By Yorlis Luna on May 13, 2020 I think when many of us look at the world today we feel like we’re watching a science fiction movie: 22 million officially unemployed in the U.S. while analysts say the true figure may be double that, predictions of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of … Read More

By Yisell Rodríguez Milán on May 13, 2020 The State Department notified the U.S. Congress yesterday that Iran, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela and Cuba were certified under Section 40A (a) of the Arms Export Control Act as “not fully cooperating” with U.S. counterterrorism efforts in 2019. The State Department’s official website contains the notification, which … Read More

By Karen Spring on May 9, 2020 On May 5, a group of Afro-indigenous Garifuna men stood guard at the entrance of La Travesía community in the department of Cortes in northern Honduras. The men were fumigating vehicles, documenting the traffic transiting through their community, and implementing other bio security measures as part of community-led … Read More

By Roger D. Harris on April 12, 2020 Like most everyone else, I don’t get out much lately due to shelter-in-place. But when I walk around my community, I am heartened by neighbors asking if there is anything we might need. I suspect this scenario is taking place everywhere. Around the world amidst the pandemic, people … Read More