Thousands of Immigrants Suffer in Solitary Confinement in ICE Detention
Asking detainees to decide between the threat of violence and the misery of isolation is no choice at all.
Exposing the Dirty Business Behind the Designer Label
Fashion is the world's second-most polluting industry after the oil industry.
Gender Journey: Trans Rights and Activism
The National Center for Transgender Equality claims trans activism has made “faster progress than any movement in American history.”
Foreign Aid That Costs an Arm and a Leg — Literally
The U.S.-funded Israeli military is shooting so many unarmed Palestinians that the UN is warning of an amputation crisis in Gaza.
US Threats to Dismantle Palestinian Refugee Agency Trigger Protests
US Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt recently told the UN Security Council May 22 it was time to dismantle the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) which has supported Palestinian refugees since it began operations back in 1950. Currently, over half of the 2.0 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which is under Israeli blockade, receive food aid from UNRWA.
The Five Hundred Year Rebellion: Indigenous Movements and the Decolonization of History in Bolivia
An excerpt from a new book on how indigenous activists in Bolivia took history out of the dry textbooks, the condescending political speeches, the ivory tower, and put it to use in the street, where it was made to be something alive and popular, for political uses, for indigenous liberation.