Tag: refugees
A year of global displacement
This year’s record-breaking global displacement crisis calls for greater protections and investment by the international community instead of more indifference and cruelty.
The unprecedented Ukraine-to-Canada ‘air bridge’ could mean a brighter future for...
This air bridge has the potential to be more promising than anything else in recent refugee history.
We must turn solidarity with Ukraine into the new normal for...
The global North’s unprecedented support for Ukrainians has revealed racist double standards. But it’s also an opportunity to extend such solidarity to everyone.
Ukraine: The refugee double standard
This war has unleashed new, overt, and cruel manifestations of racism on the continent, revealing longstanding double standards at the global level.
One year of Afghanistan war spending could fund resettlement of 1.2...
“We’ve spent billions on war. Now, let’s spend to bring Afghans to safety.”
The triumph and tragedy of the Olympic Refugee Team
It's beautiful that there's an Olympic team for 82 million displaced people. But have we accepted mass displacement as the new normal?
The plight of refugees and migrant workers under COVID
Under the shadow of COVID-19 those living on the margins of society have been further isolated.
From Syria to U.S.-Mexico border, refugees worldwide face hunger & deprivation...
After weeks of warnings, COVID-19 cases are emerging in refugee camps, where social distancing is often impossible and healthcare extremely limited.
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When 3 men richer than 165 million people, Sanders says working class must ‘come...
Big-money special interests "want to divide us up," said the independent senator at a living wage rally in South Carolina, "and we are determined to bring working people together."
Trump’s repeat “birthright citizenship” babble: Dead wrong on the facts, the law and amendments
Trump’s latest scam again pushes the envelope to find new ways for this loser to lose again.
Could we actually end the CEO defense contractor gravy train?
FDR put the kibosh on military contractor windfalls during World War II. We could do the same.
Prayer helped me survive poverty, but I needed government help too
Our social safety net is flawed but vital. Let’s work together to protect it from political attacks.
‘Globally significant moment for ocean conservation’: Australia to phase out gill net fishing in...
“The removal of gillnets in net-free zones on the reef has already helped boost local fish populations. We want to see this happen right across the reef.”