An investigation into who authorized the U.S. military and intelligence agencies to equip, train, and assist the Guatemalan army in its war crimes should follow its president’s trial for corruption.
The Rise and Fall of Guatemala’s Most Feared General
Otto Pérez Molina started his rise to power during a U.S.-backed dirty war. The uprising against impunity that brought him down has been waiting in the wings ever since.
What the Class Politics of World War II Mean for Tensions in Asia Today
In the Philippines, the grandson of a despised collaborator has endorsed the remilitarization of his country’s former occupiers — by the grandson of a war criminal, no less.
Why I’m Walking 100 Miles for Migrant Rights
In Europe, ordinary people are leading their governments to welcome migrants and refugees with compassion rather than cruelty. Can we pull that off in the U.S.?
What America Owes the Refugees Pouring Into Europe
Here’s how the U.S. can leverage its wealth, safety, and diplomacy to serve the refugees it helped to create.
‘Yemen After Five Months Looks Like Syria After Five Years’
As Yemen rapidly disintegrates, the U.S. is turning a blind eye to atrocities committed by its Saudi allies — even as Washington enables them.
Where’s There’s War, There’s Refugees
War inevitably spawns refugees.
The Middle Passage
For the refugees pouring into Europe, their journeys can be just as deadly as the war zones they’re fleeing.
How Extreme Energy Leads to Extreme Politics
Authorities in Argentina and beyond are cracking down on indigenous communities that protest resource extraction — while re-writing laws to promote fossil fuels.
The Remarkable Saga of the Pankow Peace Group in East Germany
It was one thing to establish a peace group in Poland or Hungary during the Communist era, another entirely in East Germany.