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Erasing the Verdict: The Ongoing Shock of Trump’s Cocaine Kingpin Pardon

Erasing the Verdict: The Ongoing Shock of Trump’s Cocaine Kingpin Pardon

Donald Trump’s pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, toppled the capstone of one of the most ambitious narcotics investigations in the history of the Department of Justice.

December 26, 2025

December 26, 2025

Erasing the Verdict: The Ongoing Shock of Trump’s Cocaine Kingpin Pardon

Donald Trump’s pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, toppled the capstone of one of the most ambitious narcotics investigations in the history of the Department of Justice.

Erasing the Verdict: The Ongoing Shock of Trump’s Cocaine Kingpin Pardon

December 13, 2025

December 13, 2025

What It Takes to Make a Home Ready for Wildfires

Los Angeles Pushes To Rebuild Homes Fast Despite Wildfire Danger

December 9, 2025

December 9, 2025

How a Nuclear-Fossil Fuel Alliance Is Winning the Fight for Energy Dominance

The once unlikely partnership’s influence now reaches right into the White House, where President Trump wants to ban certain renewable projects.

How a Nuclear-Fossil Fuel Alliance Is Winning the Fight for Energy Dominance

December 5, 2024

December 5, 2024

Biden Clears Path for Trump’s Push to Crack Down on Immigration

President-elect expected to exploit Democrat’s effort to tighten border amid campaign criticism.

Biden Clears Path for Trump’s Push to Crack Down on Immigration

October 25, 2024

October 25, 2024

No son reclusos. Solicitantes de asilo copan cárceles que Biden prometió cerrar

Los detenidos esperan las audiencias de los tribunales de inmigración en instalaciones del sur profundo con un largo historial de maltrato.

No son reclusos. Solicitantes de asilo copan cárceles que Biden prometió cerrar

October 25, 2024

October 25, 2024

America Is Filling Notorious Former Jails With Asylum-Seekers

Detainees await immigration court hearings in Deep South facilities with long records of mistreatment.

America Is Filling Notorious Former Jails With Asylum-Seekers

September 3, 2024

September 3, 2024

La justicia no viene al caso en las cortes de inmigración de EE.UU.

El sistema para decidir sobre los casos de asilo está fallando, y no solo porque esté desbordado. Habrá que hacer algo drástico para arreglar un proceso que está viciado de raíz.

La justicia no viene al caso en las cortes de inmigración de EE.UU.

September 3, 2024

September 3, 2024

Justice Is Beside the Point in America’s Immigration Courts

The system for deciding asylum cases is failing, and not only because it’s overwhelmed. Something drastic will have to be done to fix a process that’s flawed at its very core.

Justice Is Beside the Point in America’s Immigration Courts

August 26, 2024

August 26, 2024

Mistreatment Rife in Migrant Detention Centers, Report Says

Migrants At The US-Mexico Border In California

January 17, 2024

January 17, 2024

In ‘War on Guns,’ Caribbean Allies Ask Which Side the US Is On

Almost all the region’s murder weapons were bought in America. ‘The right to bear arms in the United States,’ one prime minister notes, ‘does not mean that there is also a right to traffic those arms.’

Caribbean guns homepage

September 28, 2023

September 28, 2023

Guatemalan Judge Who Exposed Corruption Flees to US After Citing Fears for His Life

Ruano calls his treatment ‘one of the worst moments for justice’ in his country

American guns, crime and corruption in Guatemala

September 7, 2023

September 7, 2023

Democrats Slam Biden for ‘Lackluster Oversight’ of Commercial Gun Exports

They urge tighter controls of assault weapons shipments, say lack of transparency may be ‘masking’ a worsening record.

Inside The National Rifle Association Annual Meeting

August 10, 2023

August 10, 2023

The US Is Pushing Guns on a Country It Labels Violent and Corrupt

The National Security Council says Guatemala's lawlessness is fueling waves of desperate migrants. The Commerce Department has said the instability is a 'unique opportunity' for gunmakers.

Guatemala gun imports homepage

November 18, 2022

November 18, 2022

A Nation in the Crosshairs of Climate Change Is Ready to Get Rich on Oil

As rising seas imperil Guyana, leaders sign sweetheart deals with Exxon to help fund the transition to a sustainable future.

A Nation in the Crosshairs of Climate Change Is Ready to Get Rich on Oil

January 28, 2022

January 28, 2022

In the Poorest Part of the Poorest State, Health Care Is Going From Bad to Worse

Hospitals in the Mississippi Delta have always been close to the brink. Omicron was the last thing they needed.

In the Poorest Part of the Poorest State, Health Care Is Going From Bad to Worse

October 1, 2021

October 1, 2021

The Left-for-Dead Hospital That Got a Second Chance for $1

Mercy Hospital, a 168-year-old anchor on Chicago’s South Side serving the poor and uninsured, was about to succumb to the brutal economics of American health care. Then an unlikely savior appeared.

The Left-for-Dead Hospital That Got a Second Chance for $1

August 23, 2021

August 23, 2021

Honduran Judges Decide Fate of Accused Mastermind in Activist’s Murder

David Castillo claims he had nothing to do with the killing of environmental leader Berta Cáceres. Five years after her death, the courts pass judgment.

Honduran Judges Decide Fate of Accused Mastermind in Activist’s Murder

July 19, 2021

July 19, 2021

Trial Arrives for a Mastermind of Honduran Activist’s Murder

A witness testified that Berta Cáceres, who led opposition to a dam project, told her that if anything bad happened, “it’s David Castillo’s fault.”

HONDURAS-ENVIRONMENT-INDIGENOUS-CACERES-MURDER-PROTEST

October 19, 2020

October 19, 2020

El asesinato impulsa un movimiento global

Mientras todos se preguntan si el CEO hondureño David Castillo irá a juicio, las organizaciones internacionales que buscan justicia para Berta van detrás del gobierno y sus prestamistas extranjeros.

HONDURAS-ENVIRONMENT-INDIGENOUS-CACERES-MURDER-PROTEST

October 12, 2020

October 12, 2020

¿La defensa intenta retrasar el juicio?

El juicio a David Castillo por el asesinato de la ambientalista Berta Cáceres lleva dos años y medio pospuesto, a a medida que se acumulan las mociones y las peticiones.

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