By: Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. Haitian sugarcane workers demonstrate to demand pensions, to which they are entitled by law, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, May 8, 2015. At the…
By Greg Grandin People born in the Dominican Republic to Haitian parents wait to receive copies of their personal documents in a special office created by the Haitian government. (Reuters/Ricardo…
Trade agreements boost economic growth, while destroying lives and livelihoods. By Rep. John Conyers — Earlier this year, former Florida governor Jeb Bush travelled to my hometown of Detroit to…
By William C. Anderson Black service members salute and pledge an oath of loyalty to a country that does not protect them after they have protected it. “If violence is…
By Terrell Jermaine Starr Officially, Kalief Browder died as a result of suicide at his family’s home in the Bronx this weekend. Yet it’s not a stretch to say the…
By Elias Isquith In recent years, there’s been a small genre of left-of-center journalism that, following President Obama’s lead, endeavors to prove that things on Planet Earth are not just going…
By Austin C. McCoy In an undated handout photo, bullet holes are seen in a Chevy Malibu involved in a chase in Cleveland on November 29, 2012. Officer Michael Brelo,…
Marie Arago, special to ProPublica by Justin Elliott, ProPublica, and Laura Sullivan The neighborhood of Campeche sprawls up a steep hillside in Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince. Goats rustle in trash…
By Nick Turse The following excerpt is taken from the afterward of Nick Turse’s new book, Tomorrow’s Battlefield: US Proxy Wars & Secret Ops in Africa [3] (Haymarket, 2015) JUBA,…
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. In a lecture at Harvard during my freshman year, a professor—who may have been Martin Peretz—offered an insight that left a profound impact upon me. “Citizen,”…
By Matt Ford After Ferguson, a noticeable gap in criminal-justice statistics emerged: the use of lethal force by the police. The federal government compiles a wealth of data…
By Henry A. Giroux (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout)“Let’s hope it isn’t too late to listen, listen intently, carefully, minds open, hearts full. Let’s hope.” – James Baldwin In 1963,…