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Possible Federal Reserve Board nominee

mardi 21 mars 2023 à 04:47

Biden is considering nominating for the Federal Reserve Board someone who previously supported the banks against innocent US homeowners while an official in a related agency, the US Treasury.

Loophole undermined fishing quotas

mardi 21 mars 2023 à 04:47

A loophole in log requirements has undermined European fishing quotas. Governments corrupted by fishing interests are now pushing to make the loophole bigger.

Plutocrats distorting public education

mardi 21 mars 2023 à 04:47

Since young Americans reject the Republican politics, the plutocrats are trying to wipe or our distort public education.

Putin’s alleged war crimes: who are the Ukrainian children being taken by Russia?

mardi 21 mars 2023 à 04:47

The International Criminal Court has indicted Putin and some other Russians for forcibly taking hundreds, probably thousands, of Ukrainian children to Russia and concealing who they are from their Ukrainian relatives.

The article describes what he has done.

I have no doubt that Putin merits punishment for this. However, putting him on trial for it risks prolonging the war. If Ukraine is militarily successful, Putin might be willing to retreat from Ukraine in exchange for being allowed to continue in power in Russia. Insisting on trying him might convince him to continue holding parts of Ukraine until the Putin forces are pushed out.

Report Calls for Water to Be Treated as 'Global Common Good' as Supply Crisis Looms

mardi 21 mars 2023 à 04:47

* Global Commission on the Economics of Water released a landmark report Friday to warn the international community that the world is "heading for massive collective failure" in the management of the planet's water supply and demand that governments treat water as a "global common good."*