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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.”

I grew up going to a Korean church in Germany, learning all about kindness, sharing, and helping each other in a wonderfully warm, communal, and nourishing space. That really had a positive impact on me (in addition to my socialist parents!).

Is the two-state solution for Israel-Palestine still viable? Perhaps it is time to admit, in the spirit of Voltaire, that the two-state solution was never about two states, nor was it a solution, nor could it ever be viable.

For now, it will be up to states and cities to protect workers.