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September 25, 2024
Jordan Heller
What Kamala Harris Should Brag About at the Southern Border This Week
She actually has a success story on immigration policy. So why doesn’t she tout it?
December 14, 2023
Danielle Marie Mackey
Miss Universe in the World’s Newest Autocracy
El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele has been accused of horrific human rights violations, and he’s rigged the courts to allow him to run illegally for reelection. What better time to host an international beauty pageant?
October 21, 2020
Laura Weiss
Confronting the Deep Roots of Violence in El Salvador
Roberto Lovato’s “Unforgetting” explores the traumatic history of a country torn apart by wars and gangs—and the dangers of not facing the past.
August 25, 2020
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Siddhartha Deb
Héctor Tobar’s Radical Road Trip Novel
“The Last Great Road Bum” is a portrait of an American coming to political consciousness.
June 19, 2019
Alex Shephard
Trump’s Kick-Off Rally Showcases What the President Does Best
Turns out the last refuge of a scoundrel isn't patriotism—it's racism.
June 5, 2019
Mark Weisbrot
Tariffs Are a Bad Response to an Imaginary Border Crisis
The migrants that do arrive in the U.S. are fleeing situations exacerbated by decades of bad American foreign policy. Tariffs on Mexico would continue that pattern.
March 13, 2019
Mark Weisbrot
The Reality Behind Trump’s Coalition for Regime Change in Venezuela
Some of the governments supporting Trump's plan to starve Venezuela into submission are none too savory, themselves.
March 1, 2019
Megan Janetsky
Do Venezuelans Actually Want U.S. Help?
Depends whom you ask, and depends on what kind of help.
November 5, 2018
Molly O'Toole
Can Megachurches Save El Salvador?
In a country torn apart by gang violence—forcing many to flee to the United States—evangelicalism is offering gang members a way out.
October 23, 2018
Lauren Kaori Gurley
The Reality Behind ‘Migrant Caravans’
Trump may berate the Mexican police for not doing more, but in fact Mexico has been heavily militarized against immigration for years—with U.S. funding.
June 8, 2018
Matt Ford
The Immigration Forces Beyond Trump’s Control
The administration took credit for a drop in border arrests last year. Now they're on the rise again.
June 6, 2018
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Ioan Grillo
When Democracy Isn’t Enough
Elections and free markets haven’t solved the real problems in Latin America.
May 17, 2018
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Kevin Baker
Nothing in All Creation Is Hidden
Why America needs truth and reconciliation after Trump
May 1, 2018
Matt Ford
The Migrant Caravan Enters Trump’s Hostile Immigration Maze
After trekking through Mexico, the Central American asylum seekers now face an unsympathetic administration.
January 9, 2018
Matt Ford
The President’s Extreme Immigration Powers
Trump is forcing hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants to leave the U.S.—and he can, thanks to Congress.
January 8, 2018
Rachel Stone
Trump’s favorite immigration target: people fleeing war and natural disasters.
November 8, 2017
Rebecca Grant
Does it Matter if Abortion Is Legal?
A new book warns that even with Roe v. Wade intact, the procedure is still effectively banned in some places.
February 18, 2016
Steven Cohen
The Immigration Debate We’re Not Having
Central American turmoil and the drug war are fueling our immigration problems—but you’d never know it from listening to the Democrats or Republicans.
January 15, 2016
Steven Cohen
Rick Santorum: Deporting immigrants is a “gift” to their native countries.
May 11, 2015
Sandra Cuffe
Trade Deals Are Giving Corporations the Power to Intimidate Tiny Countries
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