Tag Archive: North America/United States of America
Why 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 ArticleCOVID-19 Has Exposed the Fragility of Our Food System—Here’s How We Can Localize It
Released for Syndication: 01/25/2021
The pandemic has demonstrated the shortcomings of our mega-food industries and the necessity to localize food production. Farms and mills from Northern California to Canada are creating new small-scale, regional food systems.
Full ArticleThe U.S. Is Trying to Provoke a Soft Coup in Cuba
Released for Syndication: 01/22/2021
We are in the era of soft coups. Old-fashioned coups d’état and invasions get terrible press. The images of U.S. troops invading the Dominican...
Full ArticleThe Republican Dam on Immigration Is Cracking, and Now They Will Pay for Their Racism
Released for Syndication: 01/22/2021
We saw what Trump’s anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric did to the country over four long years. The GOP has no right to oppose Biden’s plan for mass legalization.
Full ArticleHow the Community Helps Sustain Portland’s Ongoing Black Lives Matter Protests
Released for Syndication: 01/22/2021
Portlanders have been protesting everyday since May. Community mutual aid ‘blocs’ support BIPOC activists with everything from groceries to haircuts to tattoos.
Full ArticleThe U.S.’s Idea of Diplomacy With Ecuador Is a Multibillion-Dollar Loan Trap
Released for Syndication: 01/22/2021
On January 14, a U.S. government agency decided to pay off part of Ecuador’s debt to China so that the Latin American country could...
Full ArticleRestoring Our Water Systems Should Be Top Priority for Biden Administration
Released for Syndication: 01/21/2021
Healthy rivers can no longer be separated into the “nice-to-have” column of environmental progress.
Full ArticleChomsky and Prashad: Why Neoliberal Leaders Who Failed to Protect Their Countries From COVID-19 Must Be Investigated
Released for Syndication: 01/21/2021
Warnings that the oxygen supply was running out in the city of Manaus, Brazil, came to local and federal government officials a week before...
Full ArticleReformers Seek Sweeping Changes to Fortify American Democracy
Released for Syndication: 01/21/2021
As Biden takes office, what to do first—and how big to go—are open questions.
Full ArticleThe First Amendment Won’t Save Trump
By
Bill Blum
Released for Syndication: 01/20/2021