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Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.9 Percent, but Wage Growth Remains Weak
In spite of the drop in unemployment, other aspects of the report were less encouraging.
Violent Protests and Government Response Leave Over 30 Dead in Nicaragua
Nicaragua's social security system is facing a budget shortfall.
Rudy Giuliani Contradicts Trump and Says the President Funded the Stormy Daniels Hush Money Payment
Michael Cohen and the president both said Trump knew nothing about the $130,000 payment.
War and the Imperial Presidency: Will Congress Offer a Bipartisan Blank Check to Donald Trump?
The Corker-Kaine bill would essentially rubber stamp the president's authority.
How the Central Banks May Bring About Another Economic Implosion
“Conjured money” issued by central banks is one of the strategies at the heart of the vulnerability of the banking system.
UN Chief Implores Trump to Maintain “Important Diplomatic Victory” and Stay in Iran Nuclear Deal
The president is widely expected to scrap the agreement next week.
How Do You Speak Politely to Evil? Michelle Wolf’s Challenge to Corporate Journalists
Mainstream journalism's cushioned world of denial got punctured.
A Jailbreak of the Imagination: Seeing Prisons for What They Are and Demanding Transformation
Seeing justice done without relying on the barbarity of carceral systems.
How a Drug Company Under Pressure for High Prices Ratchets Up Political Activity
As scrutiny of its soaring insulin prices escalated and drove its stock down, the pharma giant Novo Nordisk aggressively ratcheted up spending to spread its influence in Washington.
States Representing 44 Percent of US Population Sue Trump’s EPA for Blocking Auto Emissions Standards
The evidence is irrefutable: Today's clean car standards are achievable, science-based and a boon for American families.