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Trump’s asylum ban will worsen a crisis the US helped create

The Trump administration’s near-total ban on asylum seekers at the southern border is illegal and immoral.

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How the American dream is becoming an American illusion

Inequality has been growing in the US and the Trump administration is making it much worse.

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Honduran democracy on the brink

With no declared winner two weeks after election, the legitimacy of the Honduran democracy is hanging in the balance.

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The Muslim ban: Did Trump really win?

The US Supreme Court’s decision does not put Trump’s original travel ban fully in effect. Here is why.

Activists hold placards as they protest against the U.S. Supreme Court decision to revive parts of a travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries in Columbus Circle, Manhattan

Trump’s climate disaster

Now that the US has abandoned the Paris Agreement, the burden on the global climate justice movement is markedly bigger.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump refers to temperature change as he announces decision to withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement at White House in Washington

Why Washington was a no show at human rights hearings

By sitting out IACHR hearings, the Trump administration signals its contempt for international accountability.

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to journalist at the Oval Office of the White House after the AHCA health care bill was pulled before a vote in Washington, U.S.

Donald Trump’s cabinet bodes ill for the planet

The president-elect’s appointments make it clear that we cannot rely on the government to protect the planet.

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N Dakota pipeline protest is a harbinger of many more

We must understand that climate action, social justice and indigenous sovereignty are closely intertwined.

Police use a water cannon on protesters during a protest against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S.

A dismal day for human rights in the US

While Trump’s presidency might be more isolationist on foreign policy, it will be disastrous for human rights at home.

Trump supporters celebrate as election results come in ahead of the rally for Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump in New York City

Donald Trump doubles down on deportation plan

His vitriol and demonisation of undocumented immigrants forecloses any constructive dialogue on the issue.

Demonstrators protesting against the immigration policies of Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump march outside the arena hosting the Republican National Convention in Cleveland