What that Protestant Reformation can teach us about the durability of far-right movements — and the order they seek to replace.
Why Is the Radical Right Still Winning?
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Latin America & Caribbean
#MeToo Goes Global
The U.S. isn’t the only country where women are lining up to burn down the (frat) house.
The Venezuelan Walkers
Six-year-old Camila placed the pouch of chocolate milk she was carrying on top of her pink and purple Princess backpack and smiled at the camera, oblivious of the tragedy that surrounded her. We were standing on the side of the road that connects Cúcuta, the largest...
Trump’s Latin America Policy: Send in the Troops
During his first year in office, Donald Trump largely ignored Latin America (except, of course, in the context of the border wall with Mexico and undoing Barack Obama’s initiatives with Cuba). Nevertheless, over the past several months, events in Venezuela have...
Given What the U.S. Has Done to the World, It Should Be Letting All Refugees In
People across the United States and around the world have been rightly outraged by U.S. federal agencies’ detention of migrants and separation of their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. Shortly after, the Supreme Court's ruled to uphold the Trump administration’s...
Bad Bugs: How the White House Is Stoking a World Public Health Crisis
When people contemplate potential disasters ignited by the Trump administration’s foreign policy, places like China, Iran, or the Korean Peninsula come first to mind. Certainly a dust up with Beijing, Tehran, or Pyongyang is a scary thing to contemplate. But the thing...
Next Stop for the Global ‘Bernie’ Movement: Mexico?
Right-wing populists are all the rage these days. Donald Trump and his spleen control the White House, while his counterparts have taken over in Italy, Hungary, Poland, Colombia, India, and elsewhere. Steve Bannon, Trump’s former Svengali, hopes to inspire a worldwide...
World to Refugees: Go to Hell
It’s a famous story, though perhaps not famous enough. The 1939 voyage of the MS St. Louis, a German ocean liner, was recounted in a 1974 book and a 1976 film (both titled Voyage of the Damned) as well as a 1994 opera. This history is not forgotten. Yet so many...
If We Want to Support Refugees, We Need To End the Wars That Create Them
This article is a joint publication between Foreign Policy In Focus and In These Times. The concept of sanctuary, providing refuge and protection to people who are marginalized and oppressed, has a long history in the United States—even when the United States itself...
As Long As Rights Are Trampled, There Will Be Forced Migration
Jorge García is no "bad hombre." Before being deported to Mexico in mid-January, he was a hard-working, tax-paying landscaper in Michigan. He’s also a husband and father — although now an absent one. Many deportees — most, like García, good people — return to...