Plan to give $1m per day until November 5 election could violate law against using cash to induce voting, experts say. Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s promise to give away $1m per day until the United States election has drawn legal scrutiny, with experts warning the scheme could violate a prohibition…
US economist Richard Wolff weighs in on BRICS, the systemic problems of the United States economy, and the future of Israel. The American empire has peaked “and we are on the way down… and we try to hold on”, says Richard Wolff, professor emeritus of economics at the University of…
All eyes seem glued on the United States presidential race, as former President Donald Trump attempts to eke out a victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. But as both candidates strive to pull ahead in the nail-biting race, other contests are set to unfold across the country, with the balance…
In the last few weeks before Election Day, podcaster and Fox News contributor George “Tyrus” Murdoch tried to show voters a philanthropic side of former President Donald Trump. Nelson Mandela was “trying to come to the United States. The US government was not helping him. No one was helping him,”…
Within minutes of arriving in the United States for the first time, on November 28, 1959, 27-year-old Zenzile “Miriam” Makeba was whisked to the Manhattan office of the famous Jamaican-American singer Harry Belafonte. After a quick hug, Belafonte exclaimed: “Miriam! We haven’t a minute to waste!” Belafonte, who had seen…
A team of engineers and construction specialists will begin an investigation into why the gangway collapsed. At least seven people were killed after part of a ferry dock collapsed off the coast of the US state of Georgia, the authorities say, where crowds had gathered for an autumn celebration. The…
It’s been another whirlwind week in United States politics. And with just over two weeks left in the presidential race, the candidates are preparing to make their final appeals to voters. What have Kamala Harris and Donald Trump — the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, respectively — been doing as…
United States Vice President Kamala Harris has deployed some of the music industry’s star power to rally voters in the final weeks before November’s presidential election. On Saturday, two of the Democratic nominee’s events were headlined by prominent musicians. At her first stop, in Detroit, Michigan, the singer and rapper…
Experts say it is not likely Trump’s shifting position will prompt abortion opponents to defect to Harris’s camp. But, they warn, there is a real risk that some could stay home on election day, rather than support Trump. For instance, one prominent anti-abortion rights activist, Lila Rose, has urged her…
On October 7, the Tahrir Coalition, a union of pro-Palestinian organisations at the University of Michigan, posted on social media what it said was a recording of the university’s president, Santa Ono. In the audio file, a man’s voice can be heard talking about pressure from “powerful groups” and the…
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