A tribunal this year uncovered grave violations against the human, economic, and cultural rights of Filipinos by Washington and their own leaders.
No Climate Deal Is Better Than a Bad One
Without concrete, enforceable emissions targets and transition financing, the Paris climate talks will only deepen our climate crisis.
Five Dead-Ends on the Road to the Paris Climate Talks
So far, UN climate change conferences have sidestepped the real business of keeping fossil fuels in the ground.
Will the Paris Climate Talks Deliver the World We Need? Not likely.
Even as governments set climate targets, they’re working hard to expand the extractive global economy with measures that could deepen the climate crisis.
South Korean Labor Strikes Back
South Korean workers are preparing to strike back at their government’s labor reforms, trade agreements, and general indifference to the fate of working people.
The View from 2050
“Back in my youth, we imagined that lumbering dinosaurs like Russia and China and the European Union would endure regardless of the global convulsions taking place around them.”
Burma: Democracy with an Asterisk?
Burma’s constitution awards a quarter of its parliament to the military. But that’s not Aung San Suu Kyi’s biggest problem by a long shot.
I’m Digging Up Dirt in 193 Countries. Here’s Why.
I’m collecting soil samples from every country in the world. Call it an effort to find common ground (literally).
The Road Ends in Djibouti for Some Eritrean Refugees
Thousands of Eritreans are marooned in this desolate corner of the Horn of Africa.
How Nepal’s Earthquake Shook Up My Identity Crisis
Growing up Nepali in America, I bridged my cultural divide with progressive activism. Then the earthquake hit.