imperialism
Investigative Journalist Matt Kennard Talks About America's Economic Stranglehold on the World
His new book looks at how the American government, banks, and intelligence agencies enforce a very covert and modern type of imperialism.
Are Britain's Pro-Gay Foreign Policies Actually Helping the Global LGBT Community?
I talked to human rights campaigners to discuss the UK's attempts to tackle homophobia around the world.
New Documents Reveal Britain's Secret Plan to Invade a Tiny Caribbean Island
Nearly a decade before Ronald Reagan launched an assault on Grenada, the UK government was thinking about doing more or less the same thing.
The NFL Reportedly Wants Artists to Pay for the Right to Play the Super Bowl Halftime Show
Watch as Rihanna, Katy Perry, and Coldplay participate in the ultimate sport: capitalism!
Meet the Quaker Puppet Maker Trying to Save Arts Education in the Midwest
Christopher Lutter is the founder of Puppet Farm Arts, a pacifist collective that makes humongous puppets out of reclaimed trash for various theater productions, parades, and school workshops.
The ‘Brain’ Behind the Crimea Annexation Wants to See a Return to Russian Imperialism
Aleksandr Dugin wants to see the formation of a new Eurasian empire that will include every state from the former Soviet Union.
Protesters Accuse US of 'Imperialism' as Obama Rekindles Military Deal With Philippines
A new deal marks the greatest access the US has had to bases in the island nation since the early 1990s, and many Filipinos are concerned.
Laos Is Still Under Attack from Its Secret War
Every day, a team of 20 women wake up knowing the jobs they have to go to could get them blown to smithereens: unexploded American cluster bombs dropped during the secret war in Laos could detonate at any moment as they clear dangerous landmines from...
Trying to Figure Out Chavez at the Comandante's London Vigil
Shall we remember what he did for the poor, or that he was mates with Mugabe? I asked a bunch of sad-looking people with flags.