As we enter the new year with fresh resolutions
of progress and betterment as our roadmap to next December, let us keep in sight the burdens we have dragged with us. It behooves us to relieve these burdens as much as possible, not just from our shoulders, but from those we affect. The new year has already seen a slew of mass terrorism incidents blankchecked by America’s gun lobby. It’s astounding that for one of the world’s most developed countries, destructive products and their profits hold such great sway over the lives of so many innocent people. The issue of police defunding rears its head again with another beating to death of a young, black life, Tyre Nichols.’ Meanwhile the pandemic still wages its war, while workers seem to earn hard-won salaries merely to pay off their student debt, and Russia threatens us with a third world war.
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At the ROR Magazine, we focus our attention on the scourge that is corporate greed. It seems to be the “mouth of the river” no matter which burden of today’s we retrace our steps from. Inflation became a major issue for Americans and most other nations last year, so we take that angle in our infographics exposé. Economists tend to dismiss even unhealthy degrees of inflation citing regular market forces. However, we present enough data on price hiking, wage raises vs inflation comparisons, profit gains figures, and concerned experts’ explanations that there should be no doubt left what corporate motives and strategies have led to this scenario. Dr. Taras Romashchenko joins us from Ukraine with a perceptive analysis of what economic tugs of war find his country, unfairly so, in such a predicament with Russia. Lucia Mejia throws light on the labor rights abuse behind the glitter of the FIFA World Cup this past December. Mohammad Al-Talla from Palestine complements her piece by exposing how his
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