WEEK IN REVIEW: 'Poverty Is Violence!' Poor People's Campaign Marches on DC

 

The Week in Review

UN Food Chief Says 'Hell on Earth' Looms From Hunger Crisis Triggered by Ukraine War With the world "marching towards starvation," said David Beasley, "the best thing we can do right now is end that damn war in Russia and Ukraine and get the port open" in Odesa. Read more → 'Off the Scale': Warmer Arctic Ocean Fueling Climate Feedback Loop Faster Than Previously Known "This is one of the scariest reports I have ever seen," said one climate scientist in response to new study. Read more → 'The American People Support Me, Not You': In Fox Debate, Sanders Makes Case for Progressive Agenda "The policies that I advocate are taking place all over the world," Sen. Bernie Sanders said in a debate with GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham. Read more → As Death Toll Climbs, NATO Chief Warns Russian War on Ukraine Could 'Last for Years' While Western powers continue to pour weapons into the region, critics argue that "there's only one way to bring it to an end. That's diplomacy." Read more → 'Poverty Is Violence!' Thousands of Demonstrators in DC Demand Economic Justice "We are the 140 million poor and low-wealth people, standing together to declare we won't be silent anymore," said Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the Poor People's campaign. Read more →

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Opinion

Beware of Republicans Trying to Cut Your Social Security Benefits Republican efforts to hide their desire to cut benefits were on full display at last week’s Senate Budget Committee hearing on Social Security. by Nancy J. Altman Read more → The Fed Is Making a Big, Big Mistake If the Fed continues down this path—as it has signaled it will—the economy will be plunged into a recession by Robert Reich Read more → How Many Billions in Profit Is It Worth to Kill 212,000 Americans a Year? If saving trillions of dollars and millions of lives isn't enough to end political bribery in America, what will it take? excerpt:  According to Open Secrets, the amount spent just last year bribing Congress to keep our healthcare system in place was $689,466,798.00. Almost three-quarters of a billion dollars. In exchange, the health insurance industry took home $19 billion in profits last year, hospitals took home over $70 billion in profits, and the pharmaceutical industry made similarly huge profits last year: at least $100 billion. And that was after each of these three industries—that have a stake in keeping our healthcare system as broken and dysfunctional as possible—had handed out billions in compensation to their senior executives and board members. Not to mention stockholder dividends. by Thom Hartmann Read more →

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