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Bernardo Arévalo · GuatemalaIn the face of a hostile conservative elite, radical democratization is Guatemalan president-elect Bernardo Arévalo’s best hope to both tackle corruption and revive the country’s “democratic spring.”
Guatemalan president-elect Bernardo Arévalo, of the Semilla party, speaks during a press conference in Guatemala City on September 12, 2023. (Johan Ordonez / AFP via Getty Images)
Azucena Morán is a research associate at the Research Institute for…See the Story
Guatemala Voted for Democracy. It Will Take More Than Anti-Corruption to Achieve It.
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Politics · HaitiThe ongoing turmoil in Haiti has been exacerbated by US meddling. There’s a very good chance that the foreign intervention announced yesterday by the United Nations will make things worse.
People march as tires burn during a protest against insecurity, on August 7, 2023, near the Prime Minister Ariel Henry's official house in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Richard Pierrin / AFP via Getty Images)
The situation in Haiti — which will now see an unpreced…See the Story
The United States Has Its Fingerprints All Over the Chaos in Haiti
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PoliticsA new book makes the supposedly brave claim that two-parent families are good, and that unmarried poor people are miring themselves in poverty. But what upper-class people practice is not just “marriage” — it’s “marriage to upper-class people.”
What should we make of people who write whole books second-guessing people’s relationships? (Paul Tamas / 500px / Getty Images)
Ross Douthat had a response to my response to the various promotional piec…See the Story
Rich People Marry Rich People, and That’s How They Stay Rich
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United Auto WorkersThe UAW’s “stand-up” strike strategy, which targets portions of the Big Three simultaneously, was a gamble. But the approach has worked so far, allowing the union to gradually escalate pressure on companies while empowering rank-and-file workers.
United Auto Workers (UAW) members and supporters on a picket line outside the Ford Motor Co. Chicago Assembly Plant in Chicago, Illinois, on September 30, 2023. (Taylor Glascock / Bloomberg via Getty …See the Story
The UAW Decided to Use a Novel Strike Strategy. It’s Working.
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Gavin NewsomGavin Newsom is governor of deep-blue California, so he doesn’t have the excuse that Republicans are torpedoing his progressive aims. Yet he’s still selling out workers — including, this week, by killing unemployment insurance for striking workers.
California governor Gavin Newsom speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative meeting on September 18, 2023, in New York City. (John Nacion / WireImage via Getty Images)
When the Democratic Party wie…See the Story
Gavin Newsom Is Anti-Worker Purely by Choice
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Scott WalkerIn his sixties and seventies, the balladeer Scott Walker swerved into making some of the most aggressive, complex, and political music of our time.
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The Doomer Crooner
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PoliticsWill average entertainment workers be able to eke out a living in an industry awash in cash, or will studio executives use new tech like AI to gobble it all up?
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Hollywood Is on Strike Against High-Tech Exploitation
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