Mexico has inaugurated Claudia Sheinbaum, its first woman president, following her landslide victory in June. Kurt Hackbarth, host of SoberanĆa: The Mexican…
Days after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced sanctions against Russian state broadcaster RT and other non-western-aligned media platforms, Meta banned…
Decades of anti-migrant, Islamophobic politics in the United Kingdom culminated in an egregious far-right attack targeting mosques, public infrastructure, and hotels housing…
American service members are quitting the military in protest of the US government’s role in the Gaza genocide. Dozens of troops have…
The death toll continues to climb in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as fighting escalates between the Congolese armed forces (FARDC)…
While world leaders prepare to convene in Switzerland for a āpeace summitā ostensibly called to advance peace in Ukraine despite excluding Russia…
Tennessee Volkswagen workers achieved a historic victory on April 19 by overwhelmingly voting to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) labor union.…
Mexico has cut all diplomatic ties with Ecuador after Ecuadorian police officers forcibly raided the Mexican Embassy in Quito and detained former…
As Mexico prepares for its next presidential election in June, the U.S. corporate-owned media is working overtime to smear the outgoing president…
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