Struggle for Justice Continues in Panama
Panamanian movements have called for the government to sit down in negotiations with the mobilized sectors and listen to their demands, People's Dispatch reports.
Real Debt Trap: Sri Lanka Owes Vast Majority to West, Not to China
Sri Lanka owes 81 percent of its external debt to U.S. and European financial institutions and to Western allies, Japan and India. China owns just 10 percent. But Washington blames imaginary “Chinese debt traps” for the nation’s crisis, as it considers a 17th IMF structural adjustment program, reports Benjamin Norton.
Haitians Looked to China & Russia to End UN Mandate, Renewed for 1 More Year
Despite China delaying the vote to hold closed-door negotations, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously agreed Friday to renew the UN's mandate in Haiti. Since 2004, as many as 13,000 troops from around the world have served as part of the UN's peacekeeping mission. For many Haitians, the mandate is a foreign occupation, reports TF editor Julie Varughese.
Ilhan Omar’s Meddling in Horn of Africa Earns Boos at Somali Concert
Framed by Republican-oriented media as a backlash against U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s “woke” politics, the boos of a Somali crowd in Minneapolis expressed growing anger over the Democratic congresswoman’s role in U.S. meddling in the Horn of Africa. Ann Garrison reports.
As Anti-BDS Bills Become the Norm, ACLU Takes Free Speech Fight to the Supreme Court
If certain pro-Israel and pro-fossil fuel advocates get their way, U.S. residents will lose a fundamental right to free speech and protest, reports Jessica Buxbaum.
Meet Toward Freedom’s Summer 2022 Claudia Jones Editorial Intern
We are excited to announce the Summer 2022 Claudia Jones Editorial Intern is Cygaelle "Cy" Bergado, a senior at Temple University majoring in Media Studies & Production. We asked Cy a few questions.