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UN Is Prioritizing Corporate Profiteers Over Global Hunger, Activists Say
The UN Food Systems Summit is facing fierce criticism for giving corporations an outsized role in framing its agenda.

Corruption and Drug Trade Fueled Honduran Migration to US
Adriana Beltrán says the instability in Honduras today is directly linked to the U.S.-backed coup of 2009.

To Fight the GOP’s Radicalized Base, We Have to Push Left
The right’s culture war has an astronomical body count.

Progressives Urge Biden Admin to Overrule Senate Parliamentarian to Move Agenda
“This is what President Biden campaigned on, and we need to deliver,” says Rep. Ro Khanna.

Mokhtar Mokhtefi: A Free Algeria Was Always Worth the Fight
Mokhtefi's newly translated memoir, “I Was a French Muslim,” is an unvarnished look at the Algerian war of independence.

Biden Vows Mass Deportations as Thousands of Haitian Refugees Shelter in Del Rio
On Sunday alone, the Biden administration said it sent three deportation flights to Haiti, with more expected.

Bipartisan Reforms Often Expand Prisons and Police. We Need Abolition Instead.
If the system is functioning as it is designed to, then “reform” will almost always find ways to reinforce the norm.

Top Gymnasts Blast FBI for Not Taking Nassar’s Sexual Abuse Case Seriously
Lawyers say that after the FBI was first told of his crimes, Larry Nassar abused 120 more people before his 2016 arrest.

Decades of Reporting on Afghanistan War Failed to Look at Life Outside Kabul
“I think we’ve grossly undercounted the number of civilians who died in this war,” says journalist Anand Gopal.

US Drone Killed 10 Afghans After Mistaking Water Jugs for Bombs
Seven children and an aid worker were among the people killed.