Battle of Chicago Battle of Chicago
Mango Mussolini and Pee Wee German.
Oct 10, 2025 / Steve Brodner
The Blood Diamonds of Brazil The Blood Diamonds of Brazil
When an Amazonian tribe tried to regulate the mines on their territory, they invited the violence of modern life into their homeland.
Oct 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Jimin Kang
Democrats Must Oppose Trump’s War on Venezuela Democrats Must Oppose Trump’s War on Venezuela
Trump’s attacks on alleged drug boats are illegal acts of murder. But too many Democrats are shying away from calling the president out.
Oct 3, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Is Bringing the Imperial Wars to the Homefront Donald Trump Is Bringing the Imperial Wars to the Homefront
The ruler of a dying empire inflicts mindless militarism on Venezuela and Chicago.
Sep 8, 2025 / Jeet Heer
With the Strike on a “Drug-Carrying Boat,” Trump Returns to a Dangerous US Policy for Latin America With the Strike on a “Drug-Carrying Boat,” Trump Returns to a Dangerous US Policy for Latin America
The attack on a ship off the Venezuelan coast is the first time the US has carried out a deadly military operation on its own in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama.
Sep 8, 2025 / Michael Fox
Why Are So Many Mexican Mayors Getting Murdered? Why Are So Many Mexican Mayors Getting Murdered?
A staggering number of mayors have been brutally killed in the past few years—and there’s no end in sight. What's going on?
Aug 8, 2025 / Oscar Lopez
The Argentine Grandmothers Who Resisted the Junta The Argentine Grandmothers Who Resisted the Junta
Haley Cohen Gilliland’s A Flower Traveled in My Blood looks at the efforts of a human rights group to find the children and grandchildren who were disappeared by a dictatorship.
Jul 24, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Jacob Sugarman
The Trump Administration Is Reviving Institutionalized Torture The Trump Administration Is Reviving Institutionalized Torture
The ambient threat of torture is a form of social control, encouraging everyone else to comply with and bow down before the regime.
Jul 17, 2025 / Rebecca Gordon
What Trump’s Cuba Policy Should Be to Advance US Interests What Trump’s Cuba Policy Should Be to Advance US Interests
The danger of “maximum pressure” vs. the promise of “pragmatic engagement.”
Jul 16, 2025 / Peter Kornbluh
