Thursday, September 10, 2026

Tag: refugees

On seeking asylum and refuge

How to do so in a hostile United States.

How volunteers in Ukraine are helping civilians reach safety

Amid deportations, floods and shelling, grassroots groups have formed to help Ukrainians evacuate the frontlines and occupied territories.

An American New Deal for an entire continent?

The fundamentals of geopolitical change.

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.

Unequal mercy

Breaking hearts and laws.

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?

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A private jet on the tarmac. Photo: Bidgee/CC BY-SA 3.0 au

Treasury refuses to close private jet tax loophole senators call a giveaway to billionaires

The formula values a flight from New York to Washington at $236, against a fair market cost of up to $5,112
An aerial view of Boulder City and Lake Mead, Nevada. Photo: Doc Searls/CC BY 2.0

Federal panel halts first AI data center approved on US public land

The board found regulators treated an 88.5-acre data center as barely different from the solar farm it was supposed to replace.
The Be'er Sheva District Court, where the indictment was filed. Photo: Zairon/CC BY-SA 4.0

Israeli prosecutors indict 12 prison guards after Palestinian detainee beaten to death

Text messages seized by investigators show guards discussing the beating as it happened
Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett, Massachusetts. Photo: Parkerjh / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Casino workers strike at Encore Boston Harbor after contract talks stall

More than 1,300 Teamsters and UNITE HERE members walked out after voting 97 percent to authorize the strike
A Pacific hurricane seen from space. Photo: GOES imagery, CSU/CIRA and NOAA

A second hurricane just sideswiped Hawaii – why the islands’ usual force field seems...

Cooler ocean temperatures east of the islands typically keep major hurricanes away, but El Niño is helping fuel this year’s risks.