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Why the Right Really Hates the Postal Service

May 24, 2025 By Independent Media Institute Leave a Comment

It’s not about USPS’s efficiency or viability. It’s about equity and collective good, values that are anathema to predatory capitalism.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: economy, Health care, news, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, social justice, Time-Sensitive, Trump, voting rights

Trump’s Global Tariffs Are Meant for China

April 26, 2025 By Independent Media Institute

The latest tariff blitz has China in the crosshairs. Building on earlier efforts by previous administrations, Trump’s abrasiveness risks weakening Washington’s hand.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Asia/China, Asia/Japan, economy, europe, Europe/Germany, news, North America/Canada, North America/Mexico, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Time-Sensitive, Trade, Trump

What Will Tech Moguls Do With Their Wealth?

April 6, 2025 By Independent Media Institute

Tech billionaires are embedding themselves in U.S. economic systems while experimenting with new ways to manage their fortunes. Lacking traditional family dynasties, they must also contend with an unpredictable alliance with Trump.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: economy, Europe/Ukraine, GOP/Right Wing, History, Media, news, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Presidential Elections, Social Benefits, Tech, Time-Sensitive, Trump, War

Trump’s Bid to Transform International Relations May Succeed

March 29, 2025 By Independent Media Institute

Eliminating bureaucracy and abandoning the world order that the U.S. helped build may allow Trump to recalibrate foreign policy, at the cost of global stability.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Africa, Asia/China, Central America/El Salvador, Central America/Honduras, Central America/Nicaragua, Central America/Panama, Democratic Party, economy, europe, Europe/Russia, Europe/Ukraine, GOP/Right Wing, Human Rights, immigration, Media, Middle East/Iran, news, North America/Cuba, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, South America/Venezuela, Time-Sensitive, Trade, Trump

How Musk Sold Out America’s Veterans

March 29, 2025 By Independent Media Institute

The VA is just one of Musk’s targets, and his attacks on the department come at a time when more and more veterans require care because of ailments contracted in Vietnam, Iraq, and other combat zones.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Asia/Vietnam, Democratic Party, economy, GOP/Right Wing, Health care, Middle East/Iraq, news, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Trump, War

First, They Came for the Venezuelans

March 29, 2025 By Independent Media Institute

Trump is turning deportation into a weapon of mass destruction. None of us—undocumented immigrants, people with papers, naturalized citizens, or native-born citizens—are safe.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Asia, Central America/El Salvador, Democratic Party, europe, Europe/Germany, Europe/United Kingdom, GOP/Right Wing, Human Rights, immigration, Middle East/Israel, Middle East/Palestine, news, North America/Canada, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, social justice, South America/Venezuela, Time-Sensitive, Trump

The Coming Age of Border Changes?

March 2, 2025 By Independent Media Institute

Trump’s remarks on annexing territory and recognizing Russian and Israeli territorial gains may align with his geopolitical ambitions, but the disruption to longstanding norms of fixed borders sets a risky precedent.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Africa/Eritrea, Africa/Ethiopia, Africa/Morocco, Africa/Somalia, Africa/South Sudan, Asia/China, Asia/India, Asia/Pakistan, Central America/Belize, Central America/Guatemala, economy, Europe/Denmark, Europe/France, Europe/Georgia, Europe/Germany, Europe/Moldova, Europe/Russia, Europe/Ukraine, History, Middle East/Cyprus, Middle East/Iran, Middle East/Iraq, Middle East/Israel, Middle East/Jordon, Middle East/Palestine, Middle East/Saudi Arabia, Middle East/Syria, Middle East/Turkey, news, North America/Canada, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, South America/Guyana, South America/Venezuela, Time-Sensitive, Trump

‘Only the People Can Save the People,’ Say Migrant Workers

February 23, 2025 By Independent Media Institute

The National Day Laborers Organizing Network (NDLON) embodies an ethos of “solidarity, not charity,” in both fire relief and immigrant rights.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Climate Change, Community, economy, food, immigration, Labor, news, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, social justice, Time-Sensitive, Trump

Why did the Sunday mainstream media news sound so normal? We must do better.

February 17, 2025 By Egberto Willies

Most journalists in mainstream media, whether from cable news, including Fox News, broadcast news, and mainstream print, are good people. But they cannot save us.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Mainstream media, news

Foreign Companies Driving the Global Privatization of Domestic Infrastructure

February 16, 2025 By Independent Media Institute

Foreign entities have secured profitable positions in once-public domestic infrastructure. The pursuit of short-term cash has sacrificed long-term revenue streams to a variety of foreign investors.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Africa/Gabon, Asia/China, economy, europe, Europe/Belgium, Europe/France, Europe/Greece, Europe/Italy, Europe/Spain, Europe/The Netherlands, Europe/United Kingdom, Middle East/Egypt, Middle East/Saudi Arabia, Middle East/United Arab Emirates, news, North America/Canada, North America/United States of America, Oceania/Australia, Opinion, Politics, South America/Argentina, South America/Bolivia, Time-Sensitive, Trade

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