Tag Archive: Human Rights
U.S. Exceptionalism Surges Again—Will It Fly?
Released for Syndication: 03/01/2021
In a statement marking the “return” of the United States to the United Nations Human Rights Council on February 24, Secretary of State Antony...
Full ArticlePandemic May Have Left Over 250 Million People With Acute Food Shortages in 2020
By
Robin Scher
Released for Syndication: 02/25/2021
As Black and Latinx families experience disproportionate food insecurity, experts warn of famine in dozens of countries.
Full ArticleThe Illegal Blockade of Venezuela and the Anti-Blockade Law
Released for Syndication: 02/25/2021
On February 21, 2021, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro made a statement in honor of the 173rd anniversary of the publication of The Communist Manifesto...
Full ArticleWhy America Needs New Infrastructure to Survive
By
Tom Conway
Released for Syndication: 02/25/2021
Patricia McDonald layered on sweaters, socks and mittens and huddled under blankets for 15 hours as the temperature in her Duncanville, Texas, home plunged...
Full ArticleWhy Amazon Is Fighting So Hard to Stop Warehouse Workers From Unionizing
Released for Syndication: 02/11/2021
Workers at one of Amazon’s warehouses are deciding whether or not to join a union. Amazon’s union-busting efforts indicate just how important the vote is.
Full ArticleUnderstanding the Complicated Politics and Geopolitics of the Coup in Myanmar
Released for Syndication: 02/10/2021
On February 1, 2021, Myanmar’s military—known as the Tatmadaw—invoked Article 417 of the 2008 constitution, dismissed State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, and arrested...
Full ArticleThe Value of Universal Vaccination Is So Great That Even the IMF Is Being Forced to Rethink Its Callousness to the Global South
Released for Syndication: 02/05/2021
It could cost as much as $5 trillion if rich countries don’t help vaccinate the rest of the world.
Full ArticleHow ExxonMobil Uses Divide and Rule to Get Its Way in South America
Released for Syndication: 02/03/2021
Tensions rise between neighboring Guyana and Venezuela over a piece of land that has been disputed since at least 1835. Both Guyana’s President Irfaan...
Full ArticleWhy We Can’t Give Up on the Idea of a World Free From Nuclear Weapons
Released for Syndication: 01/26/2021
On January 22, 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) became international law for the 122 states who signed the agreement...
Full ArticleThe U.S. Is Trying to Provoke a Soft Coup in Cuba
Released for Syndication: 01/22/2021