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Rocky road ahead for new left-leaning Peruvian government

September 20, 2021 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Right-wing opposition forces have viciously attacked Castillo and his Perú Libre party. Defamatory media blasts from Peruvian news sources have been constant. Unfounded accusations of electoral fraud persisted for weeks.

Now on Newsom’s desk: social justice, ethnic studies, worker protections, and payments

September 17, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

Some 900 bills improving conditions for the majority in California await the governor’s signature.

So-called Dem ‘moderates’ sabotage Medicare power to bargain drug prices

September 17, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Drug companies relying on Dems they have in their pockets to keep curbs on big pharma out of the reconciliation package.

Draft family code brings Cuba closer to same-sex marriage equality

September 17, 2021 By C.J. Atkins

LGBTQ equality was a big winner in Cuba this week.

Stopping the new Cold War with China, before it’s too late

September 17, 2021 By Joe Sims

The Biden administration has been described as potentially transformative, equaling Lyndon B. Johnson’s years and possibly even rivaling Franklin D. Roosevelt’s tenure. While it’s still early, such comparisons may not be far off, considering the possible...