One Of The Wealthiest States Might Pass An Opportunity To Tackle Housing Segregation By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror. July 13, 2020 One Of The Wealthiest States Might Pass An Opportunity To Tackle Housing Segregation2020-07-132020-07-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/sign-pointing-out-the-lack-of-diversity-in-public-office.-by-cloe-poisson-for-the-ct-mirror-e1594661686997.png200px200px Above photo: Sign pointing out the lack of diversity in public office. By Cloe Poisson for the […]
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The Indian Air Force has taken delivery of the last five of 22 Boeing AH-64E(I) Apache Guardian attack helicopters and five of 15 CH-47F(I) Chinook transport helicopters ordered from the United States. The AH-64E(I) Apache Guardian attack helicopters were formally inducted into the Indian Air Force at Air Force Station […]
Predictions about the end of the European project have long been bandied about in the corridors of power and in newspaper columns. However, one Finnish MEP has joined the long list of those making the claim that the end may be on the horizon. The European Union is on track […]
Communist Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant (Socialist Alternative) gave a victory speech Tuesday night after passage by the city council of the so-called Amazon Tax in which she vowed to overthrow the United States, replacing the government and society with a “socialist world”. Sawant, 46, immigrated from India as an […]
United States: Record 47.2% Of Working-Age Without Jobs July 7, 2020 United States: Record 47.2% Of Working-Age Without Jobs2020-07-072020-07-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/image-1.jpg200px200px Above photo: A pregnant woman waits in line for groceries with hundreds during a food pantry, sponsored by Healthy Waltham for those in need due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, at St. […]
In early January the United States killed General Qassim Soleimani, a top commander of Iran’s al-Quds Force, in an airstrike at Baghdad’s International Airport. The strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces. Seven people were reportedly killed in the […]
The Government of Israel has requested to buy approximately 990 million gallons of diesel, gasoline and jet fuel, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Monday in an official notification to Congress. According to a recent service notification, the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign […]
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced on 6 July that the State Department has approved a possible sale to Lithuania of 6 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and related equipment. The potential deal is for 6 UH-60M Black Hawks,14 T700-GE-701D engines (12 installed and 2 spares), as well as other systems […]
The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that state governments have the right to penalize so-called ‘faithless electors’, members of the Electoral College who do not support the victor of their states’ popular presidential vote. Justice Elena Kagan wrote in the court’s Monday ruling that states have the right to instruct […]
A flooded street in Orange, Texas in 2017. Climate-driven extreme rain and sea level rise, coupled with development in flood-prone areas, have led to more competition for limited federal flood mitigation dollars. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images A flooded street in Orange, Texas in 2017. […]
The Foreign Ministry in Beijing said on Monday that the United States had deliberately sent its ships to the South China Sea to flex its muscles. China also accused Washington of trying to drive a wedge between the countries in the region. Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the comments in […]
VT has analyzed the data on Florida and Texas and concurs that Rebekah Jones was telling the truth. Desantis is hiding 40 to 60 deaths per day in Florida, based on an demographic analysis of Texas and Florida by race and age. Texas, under Gregg Abbot is giving us true […]
I spent most of the day, the Fourth of July, thinking about cemeteries, the past, America in the rear-view mirror. I thought about all our dead buried in Europe and the Pacific, at Arlington, in small towns and big cities here, their lives, service and sacrifice; a rather quiet, anonymous […]
De-Militarizing The United States By Melvin Goodman, Counterpunch. July 2, 2020 De-Militarizing The United States2020-07-022020-07-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/img_1242-e1593715533340.jpg200px200px Above photo: By Nathaniel St. Clair. More than a half-century ago, exactly one year before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. brilliantly identified the keys to the American political, economic, and social crisis that […]
__________The Economic Collapse blogClose To Half Of All Working Age Adults In The United States Do Not Have A Job Right Now by Michael Snyder There is a lot of talk about the “unemployment rate” these days, but the way that it is calculated has become so convoluted that it […]
Restrictive Immigration Boomerangs Against The United States By Rosa Miriam Elizalde, La Jornada. June 30, 2020 Restrictive Immigration Boomerangs Against The United States2020-06-302020-06-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/02/bk_beckons_border-e1487795281351-150×99.jpg200px200px Above photo: The ‘Wall of Crosses’ along the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales. Jonathan McIntosh/cc/flickr. “How can we keep Donald Trump talking about immigration?” Sam Nunberg asked Roger Stone in […]
“Hard Road Of Hope” Shows West Virginia Is A Mirror Of The United States By Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. June 30, 2020 “Hard Road Of Hope” Shows West Virginia Is A Mirror Of The United States2020-06-302020-06-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/hroh_20cover-e1593559197123.jpeg200px200px Eleanor Goldstein is a remarkable person. She is an artist, writer, poet, composer, performer, […]
Exposed: States Relying On ‘House Of Cards’ To Pay For Coal Mine Cleanup By Mark Olalde, Desmog Blog. June 29, 2020 Exposed: States Relying On ‘House Of Cards’ To Pay For Coal Mine Cleanup2020-06-292020-06-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/upper-big-branch-e1593390683379.jpg200px200px Above photo: A memorial in a West Virginia hollow pays homage to the 29 coal miners who […]
BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – The EU members will continue to work on Monday on the list of countries that can be reopened for traveling to and from in early July, the spokesperson for the European Commission said. European officials spent most of Friday behind closed doors in heated debates about which […]
Bipartisan Crimes Against Humanity In The United States By Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. June 27, 2020 Bipartisan Crimes Against Humanity In The United States2020-06-272020-06-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/baraka_-_845x400.jpeg200px200px Responsibility to protect? The US committed crimes against humanity by creating the conditions that led to sickness and death for vulnerable sectors of the U.S. […]
Their state and local leaders gloated over low coronavirus cases numbers, and heralded aggressive reopening plans. Supporters demanded the media apologize to them for saying reopening orders would put residents at risk for COVID-19. But now, a handful of lockdown-averse states that have seen explosive growth in coronavirus cases have […]
While Trump has already won a presidential election once despite polls suggesting he would be defeated, the discrepancy in numbers between him and his opponent, Joe Biden, is currently far greater than in 2016 between Trump and Clinton, meaning that POTUS might not succeed this time even with the Electoral […]
For decades, D.C. license plates have bemoaned the district’s lack of representation. There are renewed efforts in Congress to grant D.C. statehood. Owen Byrne/Flickr hide caption toggle caption Owen Byrne/Flickr For decades, D.C. license plates have bemoaned the district’s lack of representation. There are renewed efforts in Congress to grant […]
During an American Workforce Policy Advisory Board meeting on Friday, US President Donald Trump said that “we have a little work to do” on COVID-19 as cases in the US surge. Several US states including Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri and Oklahoma, have been experiencing spikes in COVID-19 cases in […]