Many would-be migrants, like the Garifuna, would love nothing more than to stay in our homes. It’s Washington that’s making it difficult.

Many would-be migrants, like the Garifuna, would love nothing more than to stay in our homes. It’s Washington that’s making it difficult.
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After half a century studying the issue, here’s lesson number one: Wars are bad and empire is folly.
For just a fraction of what we’ve spent on militarization these last 20 years, we could start to make life much better.
Julian Aguon’s ‘The Properties of Perpetual Light’ is a thoughtful meditation on how, to understand problems at the center of a colonial society, we have to look at the margins.
The two Koreas cannot by themselves stop the climate crisis, but they can establish a model that the rest of the world can follow.
Deep sea mining companies are not just exploiting the oceans, they’re harming the low-income nations surrounding the proposed mine sites.
El Salvador had to fight a multinational mining firm to protect its own water. It’s a sign of struggles to come — but also an inspiring example of how to win them.
Pakistan is the latest country to reject letting private investors sue governments in tribunals. But Ecuador is back-tracking and the lawsuits continue to proliferate.
Bipartisan belligerence and spiraling Pentagon budgets threaten to undermine global climate action just when we need it most.