Dig Beneath the World’s Far-Right Governments — You’ll Find Fossil Fuels
By Basav Sen, Foreign Policy In Focus
From Brazil to India to the United States, extractive industries have aligned themselves with authoritarian governments waging war on minority populations.
Puerto Rico Confronts a New Hurricane Season — And Old Injustices
By Basav Sen, Foreign Policy In Focus
This was no mere “natural” disaster. The impacts of Hurricane Maria were to a large extent attributable to inequalities of race, income and — critically — access to political power.