A U.S. mining company is suing Guatemala over a shuttered project. The state relied on affected communities to mount a legal defense, but now it’s trying to bypass them to open the mine.

A U.S. mining company is suing Guatemala over a shuttered project. The state relied on affected communities to mount a legal defense, but now it’s trying to bypass them to open the mine.
In Patagonia, an Indigenous community’s fight against repressive mining interests mirrors struggles across the hemisphere.
Global mining companies have used the pandemic to push unwanted projects on vulnerable communities, who are fighting back — and sometimes winning.
Dealing with stalemates between Russia and Ukraine, environmentalists and climate change, and COVID and humanity.
The conflict in Ukraine Is a disaster for the poor of this planet.
With discontent spreading in China, can the Communist Party keep shutting down entire cities and provinces following every outbreak?
The COMPETES Act, which ramps up spending to raise the stakes with China, puts Washington’s warped priorities on display.
The “Freedom Convoy” in Canada wants to spread its anti-government, antisocial, and ultimately self-defeating messages far and wide.
Time and again, why is it only the military that has extra resources to go around?
The collective punishment of Afghans is hideously wrong — and the Biden administration can ease it with the stroke of a pen.