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A Wave of Evictions Is Devastating California’s Farmworkers

A Wave of Evictions Is Devastating California’s Farmworkers A Wave of Evictions Is Devastating California’s Farmworkers

As growers bring in more H-2A workers, affordable housing for local farmworkers has become sparse in the region's labor camps.

Apr 12, 2023 / Photo Essay / David Bacon

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and President of the Central African Republic Faustin Archange Touadera

Why Russia Can Circumvent Sanctions Using the Central African Republic Why Russia Can Circumvent Sanctions Using the Central African Republic

Seeking distance from the West and its colonial past, the CAR has partnered with Russia and made itself instrumental to Russia’s ability to continue its war.

Apr 12, 2023 / Anjan Sundaram

a man throws a bag of rice off a truck in Haiti

The Crisis of Imagination in International Relations The Crisis of Imagination in International Relations

The world should often “do something” about a crisis—but we must stop defaulting to military intervention.

Apr 11, 2023 / Nanjala Nyabola

Former “Science and Health” editor Nicholas Wade, Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Paul G. Auwaerter, and former US Center for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Robert Redfield swear before House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic about Investigating the Origins of Covid 19.

Exclusive: A House Subcommittee Releases Key Documents on the Pandemic Origin Paper Exclusive: A House Subcommittee Releases Key Documents on the Pandemic Origin Paper

The documents, released to The Nation, formed the basis of a memo made public before the subcommittee’s first hearing on the origin of Covid-19.

Apr 10, 2023 / Jimmy Tobias

Rep. Summer Lee at House Oversight and Accountability Committee organizing meeting

We Need to Talk… About AIPAC—and Develop a Strategy to Defeat the Lobby Too We Need to Talk… About AIPAC—and Develop a Strategy to Defeat the Lobby Too

Summer Lee’s victory in PA is a road map for how progressive Democrats can unite to elect candidates whose values will be consistent at home and abroad.

Apr 10, 2023 / Alexandra Rojas and Waleed Shahid

children interact with robot

China’s Race to Become an AI Superpower China’s Race to Become an AI Superpower

China wants to be world leader in artificial intelligence, but US trade sanctions and a brain drain of the best engineers mean it won’t be easy.

Apr 10, 2023 / Gabrielle Chou

US and Philippine troops during an exercise

Preparing for War in the South China Sea Preparing for War in the South China Sea

Ahead of massive war games involving US and Filipino troops, the Defense Department announced that it will gain access to four new military sites in the Philippines.

Apr 7, 2023 / Sarah Lazare

Newly elected Colombian President Gustavo Petro (C) celebrates with supporters in Bogota

Colombia Adopts an Unprecedented Energy Policy—but Needs Help to Pull It Off Colombia Adopts an Unprecedented Energy Policy—but Needs Help to Pull It Off

Colombia is the first country to declare that it wants to stop digging. Will the world, and particularly the United States, now lend a hand in pulling it out of its economic hole?

Apr 7, 2023 / John Feffer

Emmanuel Macron sits at a table during a live address

Macron Fails to Persuade, So Opts for Coercion Macron Fails to Persuade, So Opts for Coercion

President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension reform, forced through undemocratically, will fuel support for the far right and further weaken voters’ faith in politics.

Apr 6, 2023 / Benoît Bréville

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Letters From the April 17/24, 2023, Issue Letters From the April 17/24, 2023, Issue

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Apr 4, 2023 / Our Readers

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