Power and Privilege
Billionaire Elon Musk’s decision to scale back his involvement with America’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) marks a pivotal moment in the ever-blurring line between corporate ambition and political power.
Billionaire Elon Musk’s decision to scale back his involvement with America’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) marks a pivotal moment in the ever-blurring line between corporate ambition and political power.
The Latin American Boom, a literary phenomenon that consisted of the Latin American narrative, spread throughout the world. With the Boom, the independent and relatively young and independent Latin American authors became global literary icons.
A group of US lawmakers told South Korea's top diplomat Monday that America will not withdraw from the Indo-Pacific region as they reaffirmed their commitment to the bilateral alliance, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said.
“Fascist” seems to have many, often imprecise, and sometimes downright contradictory uses. It’s also been rendered nearly meaningless, since being disfavored in historical hindsight and is now a common insult, casually flung at political opponents.
The recent passage of a Republican-led stopgap spending bill has once again highlighted the deep divisions within the American political landscape. While the bill successfully prevented a government shutdown, the contentious nature of its approval underscores broader concerns about governance, fiscal responsibility, and partisan maneuvering.
The recent 30-day suspension of American tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods underscores the unpredictability of trade policy under US President Donald Trump.
Outgoing US President Joe Biden in his farewell address spoke of “dangerous concentration of power in the hands of very few ultra-wealthy people, and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power was left unchecked,” underlining threats to the institutions that govern American society by placement of plutocrats in bodies deciding public policy and the monopolistic control over personal data and misinformation campaigns by some wealthy individuals ~ which was shaping political discourse and public perception.
Israeli Prime Minister's Office said Friday that Israel has received the list of three Israeli civilian hostages Hamas will release on Saturday.
Following the mid-air collision between an American Airlines plane and a US Army helicopter in which all 67 are feared dead, US President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed former Democratic Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama for lowering air safety standards.
The fifth pillar of caste, according to Isabel Wilkerson, author of “Caste: The Origins of our Discontents” is the division of labour based on one’s place in the hierarchy.