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October 27, 2022
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Indigo Olivier
Ukraine Is Showing the World How Small Farmers Can Fix Our Broken Food System
Global hunger is rising amid war, inflation, and a pandemic—but it’s not because of a lack of food.
October 19, 2022
Apocalypse Soon
Kate Aronoff
The Climate Crisis Is Driving Poorer Nations to Desperate Measures
Heavily indebted nations’ threat to stop payment on debts is a last-ditch effort to get rich countries to pay attention to their plight.
June 26, 2022
Apocalypse Soon
Rohan Montgomery
The First Item on the G7 Agenda Should Be to Cancel the Global South’s Debt
The simplest way to fight global warming and injustice at the same time would be for the world’s richest countries to end the vicious debt cycle that forces poor countries to exploit natural resources.
April 20, 2022
Apocalypse Soon
Kate Aronoff
The Global South Is Confronting a Debt Crisis, and the IMF Is Responding With Half Measures
Poor countries need debt relief fast. The International Monetary Fund’s new “sustainability” idea probably won’t help and might even make the climate crisis worse.
March 13, 2019
Mark Weisbrot
The Reality Behind Trump’s Coalition for Regime Change in Venezuela
Some of the governments supporting Trump's plan to starve Venezuela into submission are none too savory, themselves.
October 10, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
A GOP Senator Objects to Emergency Ebola Funding Because It 'Focuses on Africa'
March 13, 2014
Danny Vinik
If Ukraine Defaults, They Can Blame House Republicans
March 6, 2014
Danny Vinik
Republicans Are Playing Politics While Ukraine Faces Default
“The rest of the world is furious at us”
February 19, 2014
Danny Vinik
Republicans' Favorite National-Debt Researchers Are Now Even More Discredited
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