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Americans Are Not Wealthy: The Truth About The US Economy

August 16, 2026 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. , , ,
It is often said that the United States is the richest country on Earth. This is a myth. It is certainly true that, in the United States, there are some very, very rich people, including the wealthiest billionaires on Earth, and the first ever trillionaire (Elon Musk). However, when you look at the country as a whole, you see that the US is not a relatively prosperous nation. This article will analyze a broad set of data, including several different indicators, that show how Americans are not wealthy compared to people in other advanced economies.

Western Europe Is Richer Than The US

August 10, 2026 Matt Bruenig, People's Policy Project. , , ,
There has been a weird debate over the last few months about whether the United States is better off than Western Europe. The participants of this debate tend to operate under the shared premise that people in the United States are richer than people in Western Europe, and then quibble over whether that means it is better. But this shared premise is incorrect. Once you adjust typical economic aggregates for hours worked and inequality, Western Europe clearly pulls ahead of the United States. Most of these debates start by comparing the GDP per capita of various countries. Below, I have graphed these figures using OECD data.

The Floods Of The Future Won’t Come One At A Time

August 10, 2026 Jeff Masters, Scheer Post. , , ,
When a weak 45-mph tropical storm named Harvey moved through the Lesser Antilles Islands in August 2017 and then petered out in the central Caribbean Sea, no one could have suspected that the meager clump of clouds that remained would go on to become the second-costliest weather disaster in world history. But after crossing Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula into the Gulf of Mexico, Harvey was rejuvenated, rapidly intensifying into a ferocious Category 4 hurricane that hit Texas just north of Corpus Christi. Harvey’s true mischief came after it stalled inland as a tropical storm for two days, dumping at least 40 inches of rain across a gigantic area from Houston to Port Arthur

The World Is Watching The United States; So Are Workers

July 30, 2026 Luc Triangle and Cathy Feingold, Inequality.org. , , ,
An international coalition of unions just placed the United States on a "Watchlist" for labor violations. For generations, the United States has been a global advocate for freedom, democracy, and the rule of law. Today, however, the world is calling on the United States to uphold those same principles at home.  Last month, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), representing over 200 million workers through 340 national affiliates in 169 countries, ranked the United States among countries with “systemic violations of worker rights.” The ITUC’s Global Rights Index assesses over 150 countries based on 97 indicators drawn from international standards and jurisprudence. 

A Four-Day Work Week Sounds Great

July 30, 2026 Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon, In These Times. , , ,
Thirty-five years ago, a Boston-based labor economist named Juliet Schor published a best-selling book called The Overworked American. In it, she helped rebut the then-prevailing neoliberal notion that the United States was not competitive in the global economy because its hourly workers did not toil as hard as lower-paid laborers abroad.  A multi-millionaire Massachusetts senator, named John Kerry, was such a fervent promoter of this myth that he would tell blue-collar audiences in the Bay State that they needed to work harder and smarter.

Spy Networks And Hybrid Warfare By United States And Israel

July 24, 2026 Valeria Duarte Galleguillos, Orinoco Tribune. , , , ,
Continental intervention by the United States and Israel is intensifying at an accelerating pace. The sequence of events described in the audio recordings leaked three months ago in the Hondurasgate scandal has materialized rapidly. In less than 90 days, Mexico, Colombia, and Honduras faced media attack campaigns, disinformation operations, social media account hackings, and targeted attacks against electoral systems. The actions described in the recordings coincide with public statements and accusations subsequently made by the affected governments themselves.

The US Government As Gravedigger-In-Chief Of International Law

July 18, 2026 International Association of Democratic Lawyers. , , ,
In the last few days, the US government has escalated its campaign to destroy the rule of international law, and particularly the International Criminal Court. State-sanctioned threats, bullying and xenophobia – from US government officials and publicized in the media – have gone wild and unchecked. On 13 July 2026, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio launched the “Campaign to Dismantle the ICC’s Threat to American Sovereignty”. In an address, Mr. Rubio declared the ICC a “threat to American sovereignty”. He vowed that if foreign bureaucrats and judges try to deprive the US of its “birthright of independence”, “we will teach them the full meaning of American resolve.”

