Philippine strongman Rodrigo Duterte is using the pandemic to crush his opposition — and the U.S. is poised to arm him to the teeth.
Stop the $2 Billion Arms Sale to the Philippines
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North America
In a Pandemic, Military Spending is an Extravagant Waste
In the very near future, countries are going to have to choose whether they make guns or vaccines.
The Race to Replace a Dying Neoliberalism
The world’s prevailing socio-political models aren’t going to survive this pandemic. What’s going to replace them?
Death and the Economy: A Dialogue
An (imagined) conversation on the trade-offs between lives and dollars.
Following Mexico’s Worker Strikes, US Steps in to Keep Border Factories Open
The Trump administration’s focus on reopening the economy puts not only U.S. workers at greater risk of contracting COVID-19 but Mexican workers as well.
Debunking Trump’s China Nonsense
Trump botched his COVID-19 response disastrously, so now he’s giving anti-China conspiracy theories the full weight of the U.S. government.
Is Now the Moment for a Standing UN ‘911’ Service?
Being better prepared could save millions of lives and trillions of dollars.
Trump Isn’t the First to Threaten WHO, but His Threat Is the Most Dangerous
The story line from Reagan to Trump is the same: undermining global public health to serve narrow interests. Only now, we’re in a pandemic.
Undocumented Workers Need a Bailout, Too
Beyond performing essential labor, we are humans — and, in a pandemic, that should be enough to deserve help.
The Beginning of the End for Oil?
Deadly, disruptive, and economically devastating as COVID-19 has proved to be, in retrospect it may turn out to have had at least this one silver lining.