IMI Articles
Trump and Turkey: Is a Grand Bargain in the Making?
Released for Syndication: 10/29/2019
The morning after a summit meeting often holds surprises. Turkey lost no time to follow up on President Recep Erdogan’s hugely successful but “difficult”...
Full ArticleThe Political Tide Sweeping South America Won’t Accept Predatory Capitalism
Released for Syndication: 10/29/2019
The slogan is pithy—Neoliberalismo nunca más (Neoliberalism Never Again). It was chanted in the streets of Santiago, Chile; it was drawn on the walls...
Full ArticleA Democracy-Killing Duo: How the Supreme Court and the Morbidly Rich Are Ruining Democracy in America
Released for Syndication: 10/28/2019
People being killed by wildfires in California and people dying because they can’t afford their insulin are the same thing. Both represent the capture...
Full ArticleHow Things Got So Fracking Bad in Ohio
By
Daniel Ross
Tag:
Environment
Released for Syndication: 10/28/2019
Ohio’s natural gas production has swelled more than 2,200 percent in just seven years. But some residents are reporting polluted air and water as a result.
Full ArticleAmber Guyger Case Shows How Far America Has to Go When It Comes to Justice for Innocent Black Victims
Released for Syndication: 10/25/2019
The murder of Botham Jean in his own home resulted in an almost unprecedented conviction of a police officer—but the case played out with frustrating familiarity.
Full ArticleThe Vaping Crisis Is Real, But the Government Reaction to It Bizarrely Misses the Point
Tags:
Drug Policy, Drugs
Released for Syndication: 10/25/2019
Panic-driven e-cigarette bans conflate two separate concerns—youth vaping, and a new respiratory illness that appears to be caused by black market THC vapes using specific additives.
Full ArticleHow Europe’s Greedy Lending to Africa Is Driving the Migration Wave That Fuels the EU’s Xenophobic Politics
Released for Syndication: 10/23/2019
If you ask an African migrant in Europe who came across the Mediterranean Sea in a boat if they would make the journey again,...
Full ArticleDems Are Blowing a Big Opportunity by Avoiding Dialogue With Venezuela
Released for Syndication: 09/25/2019