Old-Age Poverty

Alena Kalejova with her baby Daniela in the eastern village of Ostrovany Old Bratislava has been restored in the last two decades, and tourists crowd its narrow streets, but it is still scarred by the legacy of communist Czechoslovakia, with boxy housing and…

In last week's Democratic presidential debates, both nights began with a discussion of health care, and the issue received more time than any other. Most Democrats believe that Republican attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) backfired, resulting i…

Two law enforcement officials familiar with the inquiry, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation, identified the suspect as Patrick Crusius, a 21-year-old man from a suburb near Dallas, about a nine-hour drive from El Paso.…

The documents, if genuine, seem to have been exposed through carelessness on the part of Extinction Rebellion, not a computer hack. Anyway, Paul Homewood has been filleting some of the best bits and here is what he has found. If verified, this confirms Extin…

DW: August 2, 1944, was a particularly dark day in the Nazis' persecution of Roma and Sinti people. What exactly happened? Karola Fings: On the night between August 2 and August 3, 1944, the so-called Gypsy Camp in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and ex…

Posted August 03, 2019 05:09:06 A young Uyghur woman smiles as she threads a needle to the backdrop of tinkling piano music. Key points: China says diplomats have been shown "a real Xinjiang"Sanitised tours mask the reality of the camps,…

What actually is Dominic Cummingss record as a vote-winning guru? So far has he has fought campaigns in which the outcome was foretold. His first entry into political campaigning was for Business for Sterling, set up 20 years ago to keep the pound. But it wa…

With these speculative and risk management skills accessible only to the wealthy, no wonder only the wealthy have gained purchasing power in the 21st century. Let’s start with an excerpt from a recent personal account by the insightful energy/systems analyst…

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, With these speculative and risk management skills accessible only to the wealthy, no wonder only the wealthy have gained purchasing power in the 21st century. Let's start with an excerpt from a recent pers…

Let’s start with an excerpt from a recent personal account by the insightful energy/systems analyst Ugo Bardi, who is Italian but writes his blog Cassandra’s Legacy in English: Becoming Poor in Italy. The Effects of the Twilight of the Age of Oil. “I am not …