Tag: refugees
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.
The story behind the world’s first private refugee sponsorship program
“There are seven countries right now designing programs based on what they’ve learned about ours.”
Right-wing politicians fear “invasion” of Europe & US by migrants and...
Governments like the U.S. are not changing harmful foreign policies that are driving conflict and persecution.
Migrants will pay the price of Mexico’s tariff deal with Trump
More migrants, less money, extreme violence and a recalcitrant, unpredictable northern neighbor – these are the ingredients of a refugee crisis, not a diplomatic victory.
Data defies Trump’s claims that refugees and asylees burden taxpayers
What is the economic impact of refugees in the near and long term (transition time between needing assistance and adding to the economy)?
Libya’s incoming strongman Haftar will send the oil out to Europe...
The West and the Gulf Arabs have condemned Libya to the strongman.
US and Hungary only two nations to vote no on helping...
"While the vote does not represent a formal withdrawal from the Compact, it does send a signal that the wealthiest country the world intends to abdicate global leadership in working towards the Compact's objectives."
Federal judge blocks Trump’s ‘asylum ban,’ saying President can’t rewrite immigration...
A federal judge in California has temporarily halted Trump’s asylum ban, which attempted to deny asylum to anyone entering the country from outside of a legal port of entry.
Scare-mongering is the only thing Trump and Republicans have got
The solution to the refugee crisis is generous aid to struggling Central American countries, not a Pentagon mobilization.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.