‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out

An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

United States strikes on alleged drug traffickers during Operation Southern Spear

The United States military began executing airstrikes on vessels in the Caribbean Sea in September 2025, described by the administration of President Donald Trump as part of an effort to fight the flow of illicit drugs from Latin America to the US. In October, the strikes expanded to include vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The Trump administration has alleged, without producing public evidence, that the vessels were operated by groups it designated as narcoterrorists, including the Venezuelan organization Tren de Aragua and the Colombian far-left guerilla group National Liberation Army.

United States: Year of Extrajudicial Killings at Sea

Today marks one year since the United States began an unlawful campaign of lethal military strikes targeting vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, claiming 227 lives. US officials should be urgently held to account for these killings, Human Rights Watch said today.

Opinion | The Rotting of the Republican Mind (Published 2020)

When one party becomes detached from reality.

Party Under Country: Dissecting the Democratic Malaise

The party continues to operate in an overcredentialied fever dream in the face of an America becoming ever more red in tooth and claw

Research shows there are no easy fixes to political hatred

Tune into American politics today, and you'll hear something far more sinister than simple disagreement. The language has escalated: political parties trash talk each other—blaming rival parties for policy ...

Democrats win control of Senate as US voters reject Trump’s agenda

Republicans routed as Democrats gain powerful new leverage over Trump for remainder of his presidency

Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset

We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.

More Than 90 Percent Of ICE Detainees Have Never Been Convicted Of Violent Crimes

To call the administration’s “worst of the worst” claims a ruse is to give this administration too much credit. It’s not clever enough to run a con. Going after criminals wa…

Opinion | Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem.

Republicans have become more extreme than Democrats.

Ex-FBI Boss Sues Trump Administration Over Being Scapegoated For Failed Vindictive Prosecutions · Techdirt

So, it’s come to this. The good ship USS Revenge Prosecution is sinking. And the deserting rats are deciding which rats should desert first, apparently based on nothing more than the current state of the organizational chart. Two people figured heavily into the disastrous attempt to prosecute a handful of Chicago residents for engaging in...

The Crimes Behind the Seafood You Eat

China has invested heavily in an armada of far-flung fishing vessels, in part to extend its global influence. This maritime expansion has come at grave human cost.

US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño

Exclusive: Coordinated airstrikes on territory held by al-Shabaab are driving the civilian population to find refuge alongside a river where rising water levels are a threat to safety. Is it a deliberate military strategy?

Briefing note - Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea: The Legality of Military Attacks on Criminal Groups and Drug Trafficking under International Human Rights Law and Other Applicable International Law September 2026

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism

‘I always hear them before I see them’: Drones strike fear in Colombia

Armed groups have taken the conflict to the skies by making greater use of cheap, widely available drone technology.