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Peace & Foreign Policy
Trump’s Budget Has Endless Funds for War, but Not Much to Help Americans
“The President looked at the country, with our rising gas prices and nearly half of us struggling to afford basic necessities, and decided what we really need is a bigger war budget.”
Economic Justice
New Report Analyzes America’s 20 Largest Low-Wage Employers and the Affordability Crisis
The detailed analysis shows how these firms are enriching their CEOs while paying their workers so little that a significant share have to rely on SNAP and Medicaid and struggle to afford other basic necessities.
Economic Justice
Organizaciones sociales nacionales e internacionales lanzan pronunciamiento contra el retorno de Honduras al CIADI
El regreso a este tribunal internacional de arbitraje representa una grave amenaza para la soberanía nacional, los derechos colectivos y la capacidad del Estado hondureño de tomar decisiones en favor del interés público.
Economic Justice
Honduran and international allies issue statement denouncing Honduras’ return to ICSID
Returning to this international arbitration tribunal threatens national sovereignty, collective rights, and the Honduran state’s ability to make decisions in favor of the public interest.
Climate Justice, Peace & Foreign Policy
Aliados Internacionales contra la Minería en El Salvador aplaude la confirmación oficial del veredicto de inocencia en el segundo juicio de los Cinco de Santa Marta; condena la posible responsabilidad civil.
Aunque los cinco defensores del agua han sido declarados inocentes por segunda vez, tres de ellos podrían enfrentarse a una posible responsabilidad civil.
Climate Justice, Peace & Foreign Policy
International Allies against Mining in El Salvador Applauds Official Affirmation of Verdict of Innocence in Second Trial of Santa Marta Five; Condemns Potential Civil Liability
Although the five water defenders have been declared innocent for a second time, three of them could face potential civil liability.
IPS in the news
“A giant mess”: Trump’s war in Ecuador won’t slow the flow of drugs into the US
“We spent probably about $2 trillion in my lifetime by now on this drug war, and the drugs are winning.”
Some states are reviving a push to tax the rich
Chuck Collins explains why some wealthy people support higher taxes on the rich.
Killing Kids in Iran While Kids in the U.S. Go Hungry
The Iran war “is not protecting Americans, but it is preventing Americans from having enough resources,” Lindsay Koshgarian says.
MGM lands spot in report on S&P 500 ‘low-wage 20’ firms
“When corporations can get away with shifting their employees’ basic living costs onto taxpayers, this is a form of corporate welfare,” the report said. “It means taxpayers are subsidizing business models based on poverty wages.”
The corporate conspiracy of silence on “affordability”
“Dependence on federal programs is corporate America’s dirty secret.”
