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Chile’s Utopia Has Been Postponed
Mar 8, 2023 Journalist Marc Cooper was serving as personal translator to Chilean president Salvador Allende when the 1973 U.S.-backed coup led by Augusto Pinochet forced him to flee the country. In January, Cooper returned to Santiago to observe the country’s political situation 50 years later. He found a Chile transformed but uncertain, struggling to chart a course forward one year after the election of its first leftist government since Allende.2024 Southern California Journalism Award: Second Place, Feature
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How the Big Awakening Became a Hangover
Mar 8, 2023 Chile's new constitution failed. Now its leftist president is trying to reignite hopes for change.2024 Southern California Journalism Award: Second Place, Feature
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Allende, Pinochet and Beyond: 50 Years of Chilean Politics
Mar 8, 2023 Looking back at Chile's political history from President Salvador Allende's presidency to today
Americas
Untangling Elite Opposition to Indigenous Rights in Chile
Jan 2, 2023 Chilean elites use the language of stability, peace, democracy, and development to oppose Indigenous rights.
International Women’s Day Honors Its Activist Roots
Mar 8, 2020 It has been a rocky year so far in the fight for justice for women around the world. But that's far from the whole story.
Protests and Celebrations Mark Women’s Day, Despite Threats
Mar 8, 2020 Tensions marred some celebrations, but women still marched en mass in cities around the world, even those affected by the coronavirus.
Robert Reich: Davos Is the Source of All Our Ills
Jan 22, 2020 Donald Trump isn't the only world leader abusing his power. Global elites have fueled inequality and brought our biosphere to the brink.
Politics
Argentina Defies the Americas’ Crisis of Democracy
Dec 23, 2019 As regional powers backslide and Donald Trump looms, one nation offers a popular, progressive alternative. A dispatch from Buenos Aires.
Vatican Office Reveals Vast Caseload of Abuse
Dec 20, 2019 The church must now cope with the globalization of the scandal that once seemed largely confined to the English-speaking world.
We Must Come Together to Beat Back Neoliberal Fascism
Dec 18, 2019 Divide-and-conquer political strategies used within and beyond the U.S. have led to atomization, which must be overcome.