Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden has a solution to the problem of police violence: shoot Black people in the legs instead! In a recent statement, Biden suggested that cops could be retrained to blow the kneecaps off of people rather than shooting them in the heart. Apparently he thinks that, as long as cops are going to shoot Black people, they should put them in wheelchairs instead of coffins.
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At the beginning of May, Trump signed Executive Order 14404, imposing yet another host of sanctions on Cuba, in addition to the existing oil blockade. The Executive Order is titled “Imposing Sanctions on Those Responsible for Repression in Cuba and for Threats to United States National Security and Foreign Policy,” and significantly
A new Ebola outbreak is spreading through the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring Uganda. Hundreds have already died, and health authorities are racing to contain the disease. For many outside Africa, outbreaks like this are seen as another unfortunate but inevitable natural disaster. A dangerous virus appears, people become
En las próximas semanas y meses, la mayoría de los estados terminarán de celebrar sus elecciones primarias antes de las elecciones de mitad de mandato de noviembre. De los muchos candidatos que se postulan para diversos cargos en sus estados, muchos demócratas y algunos republicanos e independientes han expresado sus
California is giving free emission permits, allowing big polluters to pollute more and reducing the money available for transit, housing, and other programs.
La reciente reunión en China entre Trump y el presidente chino, Xi Jinping, acaparó la atención de los medios de comunicación de todo el mundo. Se informó con todo detalle sobre el lugar de la reunión, lo que comieron y quiénes los acompañaron. Se presentó como el encuentro entre las
This is a translation of a synthesis of three articles by Rafael Santos of the Partido Obrero (Workers’ Party) in Argentina, published on its website, Prensa Obrera on May 23, 2026. Its analyses are those of a Trotskyist current, with information and perspective that should be interesting to our readership.