Welcome to the new normal
This is not normal. That’s what many continue to chant under their breath in the Trump era as the institutional norms of America crumble around us. One only needs to look to the much talked about...
Category: Current Affairs
Shamima Begum should be brought home; statelessness is no solution
Four years ago, three British schoolgirls left the country and made their way to Syria to support the so-called Islamic State (aka IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh). Aged just 15, they had each been groomed...
Iraqi Kurds vent their anger over Turkish airstrikes
In a truly unprecedented development, angry Iraqi Kurds on Saturday, January 26, ransacked one of Turkey's military bases on their soil in reaction to the continuous Turkish airstrikes on the...
Rules of the Road: How China’s Belt and Road Initiative Compares to the IMF
In the latest edition of Foreign Affairs, Oriana Skylar Mastro writes that China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is being financed via loans given to developing countries “without the usual...
How is Theresa May still standing?
It has to have been the worst week in her dismal career, but somehow Theresa May is still Prime Minister. In a culture where politicians and others in leadership positions frequently fall on their...
#WednesdayWisdom: Hey, capitalist pigdogs: Your shutdown is your fault
In case you missed it, there’s a little thing called the longest government shutdown in history going on in the richest nation in the world right now — and it has to do with the sentient wig we...
Is Trump’s planned Syria withdrawal really a case of practical realism?
U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria, where at least 2,000 U.S. troops are supporting Kurdish-led forces in their multiple offensives against the Islamic State (ISIS),...
In Hungary, tip your doctor if you want to live
Money talks, dogs bark, goes a Hungarian saying, and nowhere is this more true than in the health business. Yes, indeed, business. Because in Hungary, despite a national health insurance program...
Can we take the colonialism out of disaster relief?
As the disaster of capitalism and capitalism-driven climate change fuels larger and more devastating ecological disasters, such as monstrous hurricanes and record breaking wildfires, the need for...
The “Wage Puzzle”: How Companies Keep Employee Pay Low
Among the more pessimistic and realistic of the economic commentators, questions regarding the long-term stagnation of wages has become a topic of serious interest. Why, when the American economy is...