Tag: indigenous people
What is the US.-Mexico border to Indigenous peoples who have lived...
“The effect of a wall is already in us. It already divides us… It’s a psychological wall.”
A hospital’s secret coronavirus policy separated Native American mothers from their...
Pregnant Native American women were singled out for COVID-19 testing based on their race and ZIP code, clinicians say. While awaiting results, some mothers were separated from their newborns, depriving them of the immediate contact doctors recommend.
This is how COVID-19 is affecting indigenous people
The indigenous also suffer from a relatively high degree of socio-economic marginalization that makes them more vulnerable. This dynamic is not new.
Massacre in Nicaragua: Four indigenous community members killed for their land
“We are very concerned about the continued attack against indigenous people in Nicaragua, the lack of protection of their rights, and the impunity of the crimes committed against them.”
Climate justice and Indigenous rights advocates rally in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en...
Solidarity actions took the form of rallies and protests at government buildings in Canada as well as in the United States.
Canada working towards new future for Indigenous-led conservation
“The remaining lungs of the earth need to be respected. Those that work to protect those lungs deserve the same respect.”
Police were ready to shoot indigenous pipeline protesters in Canada, documents...
The protesters' lawyer Martin Peters said the police had acted as “security guards” for the company.
Indigenous protectors are defending the Amazon and ‘paying with their lives’
Human rights groups warned in an open letter that the Amazon’s last uncontacted indigenous people face “genocide,” amid raging fires and mounting incursions into their territories.
National Missing and Unidentified Persons System is providing free training on...
“Everybody can access this system. It’s not just for law enforcement.”
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
The environmental and social impacts of fish farming and industrial aquaculture
Often promoted as sustainable, fish farming can increase pressure on wild fisheries, deepen global food inequities, and damage marine ecosystems.