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The USPS Network Consolidation Plan: What’s at Stake for Southern Oregon

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Acore feature of U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan, “Delivering for America,” is an initiative to restructure the nation’s postal...

Militarized Funding in Biden Budget Totals Well Over $1 Trillion (and it will grow)

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Today the White House released President Biden’s budget proposal, including a proposal for $1.6 trillion in discretionary spending for FY 2025, which begins...

How investment firms shield the ultrawealthy from the IRS

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). In 2015, the U.S. Department of Treasury...

The Donor Revolt for Charity Reform

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). New research: Who is lobbying against common-sense charity reform?We must ensure that large charitable gifts don’t languish idly for years in intermediaries,...

New Poll, Old News: Philanthropy Lobby Is Still Out of Step with Public Opinion...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A new national Ipsos poll illuminates that there is broad and nonpartisan support for changes in laws governing charitable giving. The March...

Labor Holds The Line in Argentina

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). This March, Argentina’s school year began with empty classrooms. The price of learning materials rose by 502 percent over the past year, leaving...

Frequently asked questions about the Swazi Secrets investigation

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). What is the Swazi Secrets investigation? Swazi Secrets is a...

Spyware firm Intellexa hit with US sanctions after Cyprus Confidential exposé

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The United States has sanctioned notorious spyware consortium Intellexa,...
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Mass Layoffs Have Our Rich Thriving — and Workers Writhing

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). How do you know when you can finally rate as certifiably super rich?One simple test: You can look at the menu...

NEW: In 2023, the average American’s income taxes funded $5,109 for militarism and its...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). FROM THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES PROJECT AT THE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIESFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPress contacts belowWashington, D.C. – Ahead of Tax Day,...

New Report from Americans for Tax Fairness and Institute for Policy Studies Reveals 35...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACTS BELOW Washington, D.C. – Dozens of big profitable corporations paid their top executives more in compensation than they...

How international gold dealers exploited a tiny African kingdom’s economic dream

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Against a backdrop of rolling hills and...

International Community Condemns April 10 Ruling in El Salvador’s Court on the Santa Marta...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPress contacts belowSan Salvador – On Wednesday, April 10, in San Salvador, in a preliminary court hearing to determine...

Panama Papers trial begins with denials eight years after historic tax evasion exposé

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Eight years after the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists...

Coming Soon to a Mansion Near You: A Tax on Over-the-Top Greed Grabs

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Back in 1928, the bold and brassy mobster Al Capone spent $40,000 — about $851,000 in today’s dollars — on “a stately Spanish...

Venezuela pulls German TV station Deutsche Welle off the air after critical report

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Bogotá, March 7, 2024—The Venezuelan government must allow German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle and other international news channels to broadcast freely...

“Donor Revolt for Charity Reform” Campaign Highlights Strong Demand for Changes to Philanthropy Rules

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPRESS CONTACTS BELOWWashington, D.C. – Over 160 prominent philanthropists and seven national funding and policy organizations are launching a...

What Lies Beneath the Biden Administration’s Changing ‘Ceasefire’ Language

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Nathan Howard/Getty Images The US president is showing no sign of altering his actual policy of unconditional support for Israel...

Destroying the Lawn in Gaza

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News ( www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Ever since it withdrew its settlements in 2005, Israel has periodically attacked Gaza. This shelling of locations throughout...

CPJ, Freedom of the Press Foundation call for charges against New York freelancer to...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). CPJ+FPF_Dunlea letter_ NYCDownload Source of original article: Americas Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists (cpj.org). The content of this article does...
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Qatari royal invested about $50 million in pro-Trump network Newsmax

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A member of the Qatari royal family invested roughly...

The Next Generation of Students Demanding Justice for Garment Workers

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Yosef Nelson’s work on international labor solidarity began with the case of Hong Seng Knitting, a garment factory in Thailand found...

Do High Taxes on Our Rich Make Any Sense?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Home sweet home. For Jeff Bezos, one of our planet’s three richest human beings, the state of Washington neatly fit that description for...