Category: USA and Canada

Viewpoint by Dr Alon Ben-Meir The writer is a professor of international relations at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University (NYU). He teaches courses on international negotiation and Middle Eastern studies. NEW YORK (IDN) – The rage, desperation, and determination which continue to bring tens of thousands of Americans to the streets […]

By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – A world court designed to investigate allegations of human rights violations has found itself in the crosshairs of the President of the United States. A new Trump executive order threatening the court’s operations has been condemned by prominent global institutions and individuals as it appears […]

By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – The murder of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis yanked from his car, shackled and suffocated to death by a police officer aided by at least three other officers, was front-page news in most of the major newspapers in the U.S. It was also […]

By Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams PORTLAND, USA (IDN) – World-renowned intellectual and author Noam Chomsky called U.S. President Donald Trump a “sociopathic megalomaniac” whose leadership drove the U.S. to become “singularly unprepared” for the coronavirus pandemic. Chomsky’s fresh criticism of the president came in an interview with Agence France-Presse published May 25. “The White House,” […]

By Kelsey Davenport and Julia Masterson While Julia Masterson is research assistant, Kelsey Davenport is director for nonproliferation policy at Arms Control Association. The Association’s website published this analysis on May 15. WASHINGTON (IDN) – The United States is considering a range of options to prevent the October 2020 expiration of a UN embargo that […]

Viewpoint by Jonathan Power The US needs first and foremost to look after itself-– its often counterproductive foreign policy, its poverty, its third rate health services, its misdistribution of income, to save the economy and to save those most hurt by the Coronavirus crisis. LUND, Sweden (IDN) – It might seem that the world is […]

By Julia Conley, Staff Writer Common Dreams WASHINGTON. D.C. (IDN) – Prisoners’ rights advocates are warning that the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. may soon have dire implications for the 2.2 million people living in the American penal system, as prison officials across the country shared little about their plans to keep inmates safe and […]

By Shanta Roy NEW YORK (IDN) – The Trump administration’s ongoing war of words with China – involving tariffs, naval supremacy in the South China sea, allegations of espionage and support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong – have been further escalated by a decision to designate five Chinese state-run media organizations as “foreign missions”.

Viewpoint by John Newsinger* This is the second of a six-part article originally published in International Socialism under the title The Christian right, the Republican Party and Donald Trump. Click here for part one of the series. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of […]

Viewpoint by John Newsinger* This is the first of a six-part article originally published in International Socialism under the title The Christian right, the Republican Party and Donald Trump. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of IDN-InDepth News. LONDON (IDN) – Donald Trump was […]