The municipal cemetery of Tapachula in the Mexican state of Chiapas is a sprawling expanse overflowing with graves in colorful disrepair. Tombstones…
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Those responsible for the opioid-related deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans are yet to be held accountable
The migrant caravan Trump is so obsessed about is a direct result of US foreign policy
Just as it serviced murderous regimes in Central America in the 1980s, Israel will now be exporting forms of repression to Honduras’ abusive government
Israeli independence was made possible via the destruction of more than 500 Palestinian villages and the expulsion of approximately 750,000 people
A debate over whether Israel should commit war crimes and wipe out a city of at least 1 million people is somehow acceptable
Gitmo is an offshore penal colony that’s close enough to administer with ease, but far enough away to exist on the margins of legality
Podemos is the only top electoral contender that shouldn’t immediately trigger the gag reflex of a reasonably principled, socially conscious person
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