height. pressenza.com U.S. government federal debt has breached an unflattering milestone, topping $34 trillion for the first time in history and amounting to more than double the total of the world's next-biggest borrower, China. | The U.S. Treasury Department About $102,000 For Ever…
(2024-01-04). US commercial real estate facing "wall of debt." wsws.org Interest rate rises to bring defaults and lift "delinquent" loans to highest point in a decade.
(2024-01-04). Global Debt Is Beyond Control. counterpunch.org 
The Washington Consensus The debt of developing countries is at "crisis" levels, the World Bank has just said. Supporting that view is a New York Times story December 16 headlined "The Debt Problem is Enormous, and the System for Fixing It is Broken." The article goes on to explain: "The foundational ideology — later known as
(2024-01-04). The working class, the fight against capitalist barbarism and the building of the World Party of Socialist Revolution , (Part Two). wsws.org Just as the ruling elites have normalized genocide and nuclear war, they have deliberately normalized ongoing mass death and human suffering through the unhindered spread of COVID-19.
(2024-01-04). UPS rings in the new year with hundreds of job cuts across the US. wsws.org Based on press reports and on information provided to the World Socialist Web Site, the layoffs appear to be concentrated among part-time warehouse workers, especially those working daytime sort shifts.
(2024-01-04). Revealed: Three-quarters of prestigious green advertising awards go to agencies working for fossil fuel industry. nationofchange.org The majority of Ad Net Zero's accolade-winners also represent major polluters.
(2024-01-04). US: Imam shot dead outside mosque in Newark, New Jersey. ummid.com Hassan Sharif, Transportation Security Officer at Newark Liberty International Airport who was also working as Imam, was shot dead outside the local mosque where he was leading daily Muslim prayers.
(2024-01-04). Sri Lankan government's "war on drugs and crime"—a rehearsal for police-state measures. wsws.org The main target of this brutal police operation is the working class now coming into struggle against the Wickremesinghe government's International Monetary Fund dictated austerity measures.
(2024-01-04). On the Road of Flight. counterpunch.org 
"Where Migrant Children Are Living, and Often Working, in the U.S.," (New York Times, December 28, 2023), brought back memories of the 1980s and the protest movement to stop US military interventions, particularly in countries in Central America. The article graphically illustrates where migrant children are coming from, and it was no surprise that the
(2024-01-04). Colombia raises minimum wage by 12%. colombiareports.com Colombia's Labor Ministry raised the country's minimum wage by 12% to $335 (COP1.3 million). The wage hike affects the monthly income of some 2.5 million workers and is more than…
(2024-01-04). Serving Justice: The Fight to Eliminate the Tipped Minimum Wage. progressive.org
(2024-01-04). People without homes are on the rise in US, with 30% in California. america.cgtn.com 
The number of homeless people across the United States has grown, and 30 percent of them live in California. In 2023, the city of Los Angeles officially became the new so-called "homeless capital of the United States" overtaking New York. Our correspondent Ediz Tiyansan reports. | A Thirty percent live in California. In 2023, the city of…
(2024-01-04). Struggling to find home, US Army veterans live on streets. ummid.com For the first time in 12 years, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's 2023 data revealed an increase in homelessness among veterans, with a 7.4% increase between 2022 and 2023, leading to a situation where some of them are forced to live on streets.
(2024-01-04). Gaza Residents Reject a Temporary Truce Despite Weaponized Famine. orinocotribune.com Today, amidst the ongoing political movement in Cairo and Doha, Gazans eagerly await news hinting at an imminent agreement leading to a ceasefire. This anticipation is palpable, especially in light of the intensification of the humanitarian crises, specifically in northern Gaza. | Ahmed Qadra, a displaced person from the Al-Jarn neighborhood in Jabalia City now residing in Jabalia refugee camp, stopped the Al-Akhbar correspondent in the street, saying: "Please deliver our message, we are dying of hunger and diseases, but everyone must understand that we do not want a temporary ceasefire. After the previous tempor…
(2024-01-04). 80 percent of global famine is currently in Gaza, UN expert warns. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in Israel's starvation campaign in Gaza is so severe that the vast majority of people across the world who are experiencing famine are located in Gaza, a UN food expert pointed out this week. | There are currently roughly 706,000 people in total across the world who are in populations experiencing "catastrophic" or "famine" levels of hunger, global food researchers have found. Of t…
(2024-01-04). How Long can Israel Defy the World? pressenza.com 
Palestinians in Gaza are being decimated. Over 20 000 have been killed, mostly women and children. Three times more have been wounded. Some experts qualify it as genocide, others as massacre. Two million people have been displaced, many more than during the entire history of displacement of the Palestinians since the start of the Zionist settlement at the turn of the 20th century. As Israel takes out hospitals and civilian infrastructure, infectious diseases and famine threaten to kill many more people. Several Israeli soldiers have been reported infected during the ground operations, one has died. General Giora…
(2024-01-04). Gaza Residents Reject a Temporary Truce Despite Weaponized Famine. orinocotribune.com The seven-day-long temporary truce in November left deep scars in the consciousness of the people in Gaza. Indeed, the occupation returned from it more bloody and brutal, and expanded the scope of its ground operations, displacing hundreds of thousands of citizens from their refugee camps several times. | Today, amidst the ongoing political movement in Cairo and Doha, Gazans eagerly await news hinting at an imminent agreement leading to a ceasefire. This anticipation is palpable, especially in light of the intensification of the humanitarian crises, specifically in northern Gaza. | Ahmed Qadra, a displaced person…
(2024-01-04). Bomb scares force evacuation of multiple state capitols amid MAGA death threats in Colorado and Maine. wsws.org What remains of American democracy is collapsing, its institutions and conventions having been rotted out by staggering levels of social inequality and the turn by the entire ruling class to a state policy of genocide, as in Gaza, and global war.
(2024-01-04). From plagiarism to Gaza: Khalil Gibran Muhammad on how a GOP campaign ousted Harvard's Claudine Gay. nationofchange.org He says plagiarism became a "pretext" to oust Gay, and discusses the larger right-wing war on education aimed at undoing progress on race, gender and addressing inequality.