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Native Americans
Sharice Davids, Native American and Gay, Aiming for US Congress

Sharice Davids, Native American and Gay, Aiming for US Congress

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In a political arena dominated by White, mostly straight men, Davids – a former Mixed Martial Arts fighter – is aiming high. Sharice Davids, who won the Democratic nomination for a House seat in Kansas on Tuesday, is poised to become one of the first Native American women in the U.S. Congress and the first […]

Democratic Socialists of America
First Palestinian-American Socialist Woman to Enter Congress: Rashida Tlaib

First Palestinian-American Socialist Woman to Enter Congress: Rashida Tlaib

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The strong number of female candidates comes midway through the term of Trump. Rashida Tlaib is set to become the first Muslim and Palestinian-American woman to enter the U.S. Congress following Tuesday’s primary election in Michigan. Tlaib received the endorsement of the Justice Democrats, People for Bernie, and the Greater Detroit Democratic Socialists of America […]

Israel/ Palestine
No Deal of Century, Then?  Palestine's Abbas Calls Jared Kushner's anti-Refugee push a 'Conspiracy'

No Deal of Century, Then? Palestine’s Abbas Calls Jared Kushner’s anti-Refugee push a ‘Conspiracy’

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Abbas’ office reiterated that Trump’s peace plan is aimed at stripping the Palestinian people of their legitimate rights. Palestinian National Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas’ office on Saturday responded to a report by Foreign Policy, a U.S. journal, which had claimed that U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, senior adviser Jared Kushner was involved in devising a […]

Climate Change
Heatwave Deaths to Rise 2,000% over next 60 Years in 1/3 of Earth

Heatwave Deaths to Rise 2,000% over next 60 Years in 1/3 of Earth

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The researchers relied on historical data and used climate models to estimate future temperatures. Heatwave-related deaths could rise up to 2,000 percent by 2080, according to a new study, the Week Magazine has reported. The research published in PLOS Medicine Tuesday found that heatwaves which are a critical public health issue, will “increase in the […]

Government surveillance
'Quiet Skies': US Latest Spying Program on Unsuspecting Air Passengers

‘Quiet Skies’: US Latest Spying Program on Unsuspecting Air Passengers

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The teams document whether passengers fidget, use a computer, have a “jump” in their Adam’s apple or a “cold penetrating stare,” among other behaviors, according to the records. A Boston Globe expose has revealed that the federal air marshals are tracking the profiles of unsuspecting U.S. citizens who aren’t involved in a crime or are […]

Immigration
Trump Admin. Misses Deadline to Reunite all 3,000 Kids

Trump Admin. Misses Deadline to Reunite all 3,000 Kids

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Some 1,600 kids have not been reunited with their parents after being separated at the US-Mexico border. Advocates say some kids lost in bureaucratic ‘black hole’. The Donald Trump administration has missed the deadline to reunite some 3,000 minors with their parents after they had been separated at the U.S.-Mexican border under the administration’s ‘zero […]

Israel/ Palestine
11 Years of Blockade: How Despair Has Made Gaza Unlivable

11 Years of Blockade: How Despair Has Made Gaza Unlivable

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The most devastating effect of Israel’s crimes is a generation of isolated men and women who can find no hope in the future

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Israel Unleashes Heaviest Airstrikes Since 2014 Assault

Gaza: Israel Unleashes Heaviest Airstrikes Since 2014 Assault

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Israeli occupation forces struck 40 targets in the besieged Gaza Strip Saturday, in the most extensive Israeli military assault since 2014

Environmentalism
Ireland To Become First Country to Divest From Fossil Fuels

Ireland To Become First Country to Divest From Fossil Fuels

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Ireland’s lower house of parliament has passed a bill that will require the country to divest all of its shares in fossil fuel companies

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