The United States has announced its latest plan to put maximum economic pressure on Iran. Launching “Operation Economic Outcast” on August 24, the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said the plan ...
The 100 corporations in the S&P 500 that pay their median workers the least spent a combined $718 billion on stock buybacks between 2019 and 2025, according to a report published August 27 by the ...
Canada’s Carney responded with his own already prepared list of $20 billion in U.S. imports to face tariffs of up to 50%, targeting products that he surely bets will anger voters in swing states ...
A federal judge in Texas ruled on August 26 that he lacks jurisdiction to force Governor Greg Abbott to extradite an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer wanted in Minnesota on assault charges, ...
All of the rebooked immigrants ProPublica counted were jailed for ICE, meaning they were not being detained on local charges. Our analysis counted a person as having been rebooked only if they ...
Inside Venezuela’s Hidden Workforce Training AI Algorithms for Pennies. Julián Posada’s upcoming book, titled Platform Extractivism: Data ...
Pakistan’s Chief of Defense Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir’s trip to Iran on August 24 has ignited new hope for a negotiated end to the the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. He arrived in Tehran ...
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Reich goes on to discuss economic inequality, pointing out that while inflation is on the rise, “most Americans are finding that their wages are stagnant … which means that most Americans are getting ...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on August 24 that a coalition of 23 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia sued too early to block President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting ...
Starbucks Workers United, the union representing more than 12,000 baristas, launched a nationwide boycott of Starbucks on August 25 under the slogan “No contract? No coffee,” calling on customers to ...
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug 26 2026 (IPS) – On 24 July, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly reappointed Volker Türk as High Commissioner for Human Rights for a further four years. Only 10 states – ...