Even as governments set climate targets, they’re working hard to expand the extractive global economy with measures that could deepen the climate crisis.
Will the Paris Climate Talks Deliver the World We Need? Not likely.
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Latin America & Caribbean
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.”
A Military-Backed Comedian Will Be Guatemala’s Next President. Activists Aren’t Laughing.
Amid rising violence against human rights defenders, Guatemalan activists are counting on an emboldened civil society to take on their next president.
Gross National Happiness, Like the Gross National Product, Can Be Tracked by Data
Gross National Happiness, which had its origins in Bhutan, has caught on with political scientists.
Haiti’s Earthquake Was Devastating. The Cholera Epidemic Was Worse.
If someone had poisoned New York’s water supply and killed 9,000 people, it would have been the most litigated public health disaster of all time. But when it happened in Haiti? Nothing.
These Salvadoran Women Went to Prison for Suffering Miscarriages
In a country with strict anti-abortion laws, pregnancy losses can mean decades behind bars.
Abortion Rights Are Under Attack All Over the Globe
Even women who live in countries where abortion is legal often face obstacles to obtaining safe abortions — thanks, in part, to the United States.
America’s Global Military Bases Actually Undermine National Security. Here’s How.
Time to cull the herd: America’s sprawling global footprint encourages military confrontation, makes host countries into targets, and costs taxpayers a fortune.
Why Doesn’t the Foreign Policy Establishment Take World Peace Seriously?
When it comes to what should be a fundamental goal of foreign policy — world peace — the elites aren’t even trying.
‘Being Tortured Has Been the Best Experience of My Life’
Call it blowback: How one Salvadoran union organizer survived torture by U.S.-backed security forces and took his activism north of the border.