Monthly Archive: May 2015
Farmworkers at export-oriented megafarms in northwestern Mexico have secured a tentative victory in their two-month-long strike. Shannon Young has more. Download Audio Thousands of farmworkers gathered under the open sky in Mexico’s San Quintin...
The European Union is mulling a different set of strategies to respond to an increase in migrant deaths in the Mediterranean Sea. EU leaders hinted at a policy shift last month after about 800...
Millions of Palestinians, inside the occupied Palestinian territories and in the Diaspora, mark today what Palestinians call their Nakba or “catastrophe” day. In 1948, Zionist militias expelled hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from 450...
Each May 15th, about five million Palestinian refugees worldwide commemorate the ‘Nakba’ (Arabic for ‘the Catastrophe’) – when nearly half of the Arab population within the borders of what used to be the British...
Thousands of Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis are stranded at sea as a result of a new policy in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia to refuse port — or “push back” — boats filled with migrants...
Madison, Wisconsin has become the latest U.S. city to clear one of its police officers in the death of an unarmed black man. The decision has sparked protest in the streets. Molly Stentz reports....
The Obama Administration has decided to allow Shell Oil company to drill in the Arctic off the coast of Alaska. The company must secure additional permits before it can proceed, but the green light...
An estimated five million unauthorized immigrants in the US who qualify for an expanded deferred action program announced last November by President Barack Obama are living in a legal limbo as a challenge to...
An ongoing strike by farmworkers at export-oriented megafarms in the Mexican state of Baja California took a tense turn over the weekend. Shannon Young reports. Download Audio The Transpeninsular Highway which connects the megafarms...
Swaziland has the world’s largest HIV epidemic, affecting roughly one in four people. The epidemic is showing signs of stabilizing and in recent years new infections rates have fallen. However, there’s a stark gender...