After more than 50 years of bloody war with the government, Colombia’s biggest guerrilla force is now unarmed. Members of the FARC handed the last…
HALFWAY HOUSE
The US Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump’s travel ban helps neither refugees nor national security
Donald Trump’s attempt to stop letting citizens from six (originally seven) majority-Muslim countries into the US was one of his first moves as president, and…
TO BAN OR NOT TO BAN
What to watch for on the last day of the US Supreme Court’s current term
The US Supreme Court is holding the last session of its current term today (June 26)—and it is the final chance the justices will have…
A PALETTE OF INEQUALITY
In Mexico, economic opportunity increases the closer your skin gets to white
It’s no secret there’s widespread racism in Mexico, but a new study shows the surprising precision with which skin color can determine socio-economic status. The…
CHEAP SHOT
Insulted tequila makers are threatening to sue Heineken over its tequila-flavored beer
Tequila is for sipping, not shots—and certainly not for chugging out of a beer bottle with trace amounts of Mexico’s most famous export. At least…
CHINA IN FOCUS
Ford has decided not to send car production to Mexico—but it’s still not staying in the US
Automaker Ford said June 20 it won’t move production of its Focus model from the US to Mexico after all. The company now plans to…
CLICK ME
Fake evidence of affairs and other creepy ways government spyware is targeting Mexican journalists
“You don’t have the balls to watch how I make out with your partner.” That’s the kind of text message several journalists and human right…
A POLITICAL NIGHTMARE
If Trump’s new stance on Dreamers is a bargaining chip, he’s using it wrong
Some of Donald Trump’s supporters are starting to feel as bewildered and frustrated with the erratic US president as people on the opposite side of…
LET'S DO SOMETHING GREAT
A Mexican politician was caught plagiarizing a Frank Underwood monologue from “House of Cards”
Is it possible to plagiarize the work and ideas of a fictional character? If so, a politician in Mexico has accomplished just that. The similarities…
A MATTER OF IMPORT
China became the world’s top exporter by doing the exact opposite of what Trump wants the US to do
US president Donald Trump thinks the US is importing too much. He’s threatened to block goods from several countries—most recently Germany, which he called “bad,…
OFFICIAL STATEMENTS
A US federal court just used Donald Trump’s own tweets to block his travel ban
US president Donald Trump has learned that everything he tweets can and will be used against him in a court of law. On June 12,…
SEARCHING FOR REFUGE
Governments may be able to start tracking immigrant flows through Google searches
The continuing gush of refugees from troubled areas around the world has been catching governments around the world by surprise. In 2014, US immigration authorities…
