When politicians promote the idea that independent journalists are seeking to maliciously portray them with unethical behavior, it creates a dangerous stigma of undeserved mistrust.

Although the most recent wave of migrant caravans has begun to slowly lose national attention in the United States, the suffering in Central America persists, and no productive actions have been taken to reverse this course of violence and destruction.

In the United States, the midterm elections serve as an opportunity for the opposition party to be critical of the President and to regain any ground lost in prior elections.

The next wave of Mexican politics in the looming era of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has already begun to stir controversy.

The caravan of migrants moving through Mexico towards the United States presents a threat to the ideals of the political right.

Ten years ago, the Organization of Argentinian Journalists for non-sexist Communication (PAR) wrote a report in which suggestions were made to reform the portrayal of violence in the media.

Often in political rhetoric we hear of a swing from the right to the left, or from the left to the right, and while this does happen, it is far from being the only or the most important dynamic of political change.

Social movements are on the verge of being repressed in Brazil. This can be seen through the increased support of far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro.

The recent growth of political extremism in traditional democracies has caused many people to suggest that civil society is no longer stable.

Although Brazil’s dictatorship did not claim as many victims as those in Uruguay, Chile, and Argentina, the military regime was the longest running in the region, and antidemocratic practices continue in the country today.