America’s Homegrown Terror Threat—and Why We’re Doing Nothing to Fight It America’s Homegrown Terror Threat—and Why We’re Doing Nothing to Fight It
Plagued by poor infrastructure, climate denialism, unregulated fracking wells and nuclear waste sites, the United States is poised to topple itself with self-inflicted wounds.
Apr 8, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Emanuel Pastreich, John Feffer, and Foreign Policy In Focus
It’s Not Just Uganda: Behind the Christian Right’s Onslaught in Africa It’s Not Just Uganda: Behind the Christian Right’s Onslaught in Africa
For years now, evangelical activists from the United States have been speaking out against homosexuality and cheering on antigay legislation all over Africa.
Apr 4, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Nathalie Baptiste and Foreign Policy In Focus
How Indigenous Communities in Honduras Are Resisting US-Backed Multinationals How Indigenous Communities in Honduras Are Resisting US-Backed Multinationals
Rio Blanco is just one of many communuties that have been fighting destructive dam projects.
Apr 2, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Beverly Bell and Foreign Policy In Focus
Seven Decades of Nazi Collaboration: America’s Dirty Little Ukraine Secret Seven Decades of Nazi Collaboration: America’s Dirty Little Ukraine Secret
An interview with Russ Bellant, author of Old Nazis, the New Right, and the Republican Party.
Mar 28, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Paul H. Rosenberg and Foreign Policy In Focus
How the Proposed US-EU Trade Agreement Screws Workers and Undermines Democracy How the Proposed US-EU Trade Agreement Screws Workers and Undermines Democracy
The real goal of the TTIP is to weaken the power of citizens to defend themselves against corporate abuses.
Mar 24, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Andrew Erwin and Foreign Policy In Focus
A Precarious Victory in El Salvador A Precarious Victory in El Salvador
Washington is threatening to withhold development aid unless El Salvador adopts economic policies that Salvadorans just voted against.
Mar 18, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Madeleine Conway and Foreign Policy In Focus
Disaster Militarism: Rethinking US Relief in the Asia-Pacific Disaster Militarism: Rethinking US Relief in the Asia-Pacific
Disaster relief has increasingly become part of the justification for increased US troop deployments in the Asia-Pacific region.
Mar 14, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Annie Isabel Fukushima, Ayano Ginoza, Michiko Hase, Gwyn Kirk, Deborah Lee, Taeva Shefler, and Foreign Policy In Focus
Back to Dark Days in Haiti? Back to Dark Days in Haiti?
The president of a country with no external threats, a history of military repression and an abundance of more pressing problems is rebuilding its once-banished military.
Mar 11, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Nathalie Baptiste and Foreign Policy In Focus
How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform
Change won’t come to America’s broken immigration system from policymakers. It will come from organizers.
Mar 10, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Oscar Chacon, Amy Shannon, and Foreign Policy In Focus
What Happens When Mexico’s Drug Kingpin Falls? What Happens When Mexico’s Drug Kingpin Falls?
US officials claim the capture of Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is a major drug war victory. They're wrong.
Mar 7, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Laura Carlsen and Foreign Policy In Focus