Tag: Central America
The transformative power of immigration court watch
More than providing frontline support to people facing deportation, court watch is a necessary primer on growing U.S. fascism.
Report links meat giant JBS to massive destruction of jaguar habitat
It attributes part of this loss to ranches indirectly supplying cattle to meatpacking giant JBS, with nearly all of the deforestation since 2013 being illegal.
Colombia, once a pro-U.S. conservative bastion, turns left
Voters in Colombia have picked a powerful new duo, Gustavo Petro as president and Francia Márquez as vice president, to take the nation in a new direction, tackling economic and environmental injustice.
Excessive corporate power breeds political repression
In the face of extractive industries’ enormous economic clout, Central Americans are facing increasing displacement and threats to their democratic rights.
Will Biden’s Central American plan slow migration (or speed it up)?
The new border politics of the Biden era are actually ancient history.
Indigenous communities on the frontline as two climate change-fueled hurricanes slam...
“It’s caused a lot of damages to the most vulnerable peoples, which tends to be Indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants and Black communities all across Central America.”
Refusing to hide: Migrants find power in caravans
No longer willing to collude in their oppression, Central Americans are coming to the U.S. in the open and en masse.
Rev. William Barber: Tear gassing Central American migrants is inhumane, unconstitutional,...
"This is white nationalism being played out in public policy. This is racism being played out in public policy. This is also inhumane."
Jennifer Harbury: Today’s refugee crisis Is blowback from US dirty wars...
"The United States has everything to do with the creation of the monsters that are driving the refugees up to our border."
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The bottomless, MAGA Trump indecency swamp
But what reforms come without great pains?/The status quo sneers at balls and chains.
Thousands protest Olympics’ social and environmental harms as ICE presence sparks unrest in Milan
Demonstrators denounce public spending, ecological damage, police repression, Israel’s participation, and the deployment of US immigration agents during the Milano-Cortina Winter Games.
Justice department under fire as Epstein file redactions trigger congressional backlash
Lawmakers accuse DOJ and FBI of violating transparency law while exposing survivors and shielding powerful figures.
$380 million in funding cuts to one of the most successful public education programs
“Every day, there’s yet another abuse.” The wanton attack on public schools is one of America’s biggest tragedies.
How the US weaponizes starvation and aid in Gaza & Cuba
Like Fidel Castro said to the UN in 1979: “if we do not resolve today’s injustices and inequalities peacefully and wisely, the future will be apocalyptic.”