Subjects Archives: Inequality

On the morning of January 21, 1960, 431 black and six white coal miners were entombed in a sudden collapse at Clydesdale Collieries near Coalbrook in Sasolburg, Free State Province.[1] The first rockfall took place at about 4:30 p.m. No one was killed or severely injured. While the rock still creaked and split, many of […]

Women are conditioned to accept sexism, but they are also able to rebel against it in the right circumstances.

In a ruling that stems from the president’s birthright citizenship order, the “conservative supermajority just took away lower courts’ single most powerful tool for reining in the Trump administration’s lawless excesses.”

In Gaza, starvation is weaponized, aid is corrupted, and humanitarianism is hijacked by profiteers and war criminals posing as saviors, as Taylor Miller exposes in this searing indictment of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and its genocidal complicity.

Mondoweiss talks to political consultant Peter Feld to break down Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York City: “It’s proven that Zionism is a paper tiger in Democratic politics and that the emperor has no clothes.”

Big tech is working hard to sell us on artificial intelligence, in particular what is called “artificial general intelligence.” At conferences and in interviews corporate leaders describe a not-too-distant future when AI systems will be able to do everything for everyone, producing a world of plenty for all. But they warn, that future depends on […]

The advent of cellular technology has made it so much easier to track where any of us have been, simply by triangulating the locations of the cell towers our phones have pinged along the way.

In communities where access to fresh food is scarce, public grocery stores can provide crucial resources at lower prices.

Court ruling means migrants can now be deported without the opportunity to contest their destinations.

African Stream’s Pan-African, anti-imperialist journalistic perspectives made it the target of a state that colludes with corporate media to spread war propaganda.

If you were wondering about changes in the use of the death penalty at either the state or federal level since Donald Trump reassumed the presidency, well, wonder no more.

If the President and his allies were serious about improving lives, they would back bills that reform our immigration system and protect the farm economy.

Today, SCOTUS released its ruling on Skrmetti, allowing Tennessee to ban transgender healthcare. The ruling was both devastating and limited, leaving many fights unsettled.

(6 June 2025) In a new publication, historian and legal scholar David Keanu Sai establishes (again) that the Kingdom of Hawaii never ceased to exist, as its 1898 annexation by the USA was void even under U.S. law.

The holiday’s public recognition has fallen victim to‘anti-woke’ backlash, leading to a quiet retreat from public memory.

In her powerful reflection, Nahid Poureisa shows how Israeli aggression has catalyzed the reunification of the Iranian nation and state, forging solidarity, resistance, and clarity in the face of war.

Tricontinental is producing a series of regular newsletters in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, building a roadmap that allows us to grasp the rapid changes before us and highlight the movements taking action to reverse the ugliness inflicted upon humanity.

Pro-Israel zealots commonly attempt to discredit criticism of the Israeli government by equating such criticism with antisemitism, because Israel is the world’s only state with a Jewish majority.

This is as serious as it gets. Let’s survey the chessboard—from micro to macro.

Trump’s deployment of national troops is an early test in the fight against creeping authoritarianism.