Latin America Briefs
By Berta Joubert-Ceci March 29, 2016 Colombia Thousands of people took to the streets in Bogota and in more than 100 other [...]
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What does the Brazilian crisis teach us?
By Olmedo Beluche March 29, 2016 The author is a Panamanian sociologist and political activist. A huge political crisis [...]
Queer and trans* people of color challenge North Carolina’s repressive HB2
March 28, 2016 By L.T. Pham and Q. Wideman Raleigh, N.C. On March 23, the North Carolina General Assembly fast-tracked House [...]
Who caused Flint water scandal?
By Martha Grevatt March 27, 2016 Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder must have a lot of bruises on his legs or behind. “I kick [...]
Women and the Nicaraguan Revolution
By Carl Lewis March 24, 2016 Thousands of women fighters transformed gender roles within the context of the Nicaraguan [...]
1937 Detroit: Women autoworkers ‘hold the fort’
By Martha Grevatt March 24, 2016 Detroit — 1937 was the year of the sit-down strike. Hundreds of occupations of plants and [...]
U.S. sanctions aim to starve Zimbabwe into submission
By Abayomi Azikiwe March 25, 2016 President Barack Obama’s administration, utilizing the Office of Foreign Assets Control, [...]
Zika spreads north as new evidence links virus to neurological disorders
By Lyn Neeley March 25, 2016 As the Zika-carrying mosquito, Aedes aegypti, hits Puerto Rico, new evidence reinforces the [...]
Struggle over ‘Anti-Sanctuary’ bill in Wisconsin
March 25, 2016 Milwaukee — Due to mass statewide resistance by immigrants and their allies, an “anti-sanctuary” bill [...]
In Honduras, ‘Berta did not die, she multiplied’
March 24 — It has been three weeks since the assassination of beloved Indigenous leader and environmentalist activist [...]
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