IOM: Social Media Facilitates Migrant Smuggling in Mexico, Central America, and Dominican Republic
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San José – Migrant smugglers are using social media and instant messaging applications to promote and provide their illegal services, according...
Ethiopia: UN refugee agency chief calls for more aid, new long-term strategy
“While the last few years have been incredibly difficult for many of those affected by the conflict, I was very encouraged to see the...
IOM: Social Media Facilitates Human Smuggling in Mexico, Central America, and Dominican Republic
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San José – Human smugglers are using social media and instant messaging applications to promote and provide their illegal services, according...
Finding a Community in Romanian Language Classes After One Year of Displacement
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These days, their life feels predictable and safe again. Her daughter has just started university in Bucharest, they have a good...
The Dynamics of Resistance
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By Julianne Malveaux —
Each year the Association for the Study of African American Life and History sets a theme for Black...
In the Face of Drought, a Roof Over Our Heads is One Less Problem
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“During the mornings and afternoons, the extreme heat, the scorching sun, the dryness, and everything in between has made it impossible...
In the Face of Drought, a Roof Over Our Head is One Less Problem
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“During the mornings and afternoons, the extreme heat, the scorching sun, the dryness, and everything in between has made it impossible...
Hardi Yakubu Named Africans Rising Movement Coordinator
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By Africans Rising for Unity, Justice, Peace and Dignity —
After a rigorous application, interview and scoring process, in which both internal...
UN chief ‘deeply regrets’ Mali’s decision to expel senior rights official
The transitional Government of Mali had made the announcement on Sunday, in effect, barring the Director of the Human Rights Division of the UN...
Divisions Set in Concrete and Pavement
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By Ben Jealous —
The racial divisions that have split our country for centuries don’t just live in people’s hearts and heads....
Türkiye, Syria quake latest: full scale of disaster still unfolding, UN humanitarians warn
According to the Government of Türkiye, at least 3,381 people died and more than 20,000 were injured after a 7.8 magnitude quake struck close...
Black people in UK ‘living in fear’ over racism, say UN experts
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A panel of UN experts paints a bleak picture of the state of racism in the UK, but the government says...
Hands off AP African American Studies
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By Bashir Muhammad Ptah Akinyele —
I am outraged that the college board capitulated to the likes of Governor Ron DeSantis. Let’s...
Together without Fear: Dennis and Jose
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“We have a photograph of us, together! It is amazing. Before I had to pretend he was just an...
China: Tibetan children forced to assimilate, independent rights experts fear
“We are very disturbed that in recent years the residential school system for Tibetan children appears to act as a mandatory large-scale programme intended...
From the Field: Earning a crust from bread
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Ron DeSantis wants to make it easier to execute people
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Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis isn’t a fan of unanimous juries and how much harder they make applying the death penalty.
By...
Cops act as occupying armies to maintain the white-power status quo
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By John Stoehr, AlterNet —
Tyre Nichols getting beaten to death has sparked another round of debate over American policing. Let’s cut...
Moldova: The long and winding road to safety
Tucked away in the southeastern corner of Europe, Moldova’s winters may be drab and harsh, but the road from Ukraine’s border spools out through...
USCRI Releases Report on Private Sponsorship After Welcome Corps Launch
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The United States has launched a pilot program for private sponsorship of refugees, a significant development in how the...
IBW Taps Global Human Rights Activist to Organize for Black World Conference
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DaQuan Lawrence to Coordinate Student and Young Leader Outreach.
Dr. Ron Daniels, President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century...
Countering the mentality and mayhem of Americanism
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Dr. Maulana Karenga —
The savage murder and mayhem imposed and inflicted on yet another Black man, a Black person, Tyre Nichols,...
UN child rights committee lauds Swiss asylum offer to Kurdish family
“We welcome the timely action taken by Switzerland to suspend the children’s return to Bulgaria, in compliance with the Committee’s request for interim measures,”...
Ethiopia: Northern aid access improving but some areas still hard to reach
Associate Spokesperson Florencia Soto Niño told correspondents at the regular noon briefing in New York that aid distribution had expanded in the Afar, Amhara...