In the face of resistance from poor and Indigenous communities, global mining companies are increasingly turning to international arbitration to strong-arm governments into bending to their interests.
The Malaysian economist was one of the world's leading advocates of policies to reduce economic disparities within and between nations.
An economic rescue package must include a nationwide initiative to retrofit homes and public buildings for low-income and people of color families and communities.
The new president has appointed a former mining executive to a high-level post, worrying indigenous communities that have long protested the company’s harmful extraction activities.
