How Sanctions Contributed to Venezuela’s Economic Collapse

Despite claims that they targeted the Maduro regime, sanctions had indiscriminate effects on the country

This essay was originally published by The Global Americans and is reprinted with permission During the past decade, Venezuela lived through the largest economic contraction documented in the history of the Western Hemisphere. The implosion took place at the same time as the U.S. government barred oil purchases, froze government bank ...
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How Sanctions Contributed to Venezuela’s Economic Collapse

Interference Archive Traces the History of Racist Policing in America

Defend/Defund, a welcome new exhibit at Interference Archive, through January 29

The exhibition is in part a response to George Floyd’s murder, and of Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, and Philando Castile before him. But its scope is much broader. Hung on just about every wall are posters, newspapers, pamphlets, zines, and even buttons that catalog the long history of negative police ...
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Interference Archive Traces the History of Racist Policing in America

The Art of Contemplating Justice

An excerpt from Studies into Darkness: The Perils and Promise of Free Speech

When you look at any crime, it is investigated by an agency, the police, or the criminal justice system of any society. The process of justice is based on an investigation that is in turn based on the collection of evidence. Only evidence defined as permissible by law is presented ...
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The Art of Contemplating Justice