Tag Archive: North America/Canada
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 ArticleHow One Rural Community Creatively Solved Keeping Its Residents Well Fed During a Pandemic
Released for Syndication: 02/12/2021
The people of Comox Valley broke many molds to keep people fed through COVID-19 and got its government’s attention on food security.
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 ArticleHow a Lawbreaking International Coalition Failed to Overthrow Venezuela’s Government
Released for Syndication: 01/12/2021
On January 5, 2021, the newly elected National Assembly took its seats in Venezuela’s capital. That day the Lima Group released a statement most...
Full ArticleColombia’s President Shows His Disdain for Democracy and Venezuelans
Released for Syndication: 12/23/2020
On December 8, a Conviasa flight prepared to take off from Caracas, Venezuela, for Mexico City. It planned to carry 200 election observers and...
Full ArticleMillions of India’s Farmers Are in a Fight for Their Economic Lives
Released for Syndication: 12/18/2020
India’s Hindu fundamentalist government has pushed through a deregulatory agenda for years. Now it has taken on farmers who have nothing left to lose and who are refusing to back down.
Full ArticleIn Historic Vote, the UN No Longer Considers Cannabis One of the Most Dangerous Drugs
Released for Syndication: 12/04/2020
In a historic vote on December 2, the 53 member states of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) voted to remove cannabis from Schedule...
Full ArticleHaiti Has a Long History of Being Assaulted by Its Latin American Neighbors
Released for Syndication: 10/22/2020
A 15-year peacekeeping mission by the UN in Haiti that ended one year ago still has unanswered questions about how Latin American nations came to participate in the occupation against a small, unarmed and impoverished Caribbean nation.
Full ArticleThe Police System That Terrorizes the Poor and Minorities Is Rooted in the Colonial Past
By
Justin Podur
Released for Syndication: 10/20/2020