Politics

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…


Recognizing Feminist Strides In Latin America

By Roger D. Harris, Becca Renk and John Perry Patriarchy is alive and well throughout the world. But the English-language media flatters itself by one-sidedly portraying machismo as a particularly Latin American malady, all the…


Between Spies & Corruption

Pegasus spyware used by Mexico against journalists and private individuals By Manuel Gonzalez Pegasus spyware has returned to the centre of Mexican poltical discussion. This weekend, a report published in israeli media revealed that two…