Regions / North America / United States

In Los Angeles, a group of activists are standing up against police surveillance of their neighbourhoods. Bethany Rielly speaks to Hamid Khan and Matyos Kidane of the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition about what it means to take on one of the US’s most powerful forces.

Taj Ali explores how the retail titan has turned its dystopian systems of surveillance onto striking workers.

Report from the US by James Greig.

Racist excuses by Alessio Perrone.

There is a ‘new gun’ on the Republican far right.

What connects the retirement savings of US teachers with inflating land and food prices in Brazil? Maria Luisa Mendonça and Daniela Stefan explain.

For generations, Indigenous-led actions have been pushing for the return of traditional lands across the US and Canada. Riley Yesno explores how that spirit has been turned into a movement – embodied in schemes to redistribute wealth from non-Indigenous hands.

A persistent, inspiring campaign to remove dams choking the Klamath River is on the verge of success. From the United States, Bruce Shoemaker recounts what it took to get there.

Democratic Senator from West Virginia, Joe Manchin.

Writing from a Californian prison, Jessie Milo sets out his vision for a more caring society.

US First Nations people vs colonial boundaries.

The 44-year-old Black Lives Matter activist who won Missouri’s Democratic First Congressional District election in 2020.

Empty homes vs homeless people in the US.

US-Palestinian stand-up comedian Maysoon Zayid talks to Subi Shah about acting, politics, race and breaking through as a disabled performer.

Tax havens in the Global North enable the systematic looting of the Global South. John Christensen explains how their activities impoverish the world.

A socialist became president of the USA? Richard Swift ponders a pipedream – or a possibility.

Governments are increasingly using surveillance and big data to track immigrants. Gaby del Valle reports from the US, where activists are trying to hold data-mining firm Palantir to account.

Ruben Andersson traces the roots of a Freudian fixation.

Cartoon on Trump by Marc Roberts.

Richard Swift writes of uber-hawk running regime change operations for the United States.