Sandy Tolan and Michael Montgomery / The RevealNov 25, 2022
The Dominican Republic is the second-largest exporter of raw sugar to the U.S. under a complex federal system that protects domestic producers by restricting imports. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Leonardo Flores / Independent Media InstituteSep 25, 2019
The Trump administration's policies have been a political and humanitarian disaster, yet the opposition party refuses to challenge them. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Todd Miller / TomDispatchSep 24, 2019
In a broader sense, it should not solely be considered as the frontiers between the U.S. and its neighbors to the north and south. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
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Heather Vogell / ProPublicaOct 17, 2018
An explosive ProPublica investigation exposes the deceitful tactics that enabled the "Apprentice" host to amass a vast real estate empire. Dig deeper ( 30 Min. Read )
Barbara Koeppel / TruthdigJun 29, 2018
Mainstream voices never mention that regime change pushed by one country against another is illegal. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
By Julia Conley / Common DreamsSep 5, 2017
While news outlets focus on the threat to the southern U.S., environmentalist Bill McKibben underlines the danger in the Caribbean. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Scott Ritter / TruthdigMar 14, 2017
The mere existence of a transcript of a phone conversation involving Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser (pictured), carries the potential for a Watergate-size scandal that would land on the Democrats. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 20, 2016
Michael Manley of Jamaica and others pushed decades ago for progressive change to end the systems of subjugation in their countries. But that will remain tough to achieve until it is accomplished in the U.S. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Mark Heisler / TruthdigMay 18, 2016
You can argue whether it's racial or cultural, but tension among the players is real, and integration is not the same as acceptance. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJan 15, 2015
In a recent interview published in the academic journal Paradoxa, Pulitzer prize-winning writer Junot Díaz puts his finger on the reason why racism is still so rampant in American society. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Mark Kurlansky / TruthdigJan 7, 2014
The country has proclaimed that any Dominicans who descend from undocumented Haitians going back as far as 1929 are to be stripped of their citizenship. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
By Todd Miller, TomDispatchNov 21, 2013
On one side, a man in a uniform with a gun and the authority to detain, deport, or even kill; on the other, people with the most fundamental of unmet needs and without the proper documentation to cross an international boundary. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
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