All Americas
Untethered by the pandemic, urban workers consider a pastoral lifeThe internet has made urban work unnecessary, and the pandemic has made it undesirable. Will people make a permanent shift to pastoral telecommuting?
Political cost of coronavirus? For Brazil’s Bolsonaro, not much.Brazil is struggling to contain the effects of the coronavirus. Yet thanks to a voucher program targeting the poor, its president is riding high.
Difference MakerA Canadian First Nation reclaims the telling of its own storyIn Canada, one First Nations group is trying to reclaim their story by publishing their own children’s books and magazines.
FocusYoung workers hit hardest in global downturn. What’s the answer?In Sweden and Colombia, the jobless rate is about 30%. In Germany, with a strong tradition of building school-to-work pipelines, it's below 6%.
In Brazil’s prisons, inequality isn’t just a condition. It’s the law.Brazil’s prison system is known for its poor and violent conditions. But COVID-19 is serving as a wake-up call for discrimination written into law.
Alphonso Davies: Canada’s humble, joyful soccer phenomAlphonso Davies went from a refugee camp to the heights of Champions League glory. His soccer stardom hits all the right notes for Canada.
First LookIs Mexico's messy corruption scandal a chance to turn the page?Mexico President López Obrador is calling for public access to details of a corruption investigation implicating three former presidents. Crucial testimony was leaked this week, along with a possibly innocuous video of a cash hand-off involving Mr. López Obrador's brother.
Pandemic pen pals: How Colombian libraries lift spiritsLibraries in Medellín, Colombia, help overcome pandemic-induced isolation with “Love in the Time of Coronavirus,” an anonymous letter-writing program.
He used to say Canada’s health care was risky. Now he says it’s the future.Almost a decade ago, Wendell Potter was working to scare Americans away from Canadian health care. Now he thinks the pandemic has proven it superior.
Pandemic pulls Latin America's trans community into the spotlightGender-based quarantine rules in Latin America’s fight against the coronavirus led to a jump in abuse against trans citizens.
Migrants have helped Canada weather the pandemic. Will it return the favor?Amid Canada's coronavirus pandemic, temporary workers and asylum-seekers have become more critical than ever. And they want recognition of that.
‘What we do is help’: Mexican neighbors boost each other in pandemicCOVID-19 has left many Mexican workers in a precarious situation – the latest in a long line of events inspiring neighbors to band together.
‘We’re invisible’: Peru’s moment of reckoning on informal workersPeru acted quickly to combat the health and economic risks of COVID-19. So where did things go wrong?
In a pandemic, is a fast government check better than a larger one?The coronavirus pandemic has spurred a financially massive response in the U.S. Canada, meanwhile, has acted more quickly, and to greater effect.
First LookIn Venezuela, as water runs out, communities improvise solutionsVenezuela's water shortage has gotten so bad that neighbors are banding together, defying quarantine lockdowns, digging wells, and siphoning water from abandoned construction sites.
As lockdown lingers, a rural reckoning with domestic violenceThe coronavirus pandemic has trapped victims of domestic violence in lockdown with their abusers. And the problem appears most acute in rural areas.
‘Say Their Names’: Why the George Floyd protests resonate globallyProtesters around the world are reacting to the killing of George Floyd by demanding that police violence in their own countries be stopped.
‘Friendliest boundary in the world’ divides families in pandemicThe U.S.-Canada border is normally so open that many live lives that span it. But the pandemic has forced its closure, dividing families across it.
‘They didn’t get to die with dignity’: Canada reexamines care for seniorsAlarming concerns about nursing homes that have surfaced in Canada, a country known for its health coverage, have prompted a national soul-searching.
First LookHow Latin American slums are leading the fight against COVID-19Slum dwellers have received little or no government aid during the coronavirus so communities are coming together to help the most vulnerable. A mask-making initiative is one of dozens of projects across shanty towns from Brazil to Venezuela, Colombia to Mexico.
