Slave Labor Accusations Come Back to Haunt Volkswagen in Brazil

Slave Labor Accusations Come Back to Haunt Volkswagen in Brazil

Prosecutors in Brazil are seeking reparations for decades-old human rights violations allegedly committed by Volkswagen in the Amazon during the ...
Toppling the Colonizers in Trinidad and Tobago

Toppling the Colonizers in Trinidad and Tobago

At the University of the West Indies, the campaign to rename Milner Hall highlights a decolonial struggle for historic reparations ...
Survivors Fight for Justice for 2003 Bolivian Military Massacre

Survivors Fight for Justice for 2003 Bolivian Military Massacre

On November 19, surviving family members of a 2003 massacre in El Alto are urging the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court ...
One Step Forward for Bolivia's Gas War Victims

One Step Forward for Bolivia’s Gas War Victims

A recent decision by U.S. courts brings justice closer for the dozens killed under President Gonzalo "Goni" Sánchez de Lozada ...
A "Peace Community" Tries Nonviolent Resistance in Colombia

A “Peace Community” Tries Nonviolent Resistance in Colombia

As the Colombian peace talks proceed, some communities have attempted to move closer to resolving the country's decades-old violence by ...
Climate Debt: Who Profits? Who Pays?

Climate Debt: Who Profits? Who Pays?

Nation-states in the Global South have historically contributed the least to carbon-dioxide emissions but are especially vulnerable to the consequences ...
Recognizing—and Assisting—the Victims in Mexico

Recognizing—and Assisting—the Victims in Mexico

Mexico’s Senate and Chamber of Deputies unanimous approval of a law to alleviate the damage and suffering experienced by victims ...
Colombia’s Catch 22: Undermining the Victims’ Law

Colombia’s Catch 22: Undermining the Victims’ Law

State-sponsored crime is neither unique nor exceptional. In fact, as the prominent sociologist Charles Tilly pointed out, the history of ...