In the Pacific Islands, the Trump Administration Sees Empire, Ignores Climate...
The U.S. government views the islands as keys to controlling the Pacific and constraining the rise of China.
View ArticleThe Trump Administration Is Moving to Restart Aerial Fumigation in Colombia
The move further endangers the country’s already-fragile peace accord.
View ArticleSoleimani Assassination Was a Power Play for Iraq
Trump’s stated rationale was a pretext for his main concern: preserving U.S. influence.
View ArticleThe United States is Sticking to What Doesn’t Work in the Mexican Drug War
Despite expressions of concern amid growing violence, officials want to continue the Mérida Initiative.
View ArticleTrump Sets the Stage for Coup in Venezuela
The real goal of military buildup is to oust Maduro, not fight drugs.
View ArticleU.S. Officials Chart a Course for Greenland’s Future
Trump’s talk of buying the island fits a broader pattern of efforts to keep the island under U.S. influence.
View ArticleAmerica’s Lack of Moral Courage on Reparations
How much longer will the United States stand in the way of the rest of the world?
View Article‘Bias, Racism, and Quiet Discrimination’ at the State Department
For decades, Black diplomats have been struggling to change the department’s racist culture.
View ArticleThe U.S. Refuses to Give Up Its Colonies
Representatives from five U.S. island territories are demanding either equal rights or a path to independence.
View ArticleHow the United States Could End the War in Yemen
It’s in our power to stop the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
View ArticleSteal This Secret: CIA Does Exactly What it Accuses Julian Assange of Doing
While the spy agency boasts about its record, WikiLeaks is subject to prosecution.
View ArticleTrump Is Prolonging the Civil War in Syria
Under the Obama and Trump administrations, the unending war has caused one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. But will Biden be any different?
View ArticleWill the War in Afghanistan Ever End?
President Biden, who pledged to end the war, is being pressured to maintain a U.S. troop presence.
View ArticleThe Debate over Puerto Rico’s Future: Statehood, Independence, or Something...
A Congressional divide leaves the island territory in colonial limbo.
View ArticleThe United States Is Abetting an Al Qaeda Offshoot in Northwestern Syria
Syria has been locked in a war for years, and the United States has been aiding in it.
View ArticleDespite Risks to Climate, U.S. Backs Oil Boom in Guyana
The Biden Administration is supporting ExxonMobil’s oil exports from the South American nation, ignoring the dangers of global warming caused by fossil fuels.
View ArticleMomentum Grows for Equity in Social Safety Net in U.S. Colonies
Representatives are pushing the Biden Administration to make social programs more equitable for Americans living in the island territories.
View ArticleSomewhere Over the Afghan Horizon, U.S. Drones Still Fly
Despite its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the U.S. military maintains an “over-the-horizon capability,” which allows it to continue launching airstrikes.
View ArticleThe United Nations Calls for an Urgent Expansion of the Social Safety Net
The pandemic exposed the extent of global inequality, and world leaders still seem to be making the problem worse.
View ArticleU.S. Officials Move to Save Repressive Ethiopian Leader from Rebel Advance
The Biden Administration claims it is working to stop a humanitarian crisis from worsening, but it’s acting on its own agenda: keeping Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in power.
View ArticleAs War Looms in Ukraine, U.S. Officials Threaten Russia with ‘the Mother of...
In response to the country’s continued pressure along the Ukrainian border, President Joe Biden is threatening to cut off Russia from the global economy.
View ArticleTrump-Era Law Pushes U.S. Diplomacy Toward Imperialism
Under a bill passed into law in 2019, U.S. diplomats are now legally obligated to help U.S. businesses gain access to overseas markets.
View ArticleA Cry Against Colonialism
U.S. island territories seek equal protection and the right to self-determination.
View ArticleAs War Rages in Yemen, the United States Evades Responsibility
The U.S. government has condemned Putin’s war in Ukraine, but it has kept quiet about the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
View ArticleThe United States’ Shameful Nuclear Legacy in the Marshall Islands
After decades of interfering in the island nation with nuclear testing, disposal of radioactive waste, and human experimentation, U.S. leaders are considering a formal apology.
View ArticleU.S. Officials Consider Truth Commission for American Indian Boarding Schools
Indigenous organizations and human rights advocates are urging lawmakers to investigate the forced assimilation of Native American children.
View ArticleTurkey Is Threatening War Against Syrian Kurds
As President Erdoğan mulls military intervention in Rojava, the Biden Administration is facing the fact that a NATO country could be the aggressor in the world’s next major war.
View ArticleHuman Rights Groups Call on Biden to Reject Colonial Insular Cases
Century-old rulings by the Supreme Court continue to deny residents of “unincorporated territories” full citizenship rights.
View ArticleThe United States Still Holds Back on a Nuclear-Free Zone in the South Pacific
Just as the Biden Administration turns its focus on the region, Pacific Island nations are calling on the nuclear power to keep its weapons out.
View ArticleThe United States’ Radioactive Legacy in the Marshall Islands
Officials in Washington are keeping quiet about multiple nuclear-related crises affecting the Marshall Islands, a small island nation in the Pacific Ocean where the United States detonated sixty-seven...
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