Rice and Beans in the Outer Darkness | John Michael Greer

Red Beans and Rice at Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen - Berkeley, Calif.. Photo Credit: Arnold Gatilao from Fremont, Calif., USA, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons March 31, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- Psyc ...

A Sense of Déjà Vu | John Michael Greer

April 7, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- Déjà vu -- the sudden insistent feeling that you’ve encountered the present moment before -- can be one of the oddest of human experiences. Sometimes, though, it happ ...

Nuclear Weapons Blazing: Britain Enters the US-China Fray | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust March 24, 2021 Boris Johnson’s March 16 speech before the British Parliament was reminiscent, at least in tone, to that of Chinese President Xi Jinpin ...

Biden’s China Policy Doomed from the Start -- Ramzy Baroud

From the 1902 movie "A Trip To The Moon."From the Earth to the Moon Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust March 14, 2021 A much anticipated American foreign policy move under the Biden Administration on h ...

US Collective Punishment of the Venezuelan People Must End | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudThe Ongoing Calamity Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust March 7, 2021 Recent statements made by U.S. officials suggest that Washington will continue to pursue a hardline policy on Venez ...

At the Recycling Machine in the Age of COVID — Mickey Z

(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust March 8, 2021 Recently, as I neared my local C-Town supermarket, I passed its recycling station. Just outside the entrance are a couple of machines at which l ...

The Gamers’ Uprising Against Wall Street Has Deep Populist Roots | Ellen Brown

Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Feb. 11, 2021 Wall Street may own the country, as Kansas populist leader Mary Elizabeth Lease once declared, but a new generation of “retail” stock market traders is fighti ...

Most Of Those Arrested For Capitol Riot Had A History Of Financial Trouble | Todd C. Frankel

Trail of bankruptcies, tax problems and bad debts raises questions for researchers trying to understand motivations for attack Feb. 10, 2021 (Washington Post) -- Nearly 60 percent of the people facin ...

That Time I Became Robin Hood — Mickey Z.

Eduard Muzhevskyi / Science Photo Library Mickey Z. — World News Trust February 7, 2021 With “Robin Hood” in the news recently, it’s made me hark back to a time when I engaged in some “steal from the ...

Pandemic slows across world | AFP

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Jan. 29, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- The COVID-19 pandemic slowed down in every region of the world over the past week, according to a specialised AFP database. Here is ...

Just Add Water — Mickey Z.

Photo: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. — World News Trust January 25, 2021 Back in the pre-mask era, I'd regularly venture into Manhattan to train fitness clients. On those early morning trips, it was not uncomm ...