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“I feel that the community here really understands me, both Mexican and expats,” Karen says, referring to the influx of Americans who’ve relocated to the city since Trump was first elected president in 2016. Karen was terminated as part of the Trump administration's January 20 executive order suspending the US Refugee Admissions Program.

A Fired Federal Worker Finds Refuge in Mexico A Fired Federal Worker Finds Refuge in Mexico

“The administration doesn’t want me. I personally don’t feel safe [in the United States]. I know I’m not the only person who feels that way.”

Nov 18, 2025 / Feature / Rebekah Sager

Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death”

Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death” Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death”

Indigenous people lead COP30 protests against agribusinesses that “want to take everything.”

Nov 17, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

A bronze-painted statue titled “Best Friends Forever, ”depicting Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands on October 2, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Jeffrey Epstein and the American Empire Jeffrey Epstein and the American Empire

Podcast / The Time of Monsters / Nov 16, 2025 Jeffrey Epstein and the American Empire On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Van Jackson on how the late pedophile gained po…

Nov 16, 2025 / Podcast

Epstein E-mails Explained

Epstein E-mails Explained Epstein E-mails Explained

Oval emergency part 2.

Nov 14, 2025 / Steve Brodner

The King of Destruction.

The King of Destruction. The King of Destruction.

The East Wing of the White House has been destroyed—along with some of the most important values of democracy.

Nov 14, 2025 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

“We Have Breath Again”: Black Americans on Leaving the US for Mexico

“We Have Breath Again”: Black Americans on Leaving the US for Mexico “We Have Breath Again”: Black Americans on Leaving the US for Mexico

The Americans recently relocating to San Miguel de Allende are a new kind of “expat,” a word they refuse to call themselves.

Nov 14, 2025 / Rebekah Sager

The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai

The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai

How a globe-trotting attorney is trying to win the release of the famed Hong Kong publisher.

Nov 12, 2025 / Feature / Liam Scott

Pro-Palestine supporter at OR Tambo International Airport on October 8, 2025, in Kempton Park, South Africa.

I Tried to Deliver Aid to Gaza. Israel Kidnapped and Tortured Me. I Tried to Deliver Aid to Gaza. Israel Kidnapped and Tortured Me.

They stripped us naked, deprived us of sleep, food, and sanitary facilities, arbitrarily threatened us with guns, and physically attacked us.

Nov 12, 2025 / Thomas Becker

US Army Lt. Col. Mark O'Donnell, right, jumps to a barrier as he makes his way to a firing positionl in Konar province, Afghanistan, August 2009.

Militarism’s Violence Poisons Everyone—Even Soldiers Militarism’s Violence Poisons Everyone—Even Soldiers

The systematic violence of American militarism has shaped all our lives, including the soldiers who have come to realize that they were used to perpetrate it.

Nov 11, 2025 / Kelly Denton-Borhaug

The Eviction Kings

The Eviction Kings The Eviction Kings

One of Israel’s biggest companies is taking over huge swaths of US real estate—and tenants are paying the price.

Nov 11, 2025 / Feature / Thomas Birmingham

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