Photograph: Arthur Grosvenor Daniells
Israeli flags are flying over all government buildings in the United Kingdom currently, but this isn’t the first time the former imperial hegemon has put its weight…
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In 2015, after you were done gawking at the statue of Princess Di in the world’s largest department store, Harrods in London, you could head…
Photo: AMISOM / Mokhtar Mohamed
My grandmother, Ila Bose, passed away in October after several days in the hospital. The exact trajectory leading to her death is not known—she had…
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It feels like the world is on fire again. Strikers in Myanmar are on the front lines of a rebellion against a military coup. Corpses are…
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I covered the immigrant “mega marches” as a freelance reporter in 2006. In response to some horrific, punitive legislation passed by the House of Representatives, millions…
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At times it can seem like international solidarity is just a rallying cry, devoid of the oomph that would make it a force to build…
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In April the U.S. government carried out its largest workplace raid on immigrants in 10 years, detaining 280 people in Texas. It’s the latest attack…
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In the thousands of words spilled for the late George H.W. Bush, you won’t find the names of Argentine workers Pedro Troiani and Carlos Propato.…
Photo: Wisconsin Poor People's Campaign
Hardship is a lot more widespread in the Badger State than the official numbers would have you believe. A few weeks before the election, a…