Biden's Middle East Trip: Long on Controversy, Short on Accomplishments

California State University history professor David Yaghoubian: Biden’s Recent Middle East Trip: Long on Controversy, Short on Accomplishments

Political Research Associates Senior Analyst Frederick Clarkson: Christian Extremists’ Embrace of Political Violence Threatens Democracy

National Day Laborer Organizing Network Co-Executive Director Nadia Marin-Molina: Labor Department Issues New Protections for Exploited, Threatened Immigrant Workers

 Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Pentagon waging secretive proxy wars in the Middle East and Asia
• Uber hired a Russian oligarch-linked lobbyist to start up operations in Moscow
• Food workers union bashes pension fund's private equity conflict of interest

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