The solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, dubbed the Great North American Eclipse by some media, was a total solar eclipse visible within a band covering … More
Category: Americas
Systematic Inequality and American Democracy
While the nation has undoubtedly made progress, entrenched structural racism continues to corrupt American democracy and preserve racial inequality. The … More
U.S.-Mexico Border Migration Record
CBP has released final December 2023 data. Border Patrol shares monthly data about its apprehensions of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border since October 1999. As … More
Mexico overtakes China as the leading source of goods imported by US
For the first time in more than two decades, Mexico last year surpassed China as the leading source of goods … More
Why Lula has failed to address the Yanomami genocide
In December 2022, Brazilian media published photos of malnourished Yanomami children which shocked the nation. The Indigenous peoples of the … More
“Anasazi”, an outdated term
We were recently updating a page on our website and were surprised when we came across some text using the … More
only successful Native uprising against a colonizing power in North America
The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 was a revolution against Spanish religious, economic, and political institutions imposed upon the Pueblos. It … More
Black Land Theft and the Racial Wealth Divide
Over the course of a century, white farmers and landowners developed tax and property law schemes that allowed them to … More
Tlaib Speaks on Censure Resolution
Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) delivered a speech on the House floor on the attempts to silence her: I’m the only Palestinian … More
U.S. broadly eases Venezuela oil sanctions
The Biden administration on Wednesday broadly eased sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector in response to a deal reached between the … More
U.S. Should Lift the Embargo Against Cuba
The United States must lift its economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba and remove the Caribbean nation from its … More
We Are Being Silenced
Who can speak these days? Do faculty members feel comfortable speaking and writing about controversial topics and societal oppressions on … More
What Palestinians and the American Indians Share
How can the US government criticize the racist practices of Israel, when it has never really confronted its own history … More
A serious solution for the southern border
The end of Title 42 seems to have caught the Biden administration by surprise. It should not have. In the short run, … More
– Darien Gap to Texas
The number of people crossing the perilous Darien Gap linking Panama and Colombia has hit a record high of 400,000 … More
Legend of the vanishing village
Angikuni Lake (variant: Lake Anjikuni) is a lake in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of several lakes located along the Kazan River; Ennadai Lake is to the south … More
Reinventing American Democracy
Founded nearly 250 years ago, the United States of America is the world’s oldest constitutional democracy. Its infancy, under the … More
Canadian Inuit Dog – breed went extinct
The Canadian Inuit dog (Canis familiaris borealis) is one of five dog breeds recognized by the Canadian Kennel Club as … More
The Last Battle of the American Indian Wars
For the most part, armed American Indian resistance to the U.S. government ended at the Wounded Knee Massacre December 29, … More
Five Civilized Tribes had their land robbed by US
The term Five Civilized Tribes was applied by European Americans in the colonial and early federal period in the history of the United States to the five major Native … More
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