April 10, 2025 Dean Baker Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Many progressives have long pushed for a wealth tax to lessen some of the huge fortunes that have been built as a result of the rise in inequality over the last half-century. Regardless of the merits of a wealth tax, to many of us it…
Three Japanese hairdressers have been detained in China on suspicion of engaging in businesses not permitted under their visas in violation of the country’s immigration law, sources familiar with Sino-Japanese relations said. Chinese authorities, which detained the Beijing-based three on Tuesday, were expected to keep them in custody for 14 days. The Japanese Embassy in…
Former Governor of Rivers State and elder statesman, Chief Rufus Ada George, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, of orchestrating the political unrest currently gripping the state. He warned that the minister’s alleged interference, particularly in the appointment of unelected administrators across the state’s 23 local government councils, poses a…
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has announced plans to commence the payment of the first tranche of liquidation dividends to depositors of Heritage Bank starting this April. This follows the revocation of Heritage Bank’s operating licence by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on June 3, 2024. Managing Director of NDIC, Mr Bello Hassan,…
Image by Vasilis Caravitis. In the fractured and scarred landscapes of Palestine, where the earth’s skin is etched with memories of violence, dispossession, and resistance, there lies an unspoken tragedy. An ecological tragedy. Beyond the suffocating walls of the occupation, beneath the rubble of homes and the twisting olive trees, there is a landscape slowly…
