En los últimos 20 años los programas de USAID salvaron casi 100 millones de vidas en el planeta. Ahora, toneladas de alimentos y medicinas caducan en almacenes, y muchos programas educativos y de salud han cerrado abruptamente.Temas: Global, Derechos Humanos, Estados...
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Trump’s Tariff Tsunami
Trans-oceanic cargo ship on the Columbia River. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. When an earthquake hits somewhere in the ocean, surrounding countries near and far brace for the big waves that inevitably follow. Donald Trump’s tariff announcements are just such a tectonic...
The “Wildfire” the Forest Service Ignited
The original Laguna Fire lightning strike ignition burning up against the Rincon Colorado cliffs. Photo: US Forest Service. Another fire recently escaped control in the Jemez Mountains of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF), west of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness...
A Quartet of Nicaragua Critics Sings from Washington’s Songbook
Image: FSLN (Nicaragua) logo – Fair Use In recent weeks, a motley crew of writers has found common cause in attacking Nicaragua’s Sandinista government: Jaden Hong, a high-school student from Sammamish, Washington, who has never visited the country; Jared O. Bell, a...
The New York Times Continues to Give Netanyahu the Benefit of the Doubt
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair “Flush with newfound confidence and authority, Mr. Netanyahu seemed finally to have gained the political capital he needed to override opposition from his far-right government allies to reach a truce in Gaza.” – The New York Times,...
Is America a Democracy?
An interview with Osita Nwanevu, author of The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding.
Ukraine: WE TOLD YOU SO
I hate to say I told you so. It’s obnoxious, really. But sometimes it is an important point. In this case, the point is this: the people who are always right about wars were right about the war in Ukraine, whereas the “experts” who are always on television and in...
The Hidden Costs of the Big Data Surveillance Complex
Unbeknownst to much of the public, Big Tech exacts heavy tolls on public health, the environment, and democracy. The detrimental combination of an unregulated tech sector, pronounced rise in cyberattacks and data theft, and widespread digital and media illiteracy—as...
No excuse for refusing Palestinians their state a moment longer
When it comes to recognising Palestinian statehood, the UK and US seem unable to grasp what their solemn obligations are. Fortunately, UN Resolution 37/43 of December 1982 is there to help. It comprehensively reaffirms previous resolutions and treaties on the...
Un’esplosione in una fabbrica in Pennsylvania ha causato due morti e dieci feriti
L’incidente è avvenuto alla Clairton coke works, di proprietà dell’acciaieria americana US steel, a circa venticinque chilometri da Pittsburgh. Leggi
A Taste of The President’s Cake
The new film The President’s Cake is both entertaining and compelling, but only if you know little about Iraq. Still from The President’s Cake. (Sony Pictures Classics) On a recent afternoon in Baghdad, I drove across the Republic Bridge to an emporium on the eastern...
The Thailand-Cambodia War Was About Shoring Up Elite Power
Thailand and Cambodia shocked observers by going to war last month. The destructive border conflict doesn’t stem from an upsurge of popular nationalism: the political elites in both countries needed a distraction to shore up their flagging legitimacy. Thai deputy...