Here’s What A White Ally Looks Like (part I) | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 11, 2020 In 1937, baseball was a segregated, primarily Eastern sport… but in the off-season, major leaguers often competed against Negro Lea ...

Amidst the racial strife, we’re ignoring a pandemic (no, not THAT pandemic) | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 8, 2020 What if I were to tell you about a virtually ignored state of emergency, a lethal pandemic of which the exact numbers will never be ...

Mohamed El-Erian: I’m ‘Uncomfortable’ Betting On Continued ‘Huge Recovery’ In The Stock Market | Matthew J. Belvedere

Mohamed El ErianJune 8, 2020 CNBC KEY POINTS Mohamed El-Erian, who in early March correctly called a coronavirus-driven bear market, told CNBC he’s reluctant to buy the recent reopening rally. “For m ...

It's Official: U.S. Economy Is In A Recession | NPR

June 8, 2020 (NPR) -- It may seem obvious, with double-digit unemployment and plunging economic output. But if there was any remaining doubt that the United States is in a recession, it's now been re ...

When Profits and Politics Drive Science: The Hazards of Rushing a Vaccine at 'Warp Speed' | Ellen Brown

Image source: stat.comJune 4, 2020 (Web of Debt) -- More than 100 companies are competing to be first in the race to get a COVID-19 vaccine to market. It’s a race against time, not because the death ...

A Chronicle Of A Lost Decade Foretold | Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis, Berlin 2015June 1, 2020 -- ATHENS (YanisVaroufakis.eu) -- To exorcise my worst fears about the coming decade, I chose to write a bleak chronicle of it. If, by December 2030, develop ...

Chomsky: Trump Is A 'Sociopathic Megalomaniac' Who Made US 'Singularly Unprepared' For Pandemic

Noam Chomsky. Photo credit: Oliver Abraham (oliverabraham (at) gmx.de)May 25, 2020 (Common Dreams) -- World-renowned intellectual and author Noam Chomsky called President Trump a "sociopathic megalom ...

Another Bank Bailout Under Cover Of A Virus | Ellen Brown

Love you more... Insolvent Wall Street banks have been quietly bailed out again. Banks made risk-free by the government should be public utilities. May 18, 2020 (Web Of Debt) -- When the Dodd-Frank A ...

Study Traces Brain-To-Gut Connections | University of Pittsburgh

Two opposing circuits connecting the brain to the stomach convey either "fight or flight" or "rest and digest" commands to the gut. Credit: David Levinthal, M.D., Ph.D., and Peter Strick, Ph.D. May 1 ...

US Election 2020 -- A New America Takes Over | LEAP GEAB 145

May 15, 2020 (LEAP) -- The next U.S. presidential election, despite its relatively normal exterior, is already showing some new features. For example: 1) It’s not the main point of interest on the pl ...

Market Manipulation In The Age Of Pandemic Is Destroying Traditional Safe Havens | University of Sussex

Credit: Dmitry Demidko on UnsplashMay 14, 2020 (Phys.org) -- The coronavirus pandemic has created enormous volatility in global financial markets but prices of safe-haven assets such as gold and bitc ...