Introducing PLAN, The Tool That Finds Every Public Lands Fight

July 17, 2026 Will Pattiz and Jim Pattiz, Resilience. , , ,
For the last year and a half we’ve shown you what’s being done to your public lands and who’s doing it. Our Threatened Public Lands Map shows you every place on the chopping block. Our Congressional Public Lands Scorecard shows you how all 535 members of Congress vote. Showing you the fight was always only half the job. This is the half that puts your voice into it, at the exact moment the law requires them to listen. It’s called PLAN, the Public Lands Action Network, and there’s never been anything like it for America’s public lands.

Washington Fails To Block Cuba-Embargo Debate At UN

July 8, 2026 Damilola Banjo, Consortium News. , , ,
The United States lost its campaign to scuttle a United Nations General Assembly debate on its decades-old embargo on Cuba as member states voted overwhelmingly against Washington to clear the rostrum for countries to deliberate on wide-ranging, more restrictive sanctions that have grounded Havana’s economy. Emotions ran high between the U.S. and Cuba. Member states voted 136-to-9, with 30 abstentions, on Tuesday to proceed with a long session of speeches mostly condemning Washington’s 70-plus-year-old embargo on Cuba.

The US And The CPC: A Tale Of Two Anniversaries

July 7, 2026 Carlos Martinez, Orinoco Tribune. , , , , ,
This week features two anniversaries that, taken together, tell much of the story of our age. On July 1, the Communist Party of China marked 105 years since its founding. On July 4, the United States celebrates 250 years since the Declaration of Independence. The two milestones invite a comparison: what have these two political projects contributed to the world? The US was born in a revolution against empire and has spent much of its life building one. By one widely cited reckoning, the US has been at war for over 90 per cent of its history — from the wars of continental conquest to Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Iran.

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference

June 28, 2026 Emma Claire Foley, Progressive Hub. , , ,
On Friday, May 22, the Review Conference for the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) concluded in New York City. After nearly a month of negotiations, participants were unable to reach agreement on a final document on the current status of the treaty. The NPT has long been justly criticized for locking in a two-tier system of nuclear privilege. It designates five states, the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, China, and France, as nuclear-weapons states under the treaty (never mind that the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons has grown to include India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea since the treaty went into force in 1970).

Iran Prioritizes Lebanon In Switzerland Talks

June 21, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , ,
Iran’s negotiating team began Pakistani and Qatari-mediated discussions with Washington in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, on 21 June, as a cautious calm prevailed across south Lebanon following an initial postponement of the talks over Israeli war crimes in the Levantine nation.  The talks mark Tehran’s effort to “prioritize” the Lebanon clause of the new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the US and Iran. The Iranian team, led by Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, had arrived in Switzerland the night before. 

‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’: The World Cup As An International Psy-Op

June 20, 2026 Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. , , , , ,
The world watched in horror. Day after day, people around the world were bombarded with images of a level of brutality rarely witnessed in real time: human beings burned alive; families desperately digging through mountains of rubble in search of loved ones trapped beneath what had once been their homes; apocalyptic scenes of hundreds of starving Palestinians herded into fenced enclosures like cattle, waiting at what were cynically called "feeding stations" operated by shadowy organizations funded by the United States. Then came the scenes of people running for their lives as those same feeding stations became death traps, with armed men firing indiscriminately into crowds of Palestinians whose only crime was the desire to live freely on their land, free from colonial domination.

Iran Delays Swiss Meeting

June 20, 2026 Press TV, Orinoco Tribune. , , , , ,
The talks were set to take place in Switzerland on Friday under the ‘Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding’ signed between the US and Iran a day ago, after the two sides agreed on a 14-point accord on Monday. Under the deal, Washington and Tehran have agreed on a framework to end the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and negotiate on key issues within 60 days. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Baghaei outlined the procedural roadmap for the next phase of Iran-US talks, emphasizing that “necessary consultations” are already underway through intermediaries.

The Hidden Cost Of The US Military

June 20, 2026 Breakthrough News. , , , ,
US President Donald Trump has proposed a $1.5 trillion military budget for the fiscal year 2027, which would increase the acknowledged budget for 2026 by 44%. While a roughly $500 billion increase would be unprecedented in modern US history, the idea that the military budget only recently hit $1 trillion is incorrect. US military spending has exceeded $1 trillion for many years. Adding $500 billion (and potentially $200 billion more to fund war in Iran), as the president has proposed, would take the total military budget up from $2 trillion to $3 trillion.
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