A lawsuit over toll booths in Honduras shows how corporate trade policies make life unlivable in poor countries — and send people fleeing north.
Highway Robbery: How Bad Trade Policies Make Life Unaffordable
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Environment
El Salvador’s Self-Proclaimed Dictator Is On Trial
Nayib Bukele is persecuting water defenders on trumped up charges. In reality, he’s the one on trial.
Geopolitics, Thy Name Is Climate Change
The costs of dealing with the effects of climate change dwarf global expenditures on war.
The UN Summit of the Future Appears Stuck in the Past
A draft action plan would perpetuate an international investment regime that grants corporations excessive power to undermine public interest regulations.
Is Climate Change Sucking the Caspian Sea Dry?
Russian dams aren’t helping either.
Broken Promises: Western Hypocrisy in the Global Minerals Scramble
Western governments need to enforce strong regulation that ensures responsible mining and holds accountable all companies involved in extracting and sourcing minerals.
America’s Nuclear ‘Downwinders’ Deserve Justice
Countless Americans were poisoned by the nuclear arms race — and their federal compensation just expired. That’s an outrage.
AI May Kill Us All, But Not the Way You Think
The call is coming from inside…your computer!
The True Catastrophe of Our Times
Baby, it’s hot out there — and that’s not a good thing.
Was Iranian President a Martyr to Climate Change?
Ebrahim Raisi struggled to address his country’s punishing water shortage.