Nov 24, 2019 | From Indy Media
Democracy Now! Tania Romero, an undocumented mother from Honduras and survivor of stage IV cancer, is fighting to remain in the United States with her four children. Two months ago, Romero was imprisoned by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the privately owned...
Nov 24, 2019 | From Indy Media
Truthdig What’s going on in the repo market? Rates on repurchase (“repo”) agreements should be about 2%, in line with the Federal Reserve funds rate. But they shot up to over 5% on Sept. 16 and got as high as 10% on Sept. 17. Yet banks were refusing to...
Nov 24, 2019 | From Indy Media
FAIR Chile’s anti-neoliberal rebellion is entering its third week, and the brutal crackdown continues. Hard-right President Sebastian Piñera and his generals have effectively decreed the country’s oligarch-dominated democracy out of existence by sending soldiers into...
Nov 24, 2019 | From Indy Media
The Intercept THE DECISION BY Pacific Gas & Electric to declare bankruptcy in January did not prevent the utility giant from continuing to spend big on political influence in California’s Statehouse. The investor-owned utility’s transmission lines...
Nov 24, 2019 | From Indy Media
Middle East Eye On Sunday night, Iraqi security forces fired tear gas canisters and live ammunition at hundreds of protesters who were attempting to set fire to the Iranian consulate in the holy city of Karbala. Witnesses said protesters scaled the walls surrounding...
