‘A New Horror’: Sikh Men Go on Hunger Strike in ICE Custody ‘A New Horror’: Sikh Men Go on Hunger Strike in ICE Custody
We watched one hunger striker, seemingly on the brink of death, collapse in front of us.
Mar 7, 2019 / Margaret Brown Vega and Nathan Craig
Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans
The humanitarian crisis will get rapidly worse if the most recent sanctions continue.
Feb 28, 2019 / Mark Weisbrot
Not Even Prison Walls Can Silence Duterte’s Nemesis Not Even Prison Walls Can Silence Duterte’s Nemesis
Amid a crackdown on independent media, the defiant Philippine Senator Leila de Lima enters her third year as a political prisoner.
Feb 27, 2019 / Walden Bello
US Foreign Policy Is for Sale US Foreign Policy Is for Sale
Washington think tanks receive millions of dollars from authoritarian governments to shape foreign policy in their favor.
Feb 21, 2019 / Benjamin Freeman
Heather Nauert’s 15 Minutes at the UN Are Up Heather Nauert’s 15 Minutes at the UN Are Up
The former Fox presenter will not be the next US ambassador to the United Nations—but another Trump crony surely will.
Feb 21, 2019 / Barbara Crossette
Congress Should Apply Trump’s Own Standard for Executive Accountability to Him as President Congress Should Apply Trump’s Own Standard for Executive Accountability to Him as President
Trump wanted Congress to get tough on presidents who use executive action to “subvert the Constitution.” How tough? He said they “certainly could be impeached.”
Feb 15, 2019 / John Nichols
Who Lost America? Who Lost America?
The fall of the republic was foretold long before Donald Trump.
Feb 14, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt
Will Migrants Stay in Mexico? Will Migrants Stay in Mexico?
Thanks to controversial new policies on both sides of the border, Mexico has become more than just a pitstop for asylum seekers heading north.
Feb 7, 2019 / Feature / Annette Lin
Trump’s War on Migrants Is an Affront to Humanity Trump’s War on Migrants Is an Affront to Humanity
His policies are endangering families facing violence, displacement, and persecution.
Feb 7, 2019 / Arnold Isaacs
Venezuela: Call It What It Is—a Coup Venezuela: Call It What It Is—a Coup
The power grab of the right’s Juan Guaidó is brazenly unconstitutional.
Jan 25, 2019 / George Ciccariello-Maher