Venezuela’s economic crisis can mean almost certain death for the poor and sick. Since the death in 2013 of the charismatic and controversial Hugo Chávez after 14 years as Venezuelan president, his acolyte and successor, Nicolás Maduro, has...
Psychological studies tell us that someone from a disadvantaged background might in fact be much better at running a country’s economy. One of the mysteries of the Trump presidency boils down to this question: Will he prove to be an economic...
The Grenfell Tower fire exposes deep inequality in Britain. “Sometimes there is a news story that has a power that reaches beyond the material facts.” This is how British comedian-turned-activist Russell Brand opens his Trews segment on the...
Within the first five months in the White House, the Trump administration has begun to degrade the US stance on human rights. Even before President Donald Trump took the oath of office in January 2017, Human Rights Watch (HRW) declared him...
The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 35% of the pharmaceutical market in the Middle East could be illicit. Not so long ago, Médecins Sans Frontières made a shocking discovery in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Hundreds of...
