Economy
Unions Are The Key To America’s Cost Of Living Crisis
By Liz Shuler | Heidi Shierholz: Ask an everyday working American, and they’ll likely tell you there’s something fundamentally wrong with our economy. Across industries, big cities, and…
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Caribbean: Guyanese Oil & ExxonMobil
Guyana Has A Duty To Safeguard Its Resource Returns
By Hon. Albert Baldeo: U.S. Ambassador Nicole Theriot is advocating for American commercial interests. Our Government must defend Guyanese interests with equal resolve. Guyana’s oil wealth must secure…
Africa: Uganda Economy
Uganda Shilling Depreciation: USD Boom ‘Worsens Uganda’s Trade Deficit’
The Uganda Shilling or UGX’s depreciation continues. It is back past 4,000 to the dollar. In fact, as of October 18, the UGX traded at 4,136.46 against the…
Racial Policing
“Pattern Or Practice Of Civil Rights Violations”: DOJ Reaches Settlement With Lexington, Mississippi Regarding Lexington Police Department’s Unlawful Policing Practices
The following statement was released Friday by the Justice Department on “an out-of-court settlement agreement with the City of Lexington, Mississippi,” regarding a DOJ report which found that…
“Win, Lose, Or Draw,” Justin Pearson’s Campaign Builds Progressive Coalition In Rural Tennessee
By Katherine Burgess|Drop Site News: Cherie Marceaux lives in Lawrence County, about three hours from Memphis. She and her husband run an animal rescue with horses, goats, pigs,…
No Kings: Vote Early March And Rally Taking Place In Newark NJ Oct.17
A No Kings: Vote Early March And Rally to urge voter participation in the upcoming midterm elections and to protest policies of the Trump administration will take place…
Displaced Civilians Sifting For Gold In Sudan Killed In Bloody Drone Strike
By Eisa Dafalla AD-DAMAZIN, Sudan—On the morning of October 9, Ahmed Ragab Abu Shina, 39, joined dozens of other displaced people digging for gold in a seasonal riverbed,…
Struggling Uganda Shilling Gains 2 Percent As Central Bank Rate Climbs 12 Percent
An emergency Bank of Uganda (BoU) meeting on October 14 for a session as the Ugandan currency---the Shilling---hit a 33-year-low to raise the Central Bank Rate (CBR) saving…
Trump Would Have No Legal Grounds To Deploy Armed Federal Forces At Polling Sites
Washington, D.C. — There are growing concerns that President Donald Trump might deploy armed federal forces to polling sites in a ploy to intimidate voters or limit access…
SOB’s Holding Fela Kuti Birthday Tribute This Thursday Oct. 15
This Thursday, October 15, SOB’s (Sounds Of Brazil) will be holding a Fela Kuti Birthday Tribute, on what would have been Fela’s 88th birthday, with Afrobeat music, dancing,…