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[ad_1] C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout. An analysis of the formation of US anti-Black racism. More than 400 years have passed since the first white colonists arrived in North America to establish a settlement, and more than 160 years since slavery was abolished, yet structural racism is still alive and kicking in the U.S. In the interview that follows, two economists, Michelle Holder and Jeannette Wicks-Lim, co-authors of a new book titled The Political Economy of Racism: The Persistence of Anti-Blackness in the United States, discuss how anti-Black racism developed and the role that it continues to play in the contemporary United States.…

[ad_1] America’s largest cities are increasing their spending at almost unprecedented rates.A RealClearInvestigations analysis of cities with at least 500,000 residents found they cumulatively raised [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Will Trump turn to Ukraine next? He bombed some boats in the Caribbean. He deposed Nicolas Maduro. (He mostly left the region, and it’s not totally clear what’s been solved.) Something similar happened in Iran: He assassinated some nuclear scientists, targeted some nuclear sites, and deposed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. (The enriched-uranium stockpile appears to at least partially remain, and, again, it’s not totally clear what’s been solved.) The Reason Roundup Newsletter by Liz Wolfe Liz and Reason help you make sense of the day’s news every morning. Never one to stick around and actually really get to the bottom…

[ad_1] Chris Hedges and John Kiriakou challenge the administration’s narrative and invite listeners to reconsider the assumptions behind the “state sponsor of terrorism” label. Iran says that its support for resistance groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, framed as threats and terrorists by Israel and the West, is not part of the deal the U.S. and Tehran are expected to sign this Friday, though it had long been a point the U.S. and Israel insisted on. U.S. negotiators may still try to raise it. The following interview illuminates the view put forth in this recent CN piece:  Who Is the Aggressor?…

[ad_1] I know I promised inflation talk, but I forgot to check the timing of the release of the Import Price Index, which will not be out until Tuesday. So, I’ll talk abundance today. The immediate motivation is an American Prospect piece about how big buck Silicon Valley types are tossing huge money at Democratic politicians who will back their abundance agenda. This seems to be largely about reducing or eliminating zoning and environmental restrictions on building and attacking public education, and especially teachers’ unions. As I have said in the past, I am sympathetic to at least part of…

[ad_1] Americans realize they’ve lost power and income to the very rich. Too many Democrats, even too many unions, have yet to go to war for them. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] A short excerpt from Monday’s long decision of the Colorado Supreme Court in Moreno v. Circle K Stores, Inc., written by Justice Maria Berkenkotter: Seventy-two-year-old Mary Ann Moreno … sued her employer, Circle K Stores, Inc. … for wrongful termination. She asserted that she was fired for lawfully exercising her right to self-defense after she was cornered by an armed robber during one of her shifts and that her termination violated Colorado public policy…. This court first recognized a public-policy exception to the at-will employment doctrine in There, we identified a number of circumstances under which an at-will employee…

[ad_1] Mapped: The World’s Most and Least Corrupt Countries See visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways: The global average Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) score fell to 42 out of 100, the first decline in more than a decade. Only five countries now score above 80, down from 12 a decade ago. The U.S. ranks 29th with a score of 64, its lowest-ever result in the index. Corruption perceptions are worsening globally, according to the latest Corruption Perceptions…

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