Opinion

Since the introduction of the Migrant Protection Protocols last January, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has required approximately 50,000 asylum-seekers and other migrants to wait in Mexico. It’s painfully ironic that Mexico — a country that for decades has exported immigrants to the United States — has become the primary impediment to migrants heading north.

In the early 1990s, the island of Thilafushi and its beautiful central lagoon became the Maldives’ dumpster. It serves as a painful reminder of how waste management has an absolutely crucial role to play in the fight against climate change.

The impeachment hearings have revealed that the president is prepared to do whatever it takes to get reelected. The politics, however, continue to favor the president. So why did the Democrats impeach now, instead of leaving voters to decide Trump’s fate in the next election on Nov. 3, 2020?

Beyond sounding the climate alarm, Thunberg has emerged as a powerful symbol of hope.

As president, I will put an end to this administration’s discriminatory policies, work to dismantle the institutional barriers that have held back Latinos, and ensure that every Latino has the opportunity to thrive.
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If the United States really wants to help Mexico in its war against drug traffickers, there are two very important steps it needs to take: First, control the flow of weapons from the United States into Mexico, and second, lower the American demand for narcotics.

Media scrutiny is nothing personal; it’s the job of journalists to act as counterweights to those in power. Trump, AMLO, Evo and others of their ilk better get used to it.

Washington's chest-thumping over Venezuela has failed to restore democracy. The Venezuelan people need to be the focus of US policy by creating a means to address the food crisis.

If the military - of any nation - publicly encourages the president to resign, that suggestion can easily be interpreted as a coup attempt. But, in Bolivia's case it's more complicated than that as Evo Morales is no democratic role model.

As the Supreme Court begins to decide the fate of DACA, our nine justices should remember the words engraved in stone above the U.S. Supreme Court: 'Equal Justice Under Law.' Betraying 800,000 young people is not who we are as Americans.