Heather Gies
Heather Gies is a freelance journalist who writes about human rights, resource conflicts and politics in Latin America. She is also an editor at Upside Down World. Twitter: @HeatherGies
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Seattle protesters confront Amazon over ICE contracts and surveillance ties
Workers, activists, and city officials rally outside the Spheres as Amazon drops Flock partnership but faces mounting pressure to end cloud support for ICE and CBP.
Trump tries to turn Greenland into Okinawa
It’s part of the new, heightened indifference to sovereignty of the Trump administration.
DHS warehouse jail plan signals historic expansion of immigration detention
Documents and reporting reveal a sweeping plan to convert warehouses and deploy military contracting to rapidly expand immigration jails across the United States.
Trump EPA abandons climate working group report in endangerment finding repeal
Emails from the hand-picked, secretive group of climate crisis deniers revealed flaws in their methods and “animus” toward leading scientists.
Suffocating an island: What the US blockade is doing to Cuba
The American people need to know what the U.S. is doing to Cuba.