North America

The three glasses are already close together, ready to touch; we pause for a moment, look each other in the eyes, and together decide to proceed with the toast, defying superstitious precautions and well-established fears. Laura reminds us that if…

By David Swanson People of Ecuador 1 — Military Industrial Complex 0 In 2007, then-President of Ecuador Rafael Correa said he wanted a military base in Miami if the United States were to continue using a military base in Ecuador.…

We often speak of “safe spaces” as if they were structures—rooms with the right words on the wall, policies to shield us, communities pledged to kindness. But safety is not a structure to inhabit; it is a state of being…

In this exclusive interview, Professor David Shinn, a former top U.S. diplomat and now an Adjunct Professor of International Affairs at George Washington University’s Elliot School of International Affairs, discussed Washington’s changing policy initiatives for Africa, from Obama through Biden…

The US, under Trump, is unapologetically an empire operating without pretense. International law is for losers. A newly minted War Department, deploying the most lethal killing machine in world history, need not hide behind the sham of promoting democracy. By…

Adults wage war. Is peace then, children’s responsibility? According to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, “the number of civilian deaths in armed conflict soared by 72% in 2023 and “the proportion of women killed in 2023 doubled…

The Davids Campaign invites the public, peace advocates, and members of the media to join an international dialogue titled “A Global Call for Nonviolent Renewal in the Middle East”, taking place on Thursday, November 20, at 6 PM at the…

Thousands of NYPD records secured by the rights groups detail expansive and unlawful surveillance of protesters, and Black, Indigenous and People of Colour communities. Records obtained by Amnesty International and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy…

After the 2025 federal elections in Canada, the then New Democratic Party (NDP)’s leader, Jagmeet Singh, lost his seat in the House of Commons, which is part of Canada’s Parliament and has 343 seats. At the same time, the NDP…

Trump’s gunboat diplomacy in the Caribbean grabs the headlines, while quieter moves to destabilize other progressive Latin American governments go unnoticed by corporate media. A key case is a plot that would create chaos enabling a neoliberal candidate to be…