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Reports and analyses from everywhere, as the world churns

Global South communities affected by mining face multiple pandemics — not just of disease, but of violence, exploitation, and corporate capture.

Opposing views on Mexico's leader, international statements on the upsurge in the US, and more

Powerful interests, both national and international, are attempting to use the COVID crisis as a means to step up their campaign against Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO).

Ideas for the present and the future from the international left, news reports, and more.

“The global struggle against the pandemic has little chance to succeed if personal hygiene, the main measure to prevent contagion, is unavailable to the 2.2 billion persons who have no access to safe water services.”

Women's protests worldwide, reports, photos and more

As femicide continues to plague the world, we must continue to fight the systems that are complicit in their acceptance of it and for the families demanding justice for their loved ones.

"Vida Americana" at the Whitney tells a tale that should provoke some self-reflection in the present. It is undoubtedly true that Mexican people, the Mexican landscape, and Mexican culture are all inextricably linked to U.S. culture.