Native Americans serve astoundingly longer prison sentences—because they are Native.
Posted inUnder the Shadow
Honduras, 2009. Legacy of a Coup | Under the Shadow, Episode 7, Part 2
Honduras’s return to democracy after the 2009 U.S.-backed coup is a heroic story of popular resistance.
Posted inEdge of Sports TV
US marathon runners wave Palestinian flag at Olympic trials
Jesse Joseph explains his act of solidarity—and how the upcoming Paris Olympics could turn into a political battleground for Palestinian rights.
Posted inRattling the Bars
30 political prisoners’ oral histories collected in an unprecedented new book
We speak with recently released political prisoner Eric King and abolitionist Josh Davidson, who have compiled in a new book, ‘Rattling the Cages,’ testimonies from dozens of political prisoners.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International
Demystifying Iran and the ‘Resistance Axis’
International media claims Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and other armed groups in the region are nothing more than Iranian puppets. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Posted inThe Chris Hedges Report
‘Fire Weather’: Big Oil’s climate conflagration
The 2016 Fort McMurray Fire forced 88,000 people to evacuate in a single day and let off temperatures hotter than Venus. It’s just the beginning of the future Big Oil has in store for us.
Posted inWorkers of the World
‘Get out Yankee’: A South Korean village’s fight against the US military
Since 2016, the residents of the village of Soseong-ri have protested the construction of THAAD, a US missile defense system that uses Korean land to protect US military bases throughout the Pacific.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
Freelancers are routinely robbed of wages. New legislation could improve things
First passed in New York City, ‘Freelance Isn’t Free’ laws can help freelancers recoup stolen wages
Posted inWorkers of the World
Javier Milei and Latin America’s New Right
Like El Salvador’s Bukele, the Argentine leader couples tough-on-crime policy with a vicious agenda for austerity, deregulation, and privatization.
Posted inWorking People
Why do railroad workers keep dying on the job?
The race for profit gives railroad corporations incentive to pack schedules and loosen standards, even if it means killing workers.