Amy Goodman

1 week ago | truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Jocelyn Martinez-Rosales |Juan Gonzalez |Juan González

Dozens of people have been killed in the worst fighting between India and Pakistan in more than two decades. India attacked nine locations in Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir early Wednesday, killing at least 26 people, including a child. Pakistan described the attacks as an act of war and responded by shelling areas controlled by India.

1 week ago | arcamax.com | Amy Goodman |Denis Moynihan

On May 3, 2024, Roger Fortson was on a video call with his girlfriend when a knock came at his door. Fortson, a 23-year-old Black man, was a Senior Airman in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Florida. Okaloosa County Sheriff's Deputy Eddie Duran had responded to a domestic disturbance call at the apartment complex. Building staff directed him to Fortson's unit. After the deputy pounded on the door, Fortson opened it, holding his left hand up, palm out, posing no threat.

1 week ago | truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Juan Gonzalez |Juan González

Donald Trump has raised nearly a billion dollars from his various cryptocurrency schemes, says researcher Molly White. “He is really allowing for bribery and the types of corruption that we’ve never seen in the American presidency,” White says. She lays out how the Trump family profits from cryptocurrency while directly influencing policy and regulations, encouraging the transfer of wealth to the industry despite its “enormous risk of fraud and collapse.”TRANSCRIPTThis is a rush transcript.

1 week ago | alternet.org | Amy Goodman

Donald Trump has raised nearly a billion dollars from his various cryptocurrency schemes, says researcher Molly White. “He is really allowing for bribery and the types of corruption that we’ve never seen in the American presidency,” White says. She lays out how the Trump family profits from cryptocurrency while directly influencing policy and regulations, encouraging the transfer of wealth to the industry despite its “enormous risk of fraud and collapse.”democracynow.orgThis is a rush transcript.

1 week ago | alternet.org | Amy Goodman

An alliance between the far right and Silicon Valley oligarchs has given rise to a form of “end times fascism,” says journalist Naomi Klein, who details in a recent essay co-authored with Astra Taylor how many wealthy elites are preparing for the end of the world even as they contribute to growing inequality, political instability and the climate crisis.