Greg Grandin
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Latin AmericaApril 9, 2021
In Ecuador, a Presidential Election With Global Reach
The runoff this Sunday will determine not only who will be president—Andrés Arauz or Guillermo Lasso—but also whether Ecuador will continue to lead the fight against elite financial corruption.
Greg Grandin
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Genocide and Ethnic CleansingJanuary 20, 2020
Slavery, and American Racism, Were Born in Genocide
Martin Luther King Jr. saw something essential about our nation: Imperial expansion west over stolen Indian land shaped and deepened the American Revolution’s relationship to slavery.
Greg Grandin
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WorldDecember 18, 2019
What ‘The New York Times’ Got Wrong on Bolivia
By endorsing a military coup against a democratically elected government, the Times betrayed its values and its journalists.
Greg Grandin
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HistoryJuly 16, 2019
There’s One Heresy That Sets Bernie Apart From All Other Dem Contenders to Unseat Trump
And it’s not simply that he calls himself a socialist.
Greg Grandin
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March 5, 2019
Trump Is Fetishizing Death to Justify His Cruelty at the Border
The president is furthering a legacy of brutality that stretches back to the Mexican-American War.
Greg Grandin
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War on TerrorFebruary 21, 2019
How the Failure of Our Foreign Wars Fueled Nativist Fanaticism
For nearly two centuries, US politicians have channeled extremism outward. But the frontier is gone, the empire is faltering, and the chickens are coming home to roost.
Greg Grandin
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Media AnalysisJanuary 29, 2019
Bret Stephens, the ‘Times,’ and Fearmongering Over Venezuela
Columnist Stephens and others on the right are worried about the growing popularity of socialism. Their panicked response? “But Venezuela!”
Greg Grandin
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Foreign PolicyJanuary 25, 2019
How the Right Is Using Venezuela to Reorder Politics
The social-democratic wing of the Democratic Party must find a way to put forth a compelling counter-vision.
Greg Grandin
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Genocide and Ethnic CleansingJanuary 25, 2019
Washington Trained Guatemala’s Killers for Decades
The US Border Patrol played a key role in propping up Latin American dictatorships.
Greg Grandin and Elizabeth Oglesby
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Immigration PolicyJanuary 14, 2019
The Militarization of the Southern Border Is a Long-Standing American Tradition
Trump’s wall is just the latest incarnation of an old fixation.
Greg Grandin