Global South

Profit-Driven Schools Fail Uganda’s Children

Profit-Driven Schools Fail Uganda’s Children Profit-Driven Schools Fail Uganda’s Children

Silicon Valley–backed Bridge International Academies repeatedly failed to comply with national education standards.

Nov 29, 2016 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen

The Personal Is Political, But Not Always Fictional

The Personal Is Political, But Not Always Fictional The Personal Is Political, But Not Always Fictional

What is the novelist Intizar Husain’s theory of Pakistani history?

Nov 19, 2016 / Ratik Asokan

How to Make Technology Actually Work for Workers

How to Make Technology Actually Work for Workers How to Make Technology Actually Work for Workers

Rather than speeding offshoring and making workers redundant, technology can be a means of organizing and empowering them.

Nov 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Colombia Peace March

Giving Peace a Second Chance in Colombia Giving Peace a Second Chance in Colombia

After the surprise public rejection of the first accord, a revised agreement to end decades of civil war just might squeak through.

Nov 14, 2016 / Greg Grandin

The ‘Chicago Boys’ in Chile: Economic Freedom’s Awful Toll

The ‘Chicago Boys’ in Chile: Economic Freedom’s Awful Toll The ‘Chicago Boys’ in Chile: Economic Freedom’s Awful Toll

Repression for the majorities and “economic freedom” for small privileged groups are two sides of the same coin.

Sep 21, 2016 / Feature / Orlando Letelier

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Free-Trade Deals Are Making It Much Harder to Fight AIDS Free-Trade Deals Are Making It Much Harder to Fight AIDS

The Trans-Pacific Partnership and its ilk protect profits at the expense of prevention.

Sep 19, 2016 / Michelle Chen

What’s the Greatest Threat to Action on Climate Change? Nationalism.

What’s the Greatest Threat to Action on Climate Change? Nationalism. What’s the Greatest Threat to Action on Climate Change? Nationalism.

It’s going to take global solidarity to avoid a climate-change doomsday.

Sep 15, 2016 / Michael T. Klare

BLM Protest

A New Generation of Freedom Fighters Is Taking It to the Streets—and the World A New Generation of Freedom Fighters Is Taking It to the Streets—and the World

As schools, states, and corporations redraw their borders, young people are launching transnational campaigns to fight back.

Sep 14, 2016 / StudentNation / Rachel Gilmer, Christopher Lopez, Kerrina Williams, Lorena Buñi, and Adrian Bonifacio

Laos Unexploded Bombs

The Heroes Behind Obama’s Historic Announcement in Laos The Heroes Behind Obama’s Historic Announcement in Laos

The United States will devote $90 million to finding and disposing of 50-year-old unexploded bombs.

Sep 6, 2016 / John Cavanagh

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India’s New Child-Labor Loophole India’s New Child-Labor Loophole

India’s new child-labor bill is a cause for celebration for the bosses, not children and human-rights advocates. 

Aug 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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