Monthly Archive: August 2015
U.S. Immigration authorities have until October 23rd to release minors held in immigration detention facilities, according to a federal judge’s order. U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee of California ruled detaining minors in jail-like...
Hear/read Saadia Malik’s accompanying report. To see all 15 pieces that make up the Visions from the Inside series and to read the artist statements that accompany each, visit the project’s website at: http://visionsfromtheinside.tumblr.com/...
Southern Movement Assembly meets in New Orleans on 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina China’s economic tumble threatens Chile’s embattled copper-centric economy Garbage crisis in Lebanon sparks a larger movement against the country’s political class...
Ten years ago this week, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on along the United States Gulf Coast, devastating large swaths of three states – Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. More than 1200 people died, hundreds of...
Ten years ago, the New Orleans neighborhood of the Lower 9th Ward suffered catastrophic damage during Hurricane Katrina and the flood that resulted from the storm. Its population is now a fraction of what...
Street protests continue in Lebanon for a second week as a political crisis triggered by a garbage build-up has exposed a much larger set of issues related to endemic corruption, cronyism and the dysfunctional...
During the past couple of months, Republicans and Democrats have sparred about public funding for Planned Parenthood. It’s a debate reignited after an anti-abortion group released secretly recorded videos showing Planned Parenthood employees discussing...
Environmental watchdog groups are ringing international alarm bells about waste they allege was illegally brought into the Philippines from Canada. Ban Toxins, a Manila-based environmental NGO, submitted a formal complaint to the secretariat of...
Students across the country are headed back to their classrooms. Many will bring with them stories of how they spent their summer vacation. Dozens, most of them children of undocumented immigrants, will have had...