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By Hisham Aidi So far this year, 14 Afro-Colombian youths have been killed in the Colombian capital, writes Aidi [EPA] On April 9, two Afro-Colombian men, both 20 years old…

By Hisham Aidi Peruvians hold up their cajones, a traditional musical instrument, in celebration. On the night of June 4, the Plaza Mayor of Lima was lit up with lights…

By: Tonyaa Weathersbee Two weeks before President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. and Cuba would reopen embassies that had been shuttered for more than 50 years, I was embarking on…

Report: The new debt trap: How the response to the last global financial crisis has laid the ground for the next This report (40 pages) and its executive summary (8 pages) investigates the debts…

By John Metta in The Huffington Post – I don’t talk about race with White people. To illustrate why, I’ll tell a story: It was probably about 15 years ago…

By Britney Schultz in Truthout – The plight of Indigenous children recently made headlines, as Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission released a damning report calling the country’s long-held policy of…

By Harry Targ in Heartland Radical – The movements of global resistance have grown enormously, particularly since the recession of 2008, as has reaction. Violent reaction from rightwing movements, in…

By Mike Whitney in Counterpunch – Let’s cut to the chase: Leaders of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) realize that global security cannot be entrusted to…