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Is a New Global Financial Crisis Imminent?
Economists Mark Weisbrot and Gerald Epstein face off to discuss whether 10 years after the Lehman Brothers collapse and the Great Recession of 2008 we…
Green Party Candidate Barred From Ohio Gubernatorial Debate
Ohio Green Party candidate barred from debates, continues aggressive campaign for Governor Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at…
Brazil’s Historic Presidential Election: Left and Right Have Equal Chance of Winning
Now that frontrunner Lula da Silva of the Workers Party has been eliminated from the presidential race, his running mate, Fernando Haddad and far-right Jair…
In Viral Video, Medea Benjamin Confronts Trump Official on Iran
At a public event in Washington, DC, CodePink’s Medea Benjamin confronted Brian Hook, the head of Trump’s Iran Action Group, over the US withdrawal from…
Protest Targets Johns Hopkins Multi-Million Dollar Contract with ICE
Dozens of students, faculty and community members marched through campus on Friday and delivered a petition demanding Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins University end its contract with…
Baltimore Parent Panel on Education
Khalilah Harris joins a group of Baltimore City Public Schools parents to discuss expanding educational opportunity and community engagement in education policy making Visit https://therealnews.com…
Trump’s Methane Deregulation: Another Blow to Slowing Down Climate Change
The Trump administration announced new methane rules, which roll back rules President Obama had put into place to reduce pollution, capture methane for sale, and…
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: It is Outrageous that The US is Supporting a Genocidal War in Yemen
Over 5 Million children are facing starvation, a cholera outbreak is raging on in the worst humanitarian crisis in the world and yet the US…
De-Regulation, and De-Criminalization Set the Stage for the 2008 Financial Crisis (Pt. 3/3)
White collar criminologist Bill Black analyzes how the U.S. got into the 2008 financial crisis and what it means that we have not learnt the…
Trump Administration Sets the Lowest Refugee Intake Targets in US History
The U.S. is already doing far less for refugees than most developed nations and the latest reduction, from 45,000 to 30,000 refugees, does not even…
Alt-Right March for Israel, Human Rights Activist Smeared as Anti-Semitic
In Canada Dimitri Lascaris called on B’Nai Brith to disavow a white supremacist who called for Trudeau’s execution. He then found himself accused of being…
De-Regulation, and De-Criminalization Set the Stage for the 2008 Financial Crisis (Pt. 2/3)
White collar criminologist Bill Black analyzes how the U.S. got into the 2008 financial crisis and what it means that we have not learnt the…
10 Years Since Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy – Did the Economy Really Recover? (Pt 2/2)
The Lehman Brothers bankruptcy was the largest in U.S. history and unleashed a financial meltdown. The Banks were saved but not people’s debt, savings or…
Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Prices Could Be Key Election Issue
Maryland’s Democratic nominee for governor Ben Jealous has backed a proposal to reign in drug prices, while advocates say incumbent Larry Hogan has helped drug…
