If the war on terror has taught us one thing, it’s that harsh laws targeting non-citizens will eventually be extended to citizens, too.
The London Fire Is Fueling the Movement to Take on Inequality in the UK
Building on the momentum of the recent election, activists are demanding justice for Grenfell Tower fire victims as part of a broader agenda to narrow economic and racial divides.
How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban
U.S. environmentalists take note: El Salvador’s activists proved that a national consensus on environmentalism can be forged one town at a time.
The Militarization of U.S. Policy on Latin America Is Deepening Under Trump
With development assistance slashed, the face of U.S. diplomacy in the region will more often be wearing a uniform.
Trump May Be Accelerating U.S. Decline, But He Surely Didn’t Start It
The more immediate danger is that as America’s soft power crumbles, the White House will lean harder on hard power — with predictably grim results.
Is It Possible to Undo 2016?
Bureaucracy may constrain the worst of Trump and Brexit, but real fixes have to come from the bottom-up.
The Long Term Threat to Europe Isn’t Le Pen. It’s Capitalism.
If Europe’s economic situation fails to improve, the far right will be waiting to pounce again with their easy answers: nationalism and racism.
How to Reinvent the European Left
Europeans want to upend politics as usual and the far right is still rising. If the left doesn’t come up with an unusual politics of its own, it will be upended as well.
Trump and Trade
Trump wants to “renegotiate” trade deals like NAFTA. But there’s no evidence he wants to fix their corrosive impact on labor protections or environmental standards.
Why is Venezuela Spiraling Out of Control?
Opposition violence and the government’s increasing authoritarianism are both to blame.