Inside the Plot to Murder Honduran Activist Berta Cáceres
Text and WhatsApp messages show that the conspiracy against Berta Cáceres reached the highest ranks of the company whose dam she had been protesting.
World
Bad Chemistry
European Countries Announce Plan to Phase Out Toxic PFAS Chemicals by 2030
A strategy report submitted to the European Commission maps out a comprehensive attack on PFAS chemicals, which have contaminated water around the world.
All the President’s Crimes
Impeachment Alone Won't Stop Trump From Inflicting Lasting Damage on Ukraine
Throughout the impeachment process, the president and his allies have repeatedly trashed Ukraine as a hopelessly corrupt swamp unworthy of American aid.
Climate Crimes
Rich Nations, After Driving Climate Disaster, Block All Progress at U.N. Talks
“They've effectively been lighting the house on fire as they plan to walk out the door,” said an advocate about Trump’s pledge to leave the Paris Agreement.
Voices
Watch: Glenn Greenwald’s Exclusive Interview With Bolivia’s Evo Morales, Who Was Deposed in a Coup
Morales spoke about the events that led to his removal and exile as well as broader trends in regional and global politics.
We Scoured the Streets of Rio de Janeiro After Gun Fights. Here’s the Story the Bullet Shells Tell.
The gun violence that plagues Rio is made possible by ammunition made largely in Brazil, but also from all over the world. We collected the evidence.
A Prize for Lies
The King of Sweden Gives Peter Handke a Disgraceful Nobel Prize
Protesters gathered in central Stockholm to bear witness to the endorsement of genocide denialism by the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Privatization at the NHS? American Business Interests Seek Growing Share of U.K.'s Health System
The American health care industry has long had its sights on harnessing a wave of privatization and outsourcing in the U.K. system.
Targeting Iran
U.S. Sanctions Are Driving Iran to Tighten Its Grip on Iraq
Iran was the great beneficiary of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, which created an opportunity for Iraq’s Shia majority to gain power in Baghdad.
U.S. Lobbyists Prepare to Seize “Historic Opportunity” in Tory-Led Brexit to Shred Consumer Safeguards, Raise Drug Prices
The Brexit deal may be a Trojan horse for U.S. corporate interests, from Silicon Valley and American pork to pharmaceuticals.