For Mexican workers, farmers, and the poor, the pandemic and the new treaty replacing NAFTA are a devastating one-two punch.
Posts Tagged: coronavirus
While Europe and Asia track down three-digit infection spikes at worst, the U.S. is dealing with over 40,000 a day.
Brazil has joined the U.S. atop the list of worst-impacted countries. Both have far-right leaders -- and a legacy of institutional racism.
In politically turbulent Thailand, a public health system with popular support -- not decrees from above -- made all the difference.
America’s racism is destroying its advanced status in real time — and with it, the most redeeming parts of liberal internationalism.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is rapidly losing public support, while Donald Trump remains entirely capable of triumphing in November despite his relative unpopularity.
Wealthy corporations may use trade courts to keep public health measures from cutting into their profits.
The G7 kicked Russia out over its invasion of Crimea. Does the U.S. assault on international laws, treaties, and democracy itself warrant the same treatment?
Philippine strongman Rodrigo Duterte is using the pandemic to crush his opposition — and the U.S. is poised to arm him to the teeth.
The world's prevailing socio-political models aren't going to survive this pandemic. What's going to replace them?