Women in Mexico are waging a fervent battle against the huge upsurge in gender-based violence and the impunity surrounding too many cases of femicide.Read the full article
José González was one of the countless migrants who risk crossing into the United States in search of a better life. But after years spent pursuing an American dream that is inaccessible to most, he returned home to the Sierra de Durango in north-west Mexico where he found the good life working [...]Read the full article
The guiding principle of the public library is that everyone deserves free and open access to our common cultural heritage. This places the institution at fundamental odds with capitalist consumer ideals. From New Delhi to Los Angeles, we visit seven ‘palaces for the [...]Read the full article
The boom in teleworking triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of mental health in the workplace and initial steps are being taken to change a work culture characterised by long hours in the office and low [...]Read the full article
The 2026 World Cup is our chance to show why democratic values are better
Cathy Feingold:
As players from the US and around the world prepare for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, FIFA must improve its track record of turning a blind eye to authoritarians and ‘sportswashing’ human rights violations.Read the full article
Cathy Feingold:
As players from the US and around the world prepare for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, FIFA must improve its track record of turning a blind eye to authoritarians and ‘sportswashing’ human rights violations.Read the full article
Indigenous communities and environmental organisations are staunchly opposed to the project, given the catastrophic environmental impact it will have on an area rich in biodiversity and crucial to the conservation of the Mayan [...]Read the full article
Mexico ranks first in the world in childhood obesity and second in adult obesity. Until recently, studies addressing the causes of obesity have focused on the poor choices made by individuals, but have rarely looked at the obesogenic [...]Read the full article
Mexico is reluctant to part with fossil fuels. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s energy strategy is firmly committed to new hydrocarbon projects and the generation of dirty energy, to the detriment of renewable sources such as wind and solar [...]Read the full article
Paramilitary groups in Mexico are using the pandemic as an excuse to increase attacks on Indigenous communities and rights activists.Read the full article
Since 2018, most of the murders of journalists no longer occur in countries where there is armed conflict. Now they happen in nominally peaceful nations. Neither criticism from those in power nor populist speeches assassinate journalists directly. However, they do worsen the environment for the [...]Read the full article
In Mexico there are sick people who refuse to go to public hospitals, or who delay going, because they are convinced that “people are being killed there” on government orders. What is behind this disbelief in the virus’s ability to kill and the determination to blame the [...]Read the full article
Migrant farm workers are extremely vulnerable to the coronavirus as social distancing is virtually “impossible under conditions H-2A workers typically experience in the United States”.Read the full article
