Tag: Central America
Gangs and climate change, born in the USA
Drive migration and autocracy in 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."
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Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
UN inquiry says Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza
A new UN Commission report details more than 20,000 children killed, tens of thousands injured, attacks on hospitals and schools, and evidence that Palestinian children were treated not as collateral damage, but as targets.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."