Imperialism

Honduras Protest Hernandez Resign

Hondurans Are Fighting for a Future Against the US-Supported Dictatorship Hondurans Are Fighting for a Future Against the US-Supported Dictatorship

A new broad-based coalition including unions, professionals, students, feminists, farmers, and opposition parties is forging a sustained campaign of resistance.

Oct 8, 2019 / Laura Carlsen

Greenland

Trump’s Greenland Grab Is a Throwback to the Foulest Imperialism Trump’s Greenland Grab Is a Throwback to the Foulest Imperialism

Denmark’s prime minister got it right when she said, “Thankfully, the time where you buy and sell other countries and populations is over.”

Aug 21, 2019 / John Nichols

Migrant caravan from Honduras

The Current Migrant Crisis Was Created by US Foreign Policy, Not Trump The Current Migrant Crisis Was Created by US Foreign Policy, Not Trump

The roots of our migrant crisis trace back to decades of US interventionism and bloody coups in Central America.

Aug 16, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon

Celebrating the Young Lords—Amid Revolution in Puerto Rico

Celebrating the Young Lords—Amid Revolution in Puerto Rico Celebrating the Young Lords—Amid Revolution in Puerto Rico

We celebrated the 50th anniversary of the founding of New York City’s Young Lords last Friday—and the timing could not have been more apt.

Jul 29, 2019 / Juan González

Is Spaceflight Colonialism?

Is Spaceflight Colonialism? Is Spaceflight Colonialism?

Fifty years after Apollo 11, it’s time to revisit the laws of space. 

Jul 19, 2019 / Haris Durrani

Marshall Islands Mushroom Cloud

America’s Colonial Climate Crisis America’s Colonial Climate Crisis

What should the United States’ island territories expect from rising sea levels and global warming?

Jul 11, 2019 / Chris Gelardi

Mike Pompeo

America’s Confrontation With Iran Goes Deeper Than Trump America’s Confrontation With Iran Goes Deeper Than Trump

The real goal is domination of the Middle East—and that’s been a bipartisan US strategy for decades.

Jun 20, 2019 / Trita Parsi

Donald Trump

Trump Is Our First Declinist President Trump Is Our First Declinist President

His cynical treatment of our world is dragging us all backward.

Jun 17, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt

‘This Isn’t Your Island’: Why Northern Mariana Islanders Are Facing Down the US Military

‘This Isn’t Your Island’: Why Northern Mariana Islanders Are Facing Down the US Military ‘This Isn’t Your Island’: Why Northern Mariana Islanders Are Facing Down the US Military

Residents of the US commonwealth have discovered an apparently illegal Navy strategy to help it construct Pacific bombing ranges.

Jun 12, 2019 / Chris Gelardi and Sophia Perez

We Are Being Embarrassed by Ugly-American Grifters on an Ego Trip to London

We Are Being Embarrassed by Ugly-American Grifters on an Ego Trip to London We Are Being Embarrassed by Ugly-American Grifters on an Ego Trip to London

The Trumps need a distraction. So, at our expense, they are trading toasts with the current occupant of King George III’s throne.

Jun 4, 2019 / John Nichols

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