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Trump pressure on Cuba could hit Canadian companies, business leaders warn
Business leaders are warning that the Trump administration's threat to tighten the U.S. embargo on Cuba could sideswipe Canadian companies that are doing business on the Caribbean…
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‘This is not an elitist issue’ (Video)
Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gives a fiery speech during a committee hearing in response to Republicans push-back on her climate change policy, The Green New Deal.
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Cuban women describe their ‘revolution within the Revolution’
This year, the International Working Women’s Day event was also broadened to include other important and historical leaders of the Cuban Revolution who came for U.N. events.
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‘This march is for those who still don’t understand why we’re here’
Before setting foot in Plaza Espanya, one of the meeting points in Barcelona for the March 8 Women's Day March, someone asked me why a Cuban woman had the need to "protest." I thought…
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The year women became eligible to vote in each country
Women got the right to vote in 1920 in the United States, three years behind Russia and Canada but 91 years ahead of Saudi Arabia.
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With a green New Deal, here’s what the world could look like for the next generation
As the immigration question highlights, climate change isn’t an issue that confines itself narrowly to borders. The U.S. represents about 15% of global emissions, so acting alone won’t…
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Congress is finally pushing the U.S. to withdraw from Yemen. It’s about time.
The U.S. Senate voted this week to advance legislation that would give President Trump 30 days to get the U.S. military out of Saudi Arabia’s genocidal war in Yemen.
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When will America stop participating in Yemen’s genocidal war?
Sooner or later, the Trump administration will be forced to withdraw from this war. But how many people will die before it happens?
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The joy of victory and the agony of defeat in a single election
A week after the midterm elections, the results are still not all final. And in other news, Trump skipped a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I because he…
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Nations of the world highlight the absurdity of the U.S. blockade against Cuba in the UN
Despite U.S. attempts to sabotage the annual debate and pressure other nations to vote against Cuba the final vote against the blockade against the Island nation was 189-2. Guess who…
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