Fragile health systems, few tests: coronavirus in Africa
As African countries struggle to access coronavirus tests, opinions are mixed on the path forward.
Articles by John Lasker
Midterms Put Republican Efforts to Suppress Left-Leaning Voters Back in the Spotlight
With the midterm vote tallies so close in Georgia, Ohio, Texas, and Florida, Republican efforts to suppress and purge left-leaning voters are once again in the spotlight. “Voter suppression isn’t only about blocking the vote,” Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said. “It is also about creating an atmosphere of fear, making people worry that their votes won’t count.”
How Republican-Led Voter Suppression is Undermining Democracy in America
This in-depth Toward Freedom investigation points to the likelihood of massive voter suppression in the mid-term elections, particularly targeting Democrat-leaning demographics. Republicans have passed laws across the country to deny voters their constitutional right to vote. “These laws are part of an ongoing strategy to roll back decades of progress on voting rights,” says Bobby Hoffman of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project.
The Cost of Conflict Minerals: Murder of UN Investigators Highlights Western Complicity in Congo’s Violence
The decades-long conflict in the Congo around minerals, militias, and political power has cost the lives of millions.
Congolese Youth Rise Up Against Repressive President Kabila in Historic Protest Movement
Youth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have organized an unprecedented popular uprising calling for the repressive President Joseph Kabila to step down. They are wielding social media and peaceful protests as tools for their resistance, and have turned the nation’s political world upside down.
US Foreign Trade Zones: Connecting Labor Exploitation in a Global Race to the Bottom
As the debate over the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement continues, many Americans are unaware that hundreds of exploitative foreign trade zones are already entrenched within the US, and most likely in their own part of the country.