In 2024, there were 304 million — mostly economic — migrants. Thousands die or disappear in transit. Creating dignified employment in the poorer nations is the primary answer.
Vijay Prashad: Migration Is About Neo-Colonialism
Tag: Mexico
Trump & Rubio: Cuba, Mexico, Colombia Could Be Next
Jake Johnson reports on the Progressive International declaration: “The ‘Trump corollary’ to the Monroe Doctrine is the single greatest threat to peace and prosperity that the Americas confront today.”
Racial Profiling in America
The U.S. Constitution does not permit government agents to detain people because of how they look, the language they speak, or the jobs they hold, writes Raja Krishnamoorthi.
Vijay Prashad: Can Mexico’s Dignity Be Restored?
With the promise of the Mexican revolution and the sweeping reforms of cardenismo long erased by decades of neoliberalism can sovereignty be restored to the country?
López Obrador Vows ‘Poverty’ for Mexican Government
The decision has set up a standoff between the president and the courts, writes Luis Gómez Romero.
How Not to Build a ‘Great, Great Wall’
Trump’s promise of an insurmountable barrier between the U.S. and Mexico is an exercise in proven futility, writes Greg Grandin in this guided tour of fortification efforts over several decades.
Obrador Seeks to Restore Mexican Sovereignty
For decades, the specter of Andrés Manuel López Obrador has haunted Mexico’s ruling elites. His triumph on Sunday could change the country’s domestic, regional, and international outlook, says Dan Steinbock.
Another Journalist Killed in Mexico
Doing journalism right – reporting on abuses of power with care and honesty – is never easy, but it requires a special courage in physically dangerous circumstances such as exist in Mexico, reports Dennis J Bernstein.
Trump’s ‘Great Wall’ and the ‘Drug War’
Exclusive: The argument for President Trump’s “Great Wall” across the U.S. southern border would be severely undercut if America expanded legalization of personal drug use, reports Jonathan Marshall.
What Trump’s ‘Great Wall’ Misses
President Trump’s “Great Wall” ignores a key reason why desperate Mexicans and Central Americans flee north – the history of U.S. military and economic intervention that has created poverty and repression, notes William Blum.