U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday stressed the need for a diplomatic solution to the Russia-Ukraine crisis that has brought the nuclear superpowers perilously close to war. Sanders warned of the potentially catastrophic consequences of what could become the deadliest European conflict since World War II. The Chair of the Senate Budget Commi...
Families of the victims of last month’s fire in the Bronx have filed lawsuits against the building’s owners accusing them of “reckless disregard” for U.S. safety laws. Calls for accountability continue to grow over the January 9 blaze that killed 17 people. Eight of the victims were children, including a 2-year-old boy, two 5-year-old girls [&...
Islamophobia has led a Muslim mother in San Juan Island, Washington to make a life changing decision. The Washington Post revealed that the woman’s babysitter called the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, claiming that the Muslim woman’s baby had undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). The babysitter also invited a friend to examine the ...
Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson described one of the leaders of the extremist Oath Keepers organization implicated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot as “a devout Christian.” It’s highly unlikely Carlson would have offered a similar defense for a Muslim American. Since Sept. 11, 2001, Muslim Americans have experienced growing discrimination and...
An American college student and a group of Uyghur researchers have created an Uyghur version of the braille alphabet. The development comes at a time when the Chinese government is working to eradicate the Uyghur language in China’s western Xinjiang region. Harris Mowbray, an undergraduate international relations student at the American Univer...
First Nations land defenders in Canada filed a submission to the United Nations on Monday, detailing how their territory and human rights are being violated. The group said the defenders are intimidated and surveilled by armed Royal Canadian Mounted Police. They have also been called terrorists and dragged through colonial courts. Their submi...
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan met with China’s President Xi Jinping SHI JINPING while attending the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games 2022 in Beijing. The duo discussed a range of issues, including Afghanistan. In a joint statement released Sunday by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the leaders agreed a peaceful, stable A...
The International Organization for Migration made an appeal Tuesday for more than $589 million to address the urgent humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and neighboring countries. The U.N. agency dealing with migration needs the money to help more than 3.6 million people and strengthen communities’ resilience and recovery. It warns of intensify...
COVID-19 survivors are at a greater long-term risk of developing heart disease, strokes, blood clots, and other cardiovascular disorders, according to a new study released Monday. Published in Nature Medicine, the study found people who survive COVID-19 are more likely to suffer from cardiovascular disease a year later. That’s even if t...
A new study shows that the world’s largest corporations plan to reduce absolute carbon emissions by only 40% on average. That’s far short of the 100% promised by their net-zero claims. The analysis published Monday by NewClimate Institute and Carbon Market Watch, found that the climate pledges of most multinational firms cannot be taken at [&h...
