Hangman’s Noose, Symbol of Racial Animus, Keeps Cropping Up

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and CAITLIN DICKERSON July 5, 2017 WASHINGTON — It was the beginning of the night shift last Wednesday at the United States Mint in Philadelphia, a secure facility that manufactures money, when a white male coin...

MP Laura Pidcock says parliament ‘reeks of establishment’ in maiden speech – video

Laura Pidcock, the new Labour MP for North West Durham, criticises the ‘archaic’ parliamentary system and calls for an end to the indignity caused by austerity, in her maiden parliamentary speechThis is what I learned in parliament: the Tories enjoy making...

Italy swoops in to save another bank leaving taxpayers on the hook for over $25 billion

The Italian state has stepped in with funding to save yet another failing bank, meaning taxpayers now stand responsible for over 22 billion euros ($25.4 billion) of bailout money recently extended to the sector. Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan announced late...