OpinionEl Salvador This article is more than 6 months oldThe Guardian view on El Salvador’s crime crackdown: a short-term, high cost fix This article is more than 6 months oldEditorialPresident Nayib Bukele’s hardline campaign against gangs has won admirers at home and abroad. Look closer and its flaws are glaring
Jailing 2% of your adult citizens turns out to be a surprisingly popular move, both at home and abroad. In El Salvador, the president, Nayib Bukele, has sent almost 70,000 people to prison in an “iron fist” crackdown on gangs, under a “state of exception” he imposed last March and has yet to lift. Read More...
The ObserverThrillersReviewThe rising waters of the Mississippi prove a perfect backdrop for Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly's dark, prohibition-era taleHobnob Landing, a town of 3,000-odd people "nestled where the Mississippi doubled back on itself like a black racer fixing to bite its tail", is about to go under water: it's 1927, the river is bursting its banks after months of rain, and the levee, a giant wall of earth 30ft high, is about to break. Read More...
Across the US, young people are dying from fentanyl in record numbers, even as overall drug use is on the decline. Photograph: Screengrabs courtesy of Social Media Victims Law CenterAcross the US, young people are dying from fentanyl in record numbers, even as overall drug use is on the decline. Photograph: Screengrabs courtesy of Social Media Victims Law CenterSnapchatSuit claims app features like disappearing messages and geolocating users make kids easy targets for dealers Read More...