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With Over $34 Trillion U.S. Government Debt Jumps To New Height

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 disclosed the new debt total on…

Painting and Revolution: Manet and Degas at the Metropolitan Museum of New York

Side by side at New York’s Metropolitan Museum, this exhibition is a forceful reminder of why Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas were of such revolutionary significance. Manet was the father of modern art according to Clement Greenberg – the Immanuel…

Unity Over Division: Elevating Human Consciousness in 2024

It is the time of year when we have the opportunity to reflect on the previous year and make resolutions for the future. The dehumanization process has reached new levels in 2023. The current destruction of Palestinian society by Israel…

Mexico: more than 8,000 people advance towards Oaxaca in migrant caravan

The more than 8,000 Central and South American migrants who make up the migrant caravan known as the “Exodus of Poverty” continued their journey early this morning from the municipality of Escuintla to Mapastepec, in Chiapas, to reach the state…

Nearly Half of Global Business Firms Reduced Travel Emissions by at Least 50% Since 2019, Analysis Finds

According to a new analysis by Travel Smart, a campaign by the European Federation for Transport and Environment, about half of over 200 global business firms reduced their business-related travel emissions by over 50% from 2019 to 2022. Much of…

Right-Wing Extremism and The Cold War Go Hand-In-Hand

U.S. “ironclad” support for militarism undercuts attempts to curb right-wing terrorism. From white supremacist violence in the West Bank to gendered violence in Olongapo, we can’t defeat at home what we export abroad. In his first month as secretary of…

US Foreign Policy Is a Scam Built on Corruption

The $1.5 trillion in military outlays each year is the scam that keeps on giving—to the military-industrial complex and the Washington insiders—even as it impoverishes and endangers America and the world. By Jeffrey D. Sachs On the surface, US foreign…

Canada Requires Peace Groups to Support War If They Want Charitable Status

In the United States, if you donate money to World BEYOND War, you can deduct that donation from the amount of money on which you pay taxes to fund the U.S. government, which uses over half of the income taxes it…

Expert US Groups Launch Legal Action in Attempt to Ban Glyphosate Herbicides

A groundbreaking legal action launched Wednesday calls on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to immediately suspend and cancel the dangerous herbicide glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup. By Sustainable Pulse Glyphosate’s registration is illegal, says the petition filed by Center…

Julian Assange’s forthcoming hearings and what they could mean for his freedom

The announcement of what could be Julian Assange’s final hearings – on 20 and 21 February before the British High Court – has sparked a flurry of speculation about what could be the final fate of the now 52-year-old Australian…

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