The Electricity Crisis in South Africa Continues to Brew
South Africa will not move into the light until the social value of access to electricity is affirmed.
Four Straight Years of Nonstop Street Protest in Haiti
Haitians have once again taken to the streets in recent weeks, targeting the banks and NGOs that have taken over the island since the 2010 earthquake.
The Bewildering Vote in Chile That Rejected a New Constitution
The new constitution was rejected as an expression of the growing discontent among Chileans regarding the general direction of social liberalism.
Why Lithium Power Politics Are Playing Out Very Differently in Chile and Bolivia
The people of Bolivia and Chile imagine a different kind of extraction: one that is controlled by those who live by the resources and one that does not destroy the earth.
South Africa Is on a Knife Edge as Xenophobia Escalates
With no national force with the vision and power to offer an emancipatory alternative to politics that turns neighbors against each other, the country is on a knife edge.
How Maasai Women Are Resisting Land Grabs
The Maasai are a semi-nomadic pastoralist community in Tanzania that proudly practice an indigenous way of life closely tied to their land and cattle.