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Archives for June 2018

Immigration
Nevermind the Wall — They’re Building Warehouses for Refugee Children

Nevermind the Wall — They’re Building Warehouses for Refugee Children

Peter Certo

The newest plank of immigration enforcement? Kidnapping children and piling them into detention centers.

Displaced and Refugees
“Death Sentence:” Dems Slam Sessions’ Denial of Asylum to Gang, Abuse Victims

“Death Sentence:” Dems Slam Sessions’ Denial of Asylum to Gang, Abuse Victims

Paul Handley

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared Monday that victims of domestic and gang violence will no longer qualify for asylum

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Everyday Economic Violence Toward Palestinians in Gaza

Israel’s Everyday Economic Violence Toward Palestinians in Gaza

Harry Blain

We cannot wait for the next massacre to call out the insidious economic violence being waged on Palestinians

Featured
After What Trump did to Iran and Canada, why Should N Korea trust Talks with Him?

After What Trump did to Iran and Canada, why Should N Korea trust Talks with Him?

Juan Cole

His word is meaningless

Islamophobia
Crackpot Anti-Muslim Bigotry takes over the US Government

Crackpot Anti-Muslim Bigotry takes over the US Government

Arnold R. Isaacs

The far-right project of mainstreaming Islamophobia has proven successful, at least in part due to media complicity

Yemen
Saudi-led Attack on Yemen's Hudaydah Port Could Cost 250,000 Lives: UN

Saudi-led Attack on Yemen’s Hudaydah Port Could Cost 250,000 Lives: UN

Middle East Monitor

Clashes between troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition and the Iran-aligned Houthis intensified near Yemen’s Hudaydah over the weekend

Israel/ Palestine
Amid Gaza Health Crisis, Israeli Army Shoots Medical Workers in Demonstrations

Amid Gaza Health Crisis, Israeli Army Shoots Medical Workers in Demonstrations

Michelle Lonnquist

Gaza Heath Crisis Reaches All Its Residents

Climate Change
Shorter Pope Francis to Big Oil:  You're Going to Hell if You don't Go Green

Shorter Pope Francis to Big Oil: You’re Going to Hell if You don’t Go Green

Juan Cole

Pope Francis on Saturday forthrightly reminded Big Oil that climate change is a moral issue

Iraq
Iraq Election Winner Muqtada al-Sadr calls on Militias to Disarm

Iraq Election Winner Muqtada al-Sadr calls on Militias to Disarm

Middle East Monitor

Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on Friday for a nationwide disarmament campaign and announced his Baghdad stronghold would be first to disarm

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