To stave off authoritarianism, Democrats need to deliver on their promises and directly confront the institutions that deny democracy. The party is failing on both fronts
The Republican Party is poised to impose a Christofascist theocracy upon all Americans – limiting the rights of women and LGBTIQ+ people
This teenager smuggled people across the U.S.-Mexico border, but the death of a friend made him think again
Everybody knows what happened a year ago at the Capitol but we lack an understanding of ongoing threats to our democracy
A year on from the Capitol riots, the failure of Democrats to protect American democracy could return Trump to the White House
In the past decade, there’s been a shift away from international norms for protecting people displaced by war and persecution. What would it take to fix this?
Healthcare access for LGBTIQ communities in the US is under threat from the conservative Right. The WHO should do more
A chilling account of how corruption has become institutionalised at the heart of America’s war machine – with consequences for us all
US failure in Afghanistan was not the result of a plan poorly executed. Rather, it reveals the violent logic at the heart of American power
The past 50 years of Western economics are rooted in imperial exploitation. But if the US’s military can be beaten, it can’t rule global markets
Black women in the US have the highest risk of dying in childbirth. Dangerous and unnecessary caesareans have a lot to do with this. What’s going on?
On opposite sides of the Atlantic, Christian communities are reacting very differently to the messages of right-wing populists
