Category: Economics
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Thoughts on Black Conservatives
What is a black conservative? The definition of a conservative is “a person who is averse to change and holds traditional values.” As a black person in the United States, what is a black person trying to conserve? The truth is they have nothing to converse. A simple U.S. History lesson shows that the United States has…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
US secures deal on Philippines bases to complete arc around China In an editorial published to coincide with the arrival of the US defense secretary in Manila, China’s state-run Global Times accused the US of “setting a trap for the Philippines” and “trying to push the Philippines to the frontline of confrontation with China”.”We are…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Goodbye empire? US sanctions are failing in the face of multipolarity Whether or not Kiev will be thrown under a bus by its Western backers in due course, and the anti-Russian measures will endure after the war is over, seems to not matter so much, though – for, as Demarais was herself forced to acknowledge…
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The People’s Forest
Nothing Defunded ATL didn’t defund the police. They gave them more money. I’ve lived in ATL since 2015, and it’s always been a city of the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots.’ However, the gap between rich and poor has only gotten worse since the pandemic started. Tent cities and beggars are on almost every street corner. Atlanta…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Discover the 10 Oldest Countries in the World While some might believe that the oldest countries in the world are immense global powers that remain prominent today, this assumption is false. In fact, it is likely that most people would be surprised to learn which countries were founded first. Although some still hold influential political…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
‘This nightmare is over’: Lula vows to pull Brazil out of Bolsonaro’s era of ‘devastation’ “I know it won’t be easy for Lula to rebuild everything that Bolsonarismo has destroyed. But I feel hopeful. If there’s anyone who enjoys the popular support and international respect from leaders around the planet needed to rebuild Brazil’s relationships…
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Santa Isn’t Real, and other fables
Imagination is a beautiful gift we humans have, and no other being on Earth possesses it from what we know. Children often have an overactive imagination, and we’ve created fables in our different cultures to cultivate kids’ imaginations. It’s not a problem to believe in fairy tales when you’re a six-year-old, but it’s far different from believing in fantasy…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
The legendary life of Brazilian soccer icon Pele in photos A three-time World Cup winner who scored 1,281 goals in 1,363 games, Pele is known as the “king of soccer,” the world’s most beautiful game. “The difficult, the extraordinary, is not scoring a thousand goals like Pelé. It is creating a goal like Pelé,” wrote…
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The Week in the Stories Around the Globe
Taliban Suspend University Education for Women in Afghanistan The Taliban government has suspended university education for all female students in Afghanistan, the latest step in its brutal clampdown on the rights and freedom of women. #Taliban #Afghanistan #WomensRightsAreHumanRights Selling a war: Report exposes how German media stirs up militancy in society and works to prevent…
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Five Things Elon Musk Could Do: Besides being a Twitter Troll
Unfortunately, one of my favorite social media sites was brought by a megalomaniac billionaire. Like the other billionaire who owned it before wasn’t annoying enough, at least Jack kept a low profile except when sucking up to Prez 45. Elon Musk’s buying of Twitter allows him to become the world’s most famous internet troll. We all…
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