TPP Could Actually Make Working Conditions Worse in Vietnam TPP Could Actually Make Working Conditions Worse in Vietnam
The free market won’t break the country’s manufacturers’ reliance on forced labor, child labor, and dismal wages.
Jul 1, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Dilma Rousseff Was Tortured By a Regime Henry Kissinger Supported. This Week, They Met. Dilma Rousseff Was Tortured By a Regime Henry Kissinger Supported. This Week, They Met.
Why did Rousseff call him a “fantastic person, with a grand global vision”?
Jul 1, 2015 / Greg Grandin
The Fast-Track Fight Is Effectively Over: It’s Happening The Fast-Track Fight Is Effectively Over: It’s Happening
Liberals lost the fast-track battle, but don’t assume this means TPP will pass.
Jun 23, 2015 / George Zornick
What Ten Years in Kenya Have Taught Me About the Perils of American Ignorance, ‘Aid,’ and Narcissism What Ten Years in Kenya Have Taught Me About the Perils of American Ignorance, ‘Aid,’ and Narcissism
Obama’s visit this summer will certainly be a big event, but Kenyans’ interests stretch well beyond the United States.
Jun 10, 2015 / Karen Rothmyer
Why Ecuador’s Rafael Correa Is One of Latin America’s Most Popular Leaders Why Ecuador’s Rafael Correa Is One of Latin America’s Most Popular Leaders
He played hardball with foreign creditors and stood up to Big Oil, using increased earnings to transform education and health.
Jun 4, 2015 / James North
What Is Happening in Venezuela? What Is Happening in Venezuela?
The government and the opposition do battle as ordinary Venezuelans weather an economic crisis.
Mar 2, 2015 / Greg Grandin
China Is Creating a New Economic World Order Right Under the West’s Nose China Is Creating a New Economic World Order Right Under the West’s Nose
From new “silk roads” to 40,000 miles of high-speed rail, China is poised to dominate the global economy in the twenty-first century.
Feb 23, 2015 / Pepe Escobar
We’ll Need an Economic Program to Make #BlackLivesMatter. Here Are Three Ideas. We’ll Need an Economic Program to Make #BlackLivesMatter. Here Are Three Ideas.
In a country that has always used race to justify inequality, ending police brutality is just the start.
Jan 7, 2015 / Feature / Jesse A. Myerson and Mychal Denzel Smith
Bernie Sanders’s Bold Economic Agenda Seeks to Transform Politics Bernie Sanders’s Bold Economic Agenda Seeks to Transform Politics
The senator has a twelve-point plan for getting the debate, and perhaps the movement, started.
Dec 3, 2014 / John Nichols
What ‘Free Trade’ Has Done to Central America What ‘Free Trade’ Has Done to Central America
Warnings about the human and environmental costs went unheeded. Now the most vulnerable Central Americans are paying the price.
Nov 24, 2014 / Manuel Pérez-Rocha, Julia Paley, and Foreign Policy In Focus