Mel Gurtov
Professor, Portland State University and Writer at Freelance
Prof.of Pol Sci, Univ of California, Riverside and Portland State Univ; Ed-in-Chief and Sr Editor, Asian Perspective (1994-2017). Blog "In the Human Interest."
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4 days ago |
counterpunch.org | Mel Gurtov
Act 1: US and El Salvador Won’t Return Wrongly Deported ManNo disgraceful act of the Trump administration is more dangerous than its denial of due process of law, judicial decisions, and unquestionable facts in the deportation to El Salvador of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Both Trump’s justice department and the El Salvador government of Nayib Bukele are refusing to return Abrego Garcia to the US for a hearing despite admitting that he was mistakenly deported and has not broken any law.
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1 week ago |
elizabethton.com | Mel Gurtov
Published 10:18 am Tuesday, April 15, 2025 By Mel GurtovIt takes a certain kind of person who celebrates when something occurs that she had predicted would not happen. Likewise, it takes a certain kind of person who pretends that a dramatic failure actually was a triumph. Both these types have emerged with Donald Trump’s 90-day pause in his tariff war, after the stock market had lost several trillion dollars in value.
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1 week ago |
putnamcountycourier.com | Mel Gurtov
Mindless Tariffs It takes a certain kind of person who celebrates when something occurs that she had predicted would not happen. Likewise, it takes a certain kind of person who pretends that a dramatic failure actually was a triumph. Both these typ...
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1 week ago |
wilsoncountynews.com | Mel Gurtov
Audio articles on Wilson County News made possible by C Street Gift Shop in downtown Floresville! It takes a certain kind of person who celebrates when something occurs that she had predicted would not happen. Likewise, it takes a certain kind of person who pretends that a dramatic failure actually was a triumph.
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2 weeks ago |
athensmessenger.com | Mel Gurtov
The Trump tariff shock is going to take a bit of time to sink in, though stock markets worldwide have already sunk. Altogether, 60 countries have been slapped with at least 10 percent tariffs; those with large trade surpluses with the US will pay a much higher rate. Trump’s public argument was two-fold: force US trade partners with the highest surpluses to lower their tariffs on US imports, and encourage US and other multinational firms to move their manufacturing to the US.
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