Washington’s unease is rising as Brazil’s Pix bypasses U.S.-dominated payment networks. The country’s digital payment revolution may soon be impossible to contain as other countries adapt their own models. By John P. Ruehl The Trump administration’s July 2025 decision to have the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) investigate Brazil’s “ attacks on American social media companies as well as other unfair trading practices ,” followed by the launch of 50 percent tari

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Leaders photo at the NATO Summit, June 25 -- public domain image By Vijay Prashad By the end of the annual meeting of the North Atlantic...

89 seconds to midnight announcement, January 28, 2025 -- image via video screenshot By Biljana Vankovska In 2022, I was invited to...

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Tech billionaires are embedding themselves in U.S. economic systems while experimenting with new ways to manage their fortunes. Lacking...

The resurgence of German militarism, Europe’s arms fever, and the war rhetoric from Washington all point toward escalation. But as...

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Putin and Trump in 2019 - Kremlin.ru , CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay Prashad US President Donald Trump called Russian...

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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump Clash During Meeting, February 28, 2025 -- public domain image By...

The “migrant crisis” was manufactured and is the fault of both Trump and Biden. We need to understand that the U.S. needs immigrants more...

The promise of AI is eclipsed by its perils, which include our own annihilation. By Richard Heinberg Those advocating for artificial...

We are closer to nuclear disaster than ever before. By Charles Derber and Suren Moodliar The Cuban missile crisis of 1962 is etched into...