United States

Buying Friends and Hugs: The Loneliness Epidemic in the US Has Turned Into a Business

September 7, 2019 // El País - Spain - Spanish

Authorities warn that loneliness is as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes every day. A small new industry has sprung up to combat it.

US Shoots Americans in the Foot

September 7, 2019 // Global Times - China - English

The US imposed fresh tariffs of 15 percent on $125 billion of Chinese imports starting midnight Sunday. China applied new tariffs ranging from 5 to 10 percent on the first batch of $75 billion US goods on the same day as a countermeasure. As the US is bent on provocation, the US-launched trade war against China has [Read more]

US Being Forced To Surrender in Afghanistan

September 7, 2019 // Daily Mirror - Cambodia - English

Why should the US leave Afghanistan? After all, it offered the US an ideal location to set up a listening post to spy on China and Russia. At present, in Central Asia, the US military presence is almost zero. Therefore, Afghanistan, on the southern belly of Central Asia, which is Russia’s backyard and China’s [Read more]

The National Shame of Migrant Children Detention Centers

September 6, 2019 // Libération - France - French

The treatment reserved for children represents the most striking example of the dehumanizing nature of the White House-led policy

American Curiosity – Breaking Chains

August 27, 2019 // La Jornada - Mexico - Spanish

This month marks the 400th anniversary of the first forced migration to the United States, when a ship appeared off the coast of Virginia with more than 20 African slaves from Angola in August 1619. Those first slaves were apparently stolen by pirates from a Spanish ship that was on its way to Mexico and had been [Read more]

Going to School with a Bulletproof Backpack

August 21, 2019 // La Nacion - Argentina - Spanish

Let us recognize that school is also the world.

Police Violence in Galveston: The Racist States of America

August 15, 2019 // Der Spiegel - Germany - German

[A] few years before her death, [Toni] Morrison spoke of a racist DNA in her country. The picture from Galveston proves her right.

If the US Can’t Stop Racist Violence, How Can We Face Financed Terror?

August 15, 2019 // Youm 7 - Egypt - Arabic

It is striking that such a stable and powerful nation as the U.S. cannot handle its rampant gun homicide rate.

What Does It Mean When the Average Joe Puts Visiting Singapore on His Bucket List?

August 14, 2019 // Today - Singapore - English

The line at San Francisco Domestic Airport’s gate was long, which was not surprising. It was a weekend at the start of summer and the vacation season had just started. At the front of the line was a burly Transport Security Administration (TSA) officer, checking identification. He was in a jolly mood and while [Read more]

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