Posts

Showing posts with the label IMF

TOP NEWS: 'Next Up? Legalize It': Advocates Cheer Biden Move to Pardon Marijuana Convictions

Image
    October 06, 2022 Top News 'Next Up? Legalize It': Advocates Cheer Biden Move to Pardon Marijuana Convictions "This is what pressure and advocacy look like," said anti-poverty activist Joe Sanberg. "This must be the first of many steps to ending our decadeslong failed policies on marijuana." by Brett Wilkins After Dumping $15 Billion Into Fossil Fuels, World Bank Urged to Stop 'Investing in Climate Disaster' "If the World Bank wants to be a part of the solution rather than the problem, it needs to stop funding fossil fuels and unlock billions in order to support the transition to renewable energy across the globe and end poverty and inequality," said one campaigner. by Brett Wilkins After OPEC Move, Sanders Says US Must 'Eliminate Military Assistance to Saudi Arabia' Sen. Bernie Sanders accused Saudi-led OPEC of a "blatant attempt to increase gas prices at the pump." by Jake Johnson More Top News • 'Flying Blind...

RSN: James Verini | Witness to the Massacre in Mariupol

Image
    04 August 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News   James Verini | Witness to the Massacre in Mariupol James Verini, The New York Times Verini writes: "Elyzaveta Fatayeva was sitting on a blanket in the basement, next to her boyfriend, when the theater exploded above her. The whole building convulsed, and she with it." Survivors describe the defining atrocity of the war in Ukraine. E lyzaveta Fatayeva was sitting on a blanket in the basement, next to her boyfriend, when the theater exploded above her. The whole building convulsed, and she with it. Her ears filled with a tremendous crashing sound. Her eyes squeezed shut for a moment. When they opened, the air was a cloud of masonry dust. She gasped it in and choked. When her breath returned, there was a ringing in her ears. Then silence. Then people around her coughing. Then yelling. She looked around for her boyfriend. His face emerged from the dust. She could make out his eyes, and they were wide with terr...