TeleSur | – – The U.N. said malnutrition and other preventable diseases are killing thousands of children in Yemen as its health system is on the verge of collapse. Every 10 minutes at least one Yemeni child dies of preventable diseases such as malnutrition, diarrhea, and respiratory tract infections, the United Nations said Tuesday, blaming […]
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Youth
2016 ‘One of worst Years in History for Children’: UNICEF
By Matthew Tempest | ( EurActiv.com ) | – – Syria: Abdulaziz (in red), 10, whose father was killed in the continuing conflict, spends time with his friends at the ‘Land of Childhood’ – two basements linked with a tunnel to create an underground playground that gives children a relatively safe place to have fun […]
16-Year-Old Sues Federal Government On Climate Change
AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “Indigenous climate activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is one of 21 young plaintiffs suing the federal government to demand action on climate change.” AJ+: “16-Year-Old Sues Federal Government On Climate Change”
How can Progressives get through the Next 4 Years? Organize!
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Anti-Trump demonstrations have broken out all over the country in the wake of his surprise victory on Tuesday. Latinos are afraid he will deport their undocumented relatives, breaking up millions of families. Women are afraid for their basic rights to control their bodies, a right Trump […]
Girl Soldiers: Forgotten Casualties of War
By Pat Hynes | ( Truthdig ) | – – As secretary of State, Hillary Clinton was visibly shaken by sexual crimes against women and girls when she visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2009. Sexual crimes in this central African country, known as the “rape capital of the world,” include the sexual […]
Michelle Obama: Trump a Cruel, Lifetime Sexual Predator – “It Hurts.”
Michelle Obama | New Hampshire Speech on Trump | – – Transcript via NPR: – – . . . And now, here I am, out on the campaign trail in an election where we have consistently been hearing hurtful, hateful language about women — language that has been painful for so many of us, not […]
Stopping the War on Children
Kevin Watkins | ( Project Syndicate ) | – – On the twentieth anniversary of the Machel report, the international community must draw a line and stop the war against children. That war takes many forms. In some cases, children are front-line targets. Rape, forced marriage, enslavement, and abduction have become standard tactics for groups […]
The Economic Crisis of Greying World: 30 Countries have more Elderly than Children
By Joseph Chamie | (Inter Press Service) | – – NEW YORK (IPS) – It first happened in Italy in 1995. Five years later it happened in six additional countries, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Japan, Portugal and Spain. Today the total number of countries where it has occurred stands at 30, including most members of the […]
Dear Graduates: We’re Leaving you a Trumpian America; Please Fix It
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – I’ve long had a weakness for commencement addresses, or at least for what they might be rather than what they usually are, which is why I’ve written them relatively regularly myself. Since no actual college or graduating class has ever asked me to give such […]








