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Class & Inequality, Global Justice

Perpetual Debt in the Silicon Savannah

Kenya's poor were among the first to benefit from digital lending apps; now they call it slavery.

Kevin P. Donovan, Emma Park

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Global Justice

Global Justice

Brazilian Democracy in Peril

Brazil has been in disarray since 2016’s presidential impeachment, but after the murder of the country’s most exciting progressive politician, Brazilians must decide whether to be outraged or resigned.

Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Marcelo K. Silva

Global Justice

Immigrants Welcome*

Trump’s Muslim ban was not just an abberation: U.S. citizenship has long been predicated on whiteness as it was understood in 1790.

Maytha Alhassen

Global Justice

Who Gets the Right to Stay?

The moral right of states to apprehend and deport irregular migrants erodes with the passage of time.

Joseph H. Carens

Global Justice, Politics

The Man from Kasimpasa

Erdogan is all too easily labelled a populist. But the reasons for his popularity are more complicated.

Engin Önder

Global Justice

Growing Up Under Mugabe

On the enduring legacy of a dictatorial ruler.

Naseemah Mohamed

Global Justice

Writing While Socialist

Vijay Prashad on writing, struggle, and hope in difficult times.

Vijay Prashad, Mark Nowak

Global Justice

Open for Business, Not Human Rights: Trump's Priorities in Central America

A recent conference made it clear: military and corporate interests will prevail.

Lauren Carasik

Arts in Society, Global Justice

Riding La Bestia

Following the 2014 immigration crisis, Valeria Luiselli began volunteering at a New York City immigration court. This is what she heard.

Valeria Luiselli

Class & Inequality, Global Justice

Scholars in Exile

Refugee scholars in Europe face tremendous obstacles. Now some universities are trying to change that.

Paul Hockenos

Global Justice, Politics

Garrison America and the Threat of Global War

The crisis of liberal capitalism has arrived, bringing us to the brink of total global war.

Alex de Waal

Class & Inequality, Global Justice

Lost in Translation

Schools in Nepal increasingly use English as the language of instruction. But in the name of preparing them for a globalized world, non-mother-tongue education often fails the students it aims to help.

Eleanor Hildebrandt

Global Justice, War & Security

The End of Interventionism

Two new British reports deliver a damning and decisive verdict on the politics of interventionism.

Alex de Waal

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