NORTH AMERICA

USA: battle still on for abortion rights

Regression and resistance both play out as focus shifts to medication abortion

US midterm elections: a temporary respite?

Imminent danger averted in an election that put voting rights and women’s rights on the ballot – but threats continue

Mexico: last state joins the rainbow wave

Same-sex marriage legal throughout Mexico following decision by Tamaulipas state legislature

Mexico: one step closer to justice for the missing 43?

Families of disappeared students make fresh demand for accountability as former attorney general is arrested

Abortion rights in the USA: regression against the tide

Against global trend, US Supreme Court ruling eliminates federal protection of abortion rights

Starbucks workers: partners in shared success?

Recent unionisation victories are breathing fresh life into the US labour movement

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Mexico: recall referendum ruse leaves no one satisfied

President López Obrador fails to benefit from manipulating direct democracy mechanism

Canada: trucker protests set off alarms

No country is immune to the far-right challenge

Divergent paths: abortion rights in Mexico and the USA

Progress south of the border as regression takes hold in the north

Amazon workers strike back

Staff demand labour rights amid pandemic boom

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT