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The Death of a 5-Year-Old Child Sheds Light on Life Under Israeli Apartheid
A new book details the bureaucratic barriers and indignities that make the lives of Palestinians even more difficult.
UN Security Council Votes to Deploy US-Backed, Kenyan-Led Troops Into Haiti
These UN missions don’t protect the population, they protect multinational investments, says scholar Mamyrah Prosper.
Police Killings of Black and Brown People in US May Be Double Previous Estimates
The Raza Database Project merged data sets from independent research projects to determine the victims’ ethnicities.
Criminalized Survivor Tracy McCarter Discusses the Movement to Free Her
McCarter describes being a criminalized survivor of both domestic violence and the legal system.
90,000 Armenians Flee Nagorno-Karabakh After Azerbaijan Seizes Region by Force
“Armenia has been warning about this for years," says an editor of Armenia-based independent news outlet EVN Report.
Ralph Nader: GOP Debate Was “Pretty Embarrassing”
Nader also called on Democrats to “stop engaging in candidate suppression” of third-party runs such as Cornel West's.
US Intervention and Sanctions Blamed for Rise in US-Mexico Border Crossings
Expanding policing of migrants only causes more hardships, said Fernando García of the Border Network for Human Rights.
Attack on Latino History Exhibit Is “a Repeat of the Red Scare,” Historian Warns
The Smithsonian halted plans for an exhibition on the '60s Latino civil rights movement following right-wing backlash.
Menendez Indicted in Case Involving Halal Meat Export Monopoly and Aid to Egypt
The Democratic senator is accused of accepting bribes in exchange for attempting to increase military aid to Egypt.
Murdoch’s Legacy Includes Giving Airtime to Climate Denialism and the Far Right
The 92-year-old right-wing media mogul will step down as chair of Fox Corporation and News Corporation in November.