News

U.S. Bombs Venezuela, Kidnaps President 

Connor Echols / Responsible Statecraft Jan 3, 2026 With Maduro in captivity, Trump boats that the U.S. will "run the country" — including its oil industry. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Americas

Meet the Nonprofits ‘In the Tank’ for Exxon, Chevron Over Venezuela Oil

Joseph Bouchard, Nick Cleveland-Stout / Responsible Statecraft Aug 25, 2025 With US warships heading to the region, oil-funded lobbyists and think tanks fan the flames of potential conflict. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Politics

Rubio Takes Annual Human Rights Report to New Cynical Heights

Annelle Sheline / Responsible Statecraft Aug 18, 2025 The reports are supposed to gauge eligibility for U.S. security assistance but have become an instrument to punish adversaries. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Opinion

America’s Moral Collapse Is on a Plane to Libya

Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report May 9, 2025 In an escalation of deliberate cruelty, the administration plans to send migrants into a system of slavery and death overseen by warlords. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

TD Column

Discipline and Punish

Victoria Livingstone / Truthdig May 7, 2025 Attacks on international students are part of a bigger project to suppress critical thought and demand obedience from universities. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Activism

Crackdown: Hundreds of Student Visas Cancelled

Michael Arria / Mondoweiss Apr 9, 2025 One attorney estimates that the Trump administration has revoked as many as 1,000 student visas at universities across the country. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Environment

Trump’s Halt of an Agent Orange Cleanup Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk

Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Brett Murphy, Le Van / ProPublica Mar 17, 2025 After losing several weeks because of the administration’s orders, companies are scrambling to secure the site before Vietnam’s rainy season. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Americas

The El Salvador Model and the U.S. War on Migrants

Timothy O'Farrell / NACLA Mar 6, 2025 El Salvador's offer to house deportees and U.S. citizens in its infamous prisons — for profit — signals a new and troubling escalation in the criminalization of migration. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Americas

Panama Canal Takeover: An Old Ghost in a Curious Present

Francisco Javier Bonilla / NACLA Feb 5, 2025 Trump's threat to take back the canal signals a new era of U.S. expansionism and the greatest attack on Central American sovereignty since the 1990s. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

LGBTQIA+

The State Department Is Blocking New Passports for Trans Americans

Orion Rummler / The 19th Feb 3, 2025 The ACLU has warned that transgender people risk losing access to their passport and supporting documents if they apply to update their gender marker. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Americas

Donald Trump and the Latin American Left

Ociel Ali López / NACLA Dec 10, 2024 Progressive governments in Latin America are not as united today as they were a decade ago. How prepared are they to navigate the onslaught of a second Trump term? Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Middle East

Will ‘Max Pressure’ 2.0 on Iran Trigger a Nuclear Crisis?

Muhammad Sahimi / Responsible Statecraft Dec 2, 2024 The Iranians appear willing to make a deal. If Trump plays it right, he may just get one. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )