ICE’s Use of Solitary Confinement “Only Increasing” Under Biden ( theintercept.com )
US did not properly track more than $1 billion worth of weapons sent to Ukraine, watchdog report finds ( www.cnn.com )
The debt explosion: How neoliberalism fuels debt crises ( geopoliticaleconomy.com )
Institute for Supply Management releases January report for US showing that prices are up 7.3%, highest in 80 months and increasing faster. ( media.mas.to )
source https://www.ismworld.org/supply-management-news-and-reports/reports/ism-report-on-business/services/january/
New poll spells trouble for US military recruitment woes ( www.newsweek.com )
Secret US spying program targeted top Venezuelan officials, flouting international law ( apnews.com )
Only 44% of Americans can afford a $1,000 emergency expense, says Bankrate. What this illustrates is that over half the working population in US is now living on subsistence wages. ( www.kiro7.com )
The number of homeless people in America grew in 2023 as high cost of living took a toll ( www.usatoday.com )
In the 2023, homelessness in US has reached new heights....
Half of US tenants can’t afford to pay their rent. Here’s what’s ahead ( www.cnn.com )
US has no evidence that Iran is responsible for the attack, it’s an assumption 🤡 ( www.defense.gov )
Q: Just to follow up, you said Iran was behind the attack. What does that mean? Have -- have you seen evidence of financing or directing, anything specific (inaudible) not just in -- generally but specifically?...
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands ( apnews.com )
Sentinel setbacks expose aged and decrepit US nukes ( asiatimes.com )
Odds of US Bank Failures Rise with Office Space Loan Losses, Fed Interest Rate Mismanagement ( www.nakedcapitalism.com )
Economic Update: As The Empire Crumbles ( www.youtube.com )
One of the largest unions in the United States just called for a ceasefire in Gaza ( peoplesdispatch.org )
As folks freeze to death in Milwaukee, Ohio pastor charged for offering shelter ( www.jsonline.com )
McDonald’s, KFC, Burger King and Wendy’s Rely on Alabama Prison “Slavery” ( truthout.org )
Incarcerated Alabamans and labor organizations have filed a federal class action lawsuit to dismantle the forced prison labor system in the state, which rakes in $450 million annually from leasing incarcerated people to companies like McDonald’s, KFC, Burger King and Wendy’s....
Fed Posts Largest-Ever Annual Operating Loss ( www.wsj.com )
400,000 marched in Washington DC against Biden’s complicity in Israel’s genocide ( peoplesdispatch.org )
Alabama prisoners' bodies returned to families with hearts, other organs missing, lawsuit claims ( www.cbsnews.com )
End Capitalism Before it Ends Us ( votesocialist2024.com )
Claudia De la Cruz and Karina Garcia are running for President and Vice-President as the candidates of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. Claudia De la Cruz is a mother, popular educator and theologian born in the South Bronx who has spent her life organizing for justice for working people at home and to end U.S. empire...
An Attorney Is Going Viral for Exposing Pastors and Republicans Who Are Grooming Kids ( www.them.us )
Kristen Browde has amassed over 380,000 followers on TikTok by debunking the anti-LGBTQ+ “groomer” myth, and no one is more shocked by her success on the platform than she is. “TikTok is supposed to be this app where teenagers do dance moves, but it turns out it's an incredibly effective political organizing tool,” she...