Politics

Moving US Embassy to Jerusalem Would Be a Dangerous Provocation

The Trump administration might make a historic break with US policy and draw international outrage by following through on its rhetoric, warns New Internationalism director Phyllis Bennis.

January 5, 2017
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Bitcoin Outperformed All Bank-Issued Currencies in 2016

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According to a Reuters report, digital currency Bitcoin grew by 125 percent to a value above $1,000 in 2016, crossing that threshold for the first time since 2013. The Bitcoin…

January 5, 2017
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For Head of SEC, Trump Taps Another Fox to Guard Wall Street Henhouse

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Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton, who defended big banks against regulators during the financial crisis, is President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the federal agency charged with policing Wall Street.

January 5, 2017
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Dr. Jill Stein: Jim Crow is Built into Our Voting Machines

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The former Green Party presidential candidate discusses her efforts to examine voter integrity problems in Wisconsin, what the Greens do between elections, and what we can do to build a…

January 4, 2017
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Electoral Reform

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Trump Treasury Pick Steven Mnuchin's Bank OneWest Accused of Widespread Misconduct

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Trump’s pick for treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, faces scrutiny for his role at OneWest, a bank which has been called a "foreclosure machine" that profited from the collapse of the…

January 4, 2017
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US air strike killed Afghan police being held in Taliban prison

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Earlier this year, Muhammad Ikhlas, a farmer from the southern Afghan province of Helmand, made a nerve-wracking journey across the front line of fighting between government forces and the Taliban. He was…

January 4, 2017
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