Monday, September 28, 2026

Tag: El Salvador

Gangs and climate change, born in the USA

Drive migration and autocracy in Central America.

US plans to ease human rights criticism of El Salvador, Israel,...

Leaked State Department drafts show significant omissions of abuses, including against LGBTQ+ people and political corruption, in reports on key U.S. allies.

Trump and Bukele defy Supreme Court as Maryland resident remains imprisoned...

Despite unanimous Supreme Court ruling, Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains detained in El Salvador as leaders claim powerlessness to bring him home.

Trump defies court order, deports hundreds under 1798 wartime law in...

Despite a federal judge’s order to halt deportations, the Trump administration expelled over 200 Venezuelans and a Brown University doctor, sparking outrage over its use of an 18th-century law and open defiance of the judiciary.

The end of dissent

I am a foreign agent. Because my program at the Institute for Policy Studies receives some funding from a...

Water is life. Can we protect it?

Americans will have to fight hard to protect their water from corporate greed. They can learn a lot from El Salvador.

Trump administration to force 200,000 Salvadorans to leave the US

The last time the government renewed the protections, they cited drought, poverty and widespread gang violence—all of which still exist in El Salvador.

10 amazing social movement struggles in 2017 that give us reason...

Here are ten stories showing that people power works.

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States settle antitrust suit over $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger

Critics say a force-majeure clause and a company-appointed editorial board leave the settlement's protections easy to escape.
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Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy

The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
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The best comeuppance for the first anti-American administration – perpetual exposure as the seditious...

If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?
A press briefing at the White House. Photo: The White House

Federal judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico

The order lasts 14 days, and the outlets have until Monday to seek a preliminary injunction after some reporters were briefly turned away despite the ruling.
The Knesset, Israel's parliament building, in Jerusalem. Photo: Gary Todd, via Wikimedia Commons

Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt October 7 (since it knew about it in advance)?

New York Times reporting confirms Israeli leadership had advance intelligence before the October 7 attack, raising fresh questions about why it was not acted on.