The Obama Paradox

NOVANEWS Continuity and Change … For the Worse by ANDREW LEVINE Barack Obama ran for office promising change; he delivered continuity.  But then, continuity brought change – for the worse. In 2008, “change” meant whatever […]

Ukraine: New Leaders, Same Oligarchs

NOVANEWS Why the Corruption Won’t End by JEAN-ARNAULT DERENS and LAURENT GESLIN The Donbass Palace Hotel, off Lenin Square in Donetsk, is the most luxurious in eastern Ukraine. Rooms in this flagship of Rinat Akhmetov’s […]

Capitalism and Income Inequality

NOVANEWS Which Side Are You On? by ROB URIE A lot has been written in recent years in the liberal / progressive press about ‘income inequality,’ the unequal distribution of income and wealth in Western […]