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The masses of Tokyo want to postpone or cancel the games, but the government says it’s the IOC’s decision, not the host country’s. If the Olympics go on, it will be the ultimate negation of its alleged purpose: profit trumping the joy of sport.

While the wealthy benefited immensely from Reagan's tax cuts, we essentially stopped maintaining the country. Similarly, condo developers profited by increasing the selling price and lowering the maintenance fee.

Data Shows Black farmers are far behind in obtaining USDA grants and loans.

What this book reveals, writes reviewer Leonard, "is a country that has been falling apart for quite some time, and a company that has been willing and able to turn a failure of public policy into private power."

Nikole Hannah-Jones declines tenure offer at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill to accept Knight Chair Appointment at Howard University.

Afghan women arm, a new pink tide in Latin America, Canadians demand a reckoning, and more

Calls for president’s impeachment grow amid claims government sought to profit from Covid jabs

The human and economic costs of Donald Rumsfeld’s wars are staggering.

A growing segment of the general population now recognizes the threat of “Amazon capitalism”: what scholars describe as reflecting “the larger global trend of the increasing influence of finance capitalism, neoliberal politics and corporate power."

Using kitchen table economics is critical for winning workers over to Medicare for All. Working out how much they are paying for health insurance for themselves, makes it clear how much they would save with Medicare for All.