colonialism

Bombs fall again in Gaza as Netanyahu fights for re-election

March 27, 2019 By Vijay Prashad

New UN report finds reasonable grounds to believe Israeli snipers knowingly shot at journalists, health workers, children, and persons with disabilities.

Spain refuses to apologize to Mexico’s indigenous people for colonial abuses

March 26, 2019 By Steve Sweeney

Large numbers of indigenous were massacred with many more dying as a result of diseases, but Madrid says it has nothing to apologize for.

Puerto Rico debt deal: Bondholders get paid, future of public services uncertain

February 5, 2019 By Dánica Coto

A federal bankruptcy judge approved a major debt restructuring plan for Puerto Rico on Monday in the first deal of its kind for the U.S. territory since the island’s government declared nearly four years ago that...

Wealth, poverty in Zacatecas: Two sides of the same silver coin

December 18, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

Irony runs deep in Zacatecas: The state’s Latin motto is “Labor vincit omnia”—Work conquers all, including its people.

Gaza massacre: Palestinians killed as U.S. embassy moves to Jerusalem

May 14, 2018 By Combined Sources

At least 52 Palestinians have been shot dead by Israel forces, and another 2,600 have been wounded.