Economics
What triggered the latest mass protests in Iran?
January 5, 2026Out-of-control inflation, the government’s economic mismanagement, and punishing Western sanctions have all combined to send the country into a spiral.
Read moreU.S. blockade of Venezuela is also an attack on Cuba
December 19, 2025The latest government measures taken in Havana indicate a last-ditch effort is underway to save the country's economy.
Read moreWar of position vs. war of maneuver: China’s Gramscian trade strategy
October 30, 2025The U.S.-China economic competition is a battle of two very different strategies.
Read moreBeef from Argentina? ‘A betrayal of the American rancher,’ farmers tell Trump
October 22, 2025The latest from award-winning People's World cartoonist Greg Kearney.
Read moreEast Germans still underpaid and ignored decades after unification
October 20, 2025Thirty-five years after reunification, East Germans earn less, hold fewer top positions, and are still defined by narratives written in the West.
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