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Haitians respond to the Haitian government's decision to raise fuel prices, part of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund.

In the nation’s second-most unionized state, support from organized labor can often make or break a candidate for top elected office.

A D.C.-area writer has started a book drive called 2,000 Libros, its name based off original estimates about how many children were still detained. The project is meant to provide bilingual and Spanish-language books to minors in government custody.

An open letter to President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sharing reflections in advance of his meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (English translation)

We now live in a world where "alternative" facts have replaced truth and feelings are now counted as "evidence." How did such a discourse become so widespread? What does it mean? This new book offers some perspective.

Trump didn’t proclaim himself a fascist. Possibly he didn’t know or even now perhaps doesn’t know himself to be one. But he fits the definition, and now he fills the bill.

The events that led to the murders of Jara and Quiroga began with their detentions after the military coup and “were decided by the administrative authorities without any court order and under no case/proceeding.”

Late Friday night Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced Greece will hold a referendum on July 5 to ask Greek citizens if they approve the proposed bailout agreement put forward by Greece’s foreign creditors. “I call on the Greek people to rule on the blackmailing ultimatum asking us to accept a strict and humiliating austerity without end and without prospect, ” Tsipras said. Included: Tsipras’ address to the Greek people and a link to the creditors’ proposal.

While the Pentagon admitted decades ago that it used American troops as test subjects in experiments with mustard gas, until now, officials have never spoken about the tests that grouped subjects by race. And it wasn't just African-Americans. Japanese-Americans were used as test subjects, serving as proxies for the enemy so scientists could explore how mustard gas and other chemicals might affect Japanese troops. Puerto Rican soldiers were also singled out.