U.S. policies helped create the refugee crisis in Central America. Better ones can help resolve it.

U.S. policies helped create the refugee crisis in Central America. Better ones can help resolve it.
Reflects on how a century of immigration law created a crisis.
From Saudi Arabia funding Islamophobic attacks on Muslim congresswomen to Israel arming anti-Semitic militias, we look at some of the more fascinating boondoggles from 2018.
Chinese investment may come with strings attached, but Africa deserves an alternative to U.S.-led neoliberalism and militarization.
A “Trumpified” USAID will now rate countries’s suitability for aid based on criteria developed by a far-right think tank… that wants to end development aid.
Again, the success of right-wing parties reflects less the rise of the right than the collapse of the center.
The outgoing House speaker’s entire career was a cash grab for billionaires, capped off by a low trick to literally starve children in Yemen.
Mexico’s first left-wing president gave a fiery inaugural speech against neoliberalism in Mexico. But he barely mentioned NAFTA.
The scriptwriters planted all sorts of potential plot lines in Season 1, and they just didn’t go anywhere. Where’s the Wall? Where’s the deal with North Korea? Where’s that Rust Belt revival?
Corporate malfeasance saps the African continent of billions in badly needed funds each year — and the U.S. is a top destination.