United States of America

Violence Flows in Parts into Mexico from the United States

By Emilio Godoy
The case of a man arrested in Texas, in the south of the United States, for shipping arms parts to Mexico immediately caught the attention of authorities in both countries. But it was only one thread in a web that continues to become more and more tangled.

Reparations owed for “Racial Terrorism” says UN Committee

By Phoebe Braithwaite
Stressing the enduring relationship between injuries inflicted by slavery and contemporary injustices, a UN committee has recently issued a strongly-worded call for reparations for black U.S. Americans.

Resisting the Dakota Access Pipeline: “This Is Not The End”  

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage
Resistance towards the controversial Dakota Access pipeline continues after a federal court rejected requests to halt construction on Monday.

U.S. Government Looks to Trim Massive Penal Code

By Carey L. Biron
A Congressional task force started work Friday to review the massive U.S. federal penal code and cull statutes deemed to be overlapping, ineffective or otherwise unnecessary.
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