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Environmental ActivismJune 2, 2015
Ecuador’s Battle for Environmental Justice Against Chevron
For more than two decades, impoverished indigenous people have been seeking restitution from the oil giant for polluting their region.
James North
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CorporationsSeptember 23, 2014
The Resource Privilege
How law firms and lobbyists protect and whitewash petroleum dictatorships.
James North
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Immigration PolicyJuly 9, 2014
How the US’s Foreign Policy Created an Immigrant Refugee Crisis on Its Own Southern Border
President Obama is showing little concern for international law, and none at all for Washington’s historic responsibility in Central America.
James North
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WorldMay 2, 2014
The Campaign Against AIDS in Africa Is Saving Lives—So Why Isn’t the US Investing More In It?
The Obama administration has decided to flat-line its budget request for AIDS funding in the continent, even though more money is needed.
James North
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LaborNovember 15, 2013
Bangladeshi Garment Workers Fight Back
Surging union growth and militancy is due to courageous leaders like Kalpona Akter: child laborer at 12, union president at 15, she’s now head of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity.
James North
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WorldNovember 21, 2012
Washington’s Role in the Renewed Violence in DR Congo
The predators of the M23 Movement are sustained by Rwanda—which is itself backed by the United States and an uncritical Western media.
James North
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Global OrganizationsSeptember 4, 2012
A Huge Victory for Global Justice
With a new SEC regulation, no longer will big oil and mining companies be able to hide under-the-table payments to crooked Third World governments.
James North
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Global OrganizationsJuly 24, 2012
Economic Crimes in Congo
If the Congolese people can force the multinational mining giants to pay their government fairly, this country has a chance.
James North
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GlobalizationApril 5, 2011
The Roots of the Côte d’Ivoire Crisis
How the demand for chocolate—yes, chocolate!—helped fuel the country's civil war.
James North
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Regions and CountriesDecember 17, 2010
Haiti’s Structural Crisis
The country needs profound, revolutionary change. Daily life is a struggle that is incomprehensible to most outsiders.
James North