by John P. Ruehl | Jun 22, 2022 | Africa, Burkina Faso, China, Climate Change, Economics, Environment, Europe, Food, Health Care/Medicine, History, Human Rights, India, Japan, Kenya, Middle East, Niger, Nigeria, North America, Politics, Russia, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Trade, Turkey, Ukraine, United Nations, War, Yemen
The effects of the war in Ukraine have brought much of the world’s attention to energy prices. But food insecurity is also rising and will likely get worse.
by Claudia Webbe | Jun 7, 2022 | Activism, Afghanistan, Africa, Belarus, Eritrea, Europe, Ghana, History, Human Rights, Identity Politics, Immigration, Iraq, Israel, Law, Middle East, Politics, Russia, Rwanda, Social Justice, Syria, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United Nations, War
The othering of non-white, non-European people serves to diminish the reality of their suffering.
by Vijay Prashad | Jun 2, 2022 | Activism, Afghanistan, Africa, Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Europe, France, Germany, History, Israel, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Politics, South Africa, Sudan, Trade, Uganda, United Nations, United States, War
NATO’s war in Libya was its first major military operation in Africa, but it was not the first European military footprint on the continent.
by Sheila Xiao and Manolo de los Santos | May 27, 2022 | Activism, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Cuba, Economics, Elections, Gender, Health Care/Medicine, History, Honduras, Human Rights, Immigration, Joe Biden, Labor, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Politics, Prison Reform, Social Justice, South America, Trade, Trinidad and Tobago, United Nations, United States, Venezuela, Voting Rights, War, Women's Rights
Biden’s insistence on continuing the U.S. policy of exclusion and aggression against Latin America has made his summit a failure before it has even begun.
by John P. Ruehl | May 24, 2022 | Afghanistan, Asia, Australia, China, Denmark, Economics, Europe, Finland, France, History, Human Rights, Iceland, India, Japan, Joe Biden, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Norway, Pakistan, Politics, Russia, Sweden, Tajikistan, Trade, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States, Uzbekistan, War
India’s balanced approach to the Russia-Ukraine conflict has provoked the ire of Washington.
by John Ross | May 24, 2022 | Activism, Africa, Asia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Canada, Economics, Egypt, Europe, Food, France, Germany, Human Rights, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Middle East, Nepal, Philippines, Politics, Russia, Social Justice, Sri Lanka, Trade, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States, War, Yemen
As the U.S. and the G7 deny the negative effect of sanctions against Russia, they damage the world’s capability of avoiding a global food disaster.
