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There are still 30 detainees at Guantánamo. Sixteen of them have been deemed no longer threats to the United States and cleared for release, but arrangements have yet to be made to transfer them... Now there are tiny steps toward closure.

Teens in California and Afghanistan have formed the Flowers for the Future club to help keep dreams of education alive

Strikes, strife, strategies and solidarity

There is an unprecedented economic and humanitarian crisis as the Taliban, divided and without a strategy, rely on edicts against women and repression. Afghans want change: ‘They are doing terrible things ... Do we leave things as they are?’

Walden Bello on the Philippines election, Lula picks a running mate, and news on the left in Sudan, Sri Lanka, Russia and more

The US 20-year war and occupation in Afghanistan, waged to avenge the September 11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, has taken the lives of more than 71,000 Afghani and Pakistani civilians.

Four Afghan women who sought refuge in America talk about their lives now and everything they gave up.

Labor unrest, European elections, signs of a people's war in Myanmar, and a left perspective on vaxxing

I feel the burden of having to demonstrate that my ancestral homeland deserves to exist, and that my people are human and multi-faceted, with a rich history and resistance, and deserve the opportunity to thrive.

Aftershocks 9/11/01, international attacks on abortion rights, and “The Activist” - the reality show