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Peter Kornbluh on Obama and Cuba, Salamishah Tillet on boycotting marriage, George Zornick on Eric Griego v. Wall Street crooks, plus a new project on poverty by Barbara Ehrenreich and the Institute for Policy Studies.

With Obama's signing of the National Defense Authorization Act, the prison becomes a permanent fixture.

Under Raúl Castro, major economic reforms are shrinking the state-run economy and making room for a greatly expanded private sector.

When it comes to subjecting resource-rich, developing countries to American military power, President Obama is in the process of outdoing his predecessor.

In Mañana Forever? Jorge Castañeda chronicles the growth of the middle class to argue that Mexico is not a failed state.

Robin Blackburn's The American Crucible treats modern slavery as an international institution with national histories.

How the US tried—and failed—to scuttle a Venezuelan oil deal even though it would bring huge benefits to Haiti's impoverished people.

The release of previously classified reports on the US military's Guantánamo detainees has resuscitated stories of horror and suffering that have been largely forgotten in recent years.

For justice to be served, Attorney José Pertierra says that Posada Carriles ought to be extradited.