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Archives for June 2018

Immigration
“We Want the Children Free!”  “I Really Care!”: Cries from Inside Migrant Detention Camp

“We Want the Children Free!” “I Really Care!”: Cries from Inside Migrant Detention Camp

Javier Tovar

A group of people held at the center had been separated from their children as part of President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy

Iraq
In Post-ISIL Iraq, Cleric al-Sadr adds PM Haidar al-Abadi in Quest for Gov’t of National Unity

In Post-ISIL Iraq, Cleric al-Sadr adds PM Haidar al-Abadi in Quest for Gov’t of National Unity

AFP

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr said they had formed an alliance in a bid to create a new government

Saudi Arabia
At Midnight, Riyadh Erupts in Cheers for Women Drivers–but Women Activists still in Jail

At Midnight, Riyadh Erupts in Cheers for Women Drivers–but Women Activists still in Jail

Natacha Yazbeck

For many, the end of Saudi Arabia’s driving ban for women is a welcome step, but far from enough

Featured
The American March to Inequality: Why the UN Alston Report Alarms the Trump Plutocrats

The American March to Inequality: Why the UN Alston Report Alarms the Trump Plutocrats

Juan Cole

The US would require a social revolution to even resemble France or Germany

Immigration
US Navy Plans Detention Camps for Tens of Thousands of Immigrants on Remote Bases

US Navy Plans Detention Camps for Tens of Thousands of Immigrants on Remote Bases

AFP

The US Navy plans to build sprawling detention centers for tens of thousands of immigrants on remote bases

Saudi Arabia
The Real Reason Saudi Arabi Lifted its Ban on Women Driving: Economic Necessity

The Real Reason Saudi Arabi Lifted its Ban on Women Driving: Economic Necessity

Martin Hvidt

Odense (The Conversation) – After years of campaigning by women activists, on June 24 the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia will be lifted. It is the most visible of a bundle of recent initiatives taken by the Saudi king and the crown prince, Mohammad bin Salman, to strengthen the role of women in […]

Climate Change
US Leaks 60 Percent more Heat-Trapping Methane than Government Says

US Leaks 60 Percent more Heat-Trapping Methane than Government Says

AFP

US industry emits some 13 million metric tons of climate-change inducing methane each year, said the findings published in the journal Science.

Children
#Bringbackourgirls: How Trump made the US into Boko Haram

#Bringbackourgirls: How Trump made the US into Boko Haram

Juan Cole

One of the horrible practices of the radical group was stealing children from their parents and making them disappear into “social death”

Climate Change
CO2 Catastrophe for Egypt: Rising Seas, Salinization to Displace 5 mn by 2025

CO2 Catastrophe for Egypt: Rising Seas, Salinization to Displace 5 mn by 2025

Middle East Monitor

Cairo (Middle East Monitor) – The climate change on Egypt’s northern coast is expected to lead to the migration of at least five million people from the Nile Delta if appropriate measures are not taken. Climate changes on Egypt’s northern coast could force five million people to leave the country’s Nile Delta area, Egypt’s irrigation […]

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