A recent report by the Massachussets chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations found that bullying and harassment of Muslim schoolchildren that was rife before the pandemic has returned. During the pandemic’s remote learning phase, reports of school bullying essentially went down to zero. With classes now back in person, cas...
Nearly 47 million more people worldwide are at risk of malnutrition and starvation, according to an analysis by the United Nations’ World Food Programme. That’s due to food and fuel supply disruptions because of Russia’s war in Ukraine. There are 323 million acutely food insecure people in 81 countries this year. Ukraine and Russia are [&hell...
Muslim parents are up in arms after an elementary school in the U.K. served their children pork instead of vegetarian sausages for lunch. A group of angry parents protested demanding the Ryders Green Primary School in West Bromwich explain the “mix up.” Muslims make up around 70% of students at the school, and many follow […]
COVID-19 cases have risen in four of the six World Health Organization regions in the last week, the WHO chief said Tuesday. Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said drops in testing and sequencing in many countries make it “increasingly difficult” to track the virus and how it’s mutating. He said North Korea announced its first outbreak of [&...
On Monday, human rights activists hailed a “historic” U.S. House of Representatives resolution recognizing the Nakba introduced by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. Six progressive House co-sponsors supported Tlaib’s resolution recognizing the ongoing ethnic cleansing campaign against Palestinians perpetrated by Israel. Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, ...
Keeping global warming below the 1.5°C threshold by the end of the century will require halting construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure and closing many existing sites. That’s according to a new study published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Research Letters. “Some existing fossil fuel licenses and production will need to be revok...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Head of Libya’s High Council of State, Khalid al-Mishri, on Wednesday called on parliament-appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashaga to resign. His call came one day after Bashagha arrived in the capital Tripoli to take control of the government from Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, who has refused to hand over power. [&h...
PARIS (AA) – A Paris court on Wednesday indicted the French company Lafarge for their “complicity in crimes against humanity” in Syria, local media reported. According to French news outlet France24, the Court of Cassation – France’s highest court – had overturned in September 2021 a decision by a lower court to dismiss charges against [&helli...
Democracy defenders are cheering the passage of a bill in Rhode Island that expands access to the ballot—a measure its proponents say is especially notable in light of nationwide attacks on the franchise. The measure in question, the Let RI Vote Act, easily passed the state House in a 52-13 vote after companion legislation passed earlier in [&...
The city council of Denton, Texas passed a resolution Tuesday endorsing federal Medicare for All legislation, the 100th local government to do so as millions across the United face rising insurance premiums, skyrocketing drug costs, and imminent loss of coverage. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who just last week introduced the latest version of ...
