The Darien Gap ‘Closure’
Border Theater in the Jungle Commentary by Belén Fernández In January, just before Donald Trump resumed command of the United States on a bevy of sociopathic promises, incoming US border czar Tom Homan announced that…
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Morena’s Fourth Transformation
Can Mexico’s dignity and sovereignty be restored? By Vijay Prashad When I was in graduate school, I audited a class taught by Friedrich Katz (1927–2010), one of the great historians of Mexico of his generation….
Bolsonaro Conviction a Blow to Global Far Right
Michael Fox for Truthout Brazil’s Supreme Court’s decision to convict Jair Bolsonaro of plotting to carry out a military coup has been met with widespread celebrations across the country, along with dismay from the former…
Mucking Through Local Democracy
Commentary by Gwen Frisbie-Fulton One of my favorite photos of my friend Jason Dunkin is a selfie he took where he’s grinning ear to ear. He’s sitting across from his local city commissioners, who are…
Young Activists Need Civics
Black youth believe in their ability to make change, but our schools aren’t helping them Commentary by Rashid Duroseau and Andrew Wilkes When Black youth appear in public conversations about civics, it’s usually in the…
What We Could Learn from Serbia
Commentary by Roo Luo, MAIPD ’25 People swarmed from every direction. They flooded the streets of the Serbian capital, Belgrade, flags on their shoulders, emblems raised high toward windowsills and beyond. Their rhythmic chants of…
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Must Close
But the fight isn’t over By Miacel Spotted Elk The Miccosukee Tribe makes its home in the Florida Everglades, where a tribal village sits only a few miles from the federal immigration detention center called…
Soldiers Are Resisting Illegal Orders
By Liza Featherstone Kim, an aircraft mechanic, joined the military in 2019, at age 18. She and her mother had struggled to survive, even living in their car at times. She didn’t think she could…
Donald Trump’s Congo Venture
A Scramble for Minerals Under the Guise of Peace By Maurice Carney The Trump Administration brokered a vaunted peace agreement between the Republic of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on June…
Haitians Criticize OAS International Mission
By Brasil de Fato Haitian intellectuals interviewed by Brasil de Fato harshly criticized the decision by the Organization of American States (OAS) to support the international security mission led by Kenya in Haiti. The OAS…