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How Climate Change and Gang Violence Intersect in Honduras How Climate Change and Gang Violence Intersect in Honduras

As climate impacts worsen in this struggling country, migration increases and that puts many in danger of gang violence.

Oct 27, 2021 / Mark Scialla

Houston

Houston Houston

We have a problem.

Oct 26, 2021 / OppArt / Stan Mack

US army soldier in Northeastern Syria

Why Biden Should Continue Withdrawing After Afghanistan Why Biden Should Continue Withdrawing After Afghanistan

The political cost of leaving Afghanistan has largely been paid—and the geopolitical consequences have been positive.

Oct 26, 2021 / Trita Parsi, Beatrix Geaghan-Breiner, and Artin DerSimonian

Climate Change Has Exposed the Decline of the American Empire

Climate Change Has Exposed the Decline of the American Empire Climate Change Has Exposed the Decline of the American Empire

Responding to the climate crisis has become a race against time, and our government still dawdles at the starting line.

Oct 26, 2021 / William deBuys

FRANCE 2022-VOTE-MELENCHON

Jean-Luc Mélenchon Welcomes the Animosity Jean-Luc Mélenchon Welcomes the Animosity

The “divisive” MP says he’s the best candidate to prevent France’s rightward lurch.

Oct 26, 2021 / Cole Stangler

Steven Donziger

Facing Prison, Steven Donziger Refuses to Be Silenced Facing Prison, Steven Donziger Refuses to Be Silenced

The environmentalist lawyer says Chevron has “to try and destroy what I represent.”

Oct 25, 2021 / James North

The New Campaign to Smear Palestinian Human Rights Defenders as Terrorists

The New Campaign to Smear Palestinian Human Rights Defenders as Terrorists The New Campaign to Smear Palestinian Human Rights Defenders as Terrorists

In a move that has been condemned as an effort to discredit Palestinian rights organizations, the Israeli government has designated six as “terror organizations.”

Oct 22, 2021 / Mohammed El-Kurd

Were the Recent Haiti Kidnappings Business, Politics—or Both?

Were the Recent Haiti Kidnappings Business, Politics—or Both? Were the Recent Haiti Kidnappings Business, Politics—or Both?

Both the assassination of Jovenel Moïse and the recent kidnapping of the Christian missionaries should be seen as a kind of blowback—blowback that has exposed our deplorable and fa...

Oct 21, 2021 / Column / Amy Wilentz

PAKISTAN-POLITICS-DEFENCE-NATIONAL DAY

Imran Khan Faces a Standoff With the Pakistani Military Imran Khan Faces a Standoff With the Pakistani Military

The prime minister has refused to sign off on the appointment of the military’s favored candidate for leadership of the country's top intelligence agency.

Oct 21, 2021 / Hasan Ali

Geopolitics Will Cost Us Our Planet

Geopolitics Will Cost Us Our Planet Geopolitics Will Cost Us Our Planet

For all of our posturing, we’re doomed if the world’s biggest players aren’t in agreement.

Oct 19, 2021 / Column / Michael T. Klare

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