The Drug War’s Invisible Victims
January 27, 2012 | Women bear the burden of the violence that is convulsing Mexico.
Articles by Laura Carlsen
Fiddling on Climate
December 7, 2011 | At Durban, international negotiators are fiddling while the world burns.
NAFTA Is Starving Mexico
October 20, 2011 | Free trade has starved Mexico and stuffed transnational corporations.
Drug War Madness
September 7, 2011 | Forty years after the war on drugs began the fallout from bad policy has had dire consequences both home and abroad.
The Audacity of Free Trade Agreements
July 14, 2011 | President Obama is reversing his earlier commitment to a new kind of trade relationship with the world by pushing three ill-conceived FTAs.
Development and Migration: The Missing Link
June 30, 2011 | President Obama's speech in El Paso on May 10 put the immigration debate back on the table. In reaffirming his commitment to comprehensive immigration reform, he attempted to reframe a debate that has been dominated by a focus on security.
Ending Rape in War
June 2, 2011 | Sexual violence is not a byproduct of war or an uncontrolled act by rogue soldiers, but a war crime committed primarily against women.
60-Second Expert: Gunrunning to Mexico
April 29, 2011 | The Obama administration faces a scandal around a U.S. gunrunning operation to Mexico.
Obama’s Mexicogate?
April 20, 2011 | A secret operation to run guns across the border to Mexican drug cartels -- overseen by U.S. government agents -- threatens to become a major scandal for the Obama administration.
Presidential Meeting Puts US-Mexico Relations Back on Track – In the Wrong Direction
March 11, 2011 | The presidential summit made a show of putting the bi-national relationship back on track - in precisely the wrong direction.