Did Slaves Catch Your Seafood?
April 22, 2015 | The shrimp at your supermarket might have been caught by men who live in cages.
Articles by Frank Ackerman
Keeping North Korean in Japan
December 16, 2013 | Parents and students in Japan's "North Korean" schools struggle to maintain their identity in an increasingly hostile environment.
Southern Inhospitality
September 18, 2013 | Often suspected of being spies, many North Korean defectors to South Korea are greeted with some of the same mistreatment they sought to escape up North.
Empire, Capitalism, and Human Trafficking in Northeast Asia
June 3, 2013 | The crisis of people-trafficking and sexual exploitation in Northeast Asia is not a nationalist issue; it is a gender issue.
Make Migrants, Not War in North Korea
May 9, 2013 | North Korea policymakers must look beyond the nuclear issue to consider the human rights of the population.
Why is Obama Drilling?
April 7, 2010 | There's only so much oil in the ground, so what is the Obama administration thinking with its new offshore oil program?
The Resurgence of Violence in Guatemala
July 1, 2001 | Guatemala's increasing violence highlights the failure of the peace process, but it also raises the question of whether Guatemala is moving toward neofascism.