Refugees
“They are refugees”: U.S. government deporting Central American migrants who fled “extreme” violence
Study: ICE sends refugees from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala back to what are basically unofficial war zones
Friday, Mar 4, 2016 7:15 PM UTC 0News Refugees, migrants
Unfollow Humans of New York: The site engages sentimentally with real political matters — empathy is much harder
HONY molds real stories into something passive readers can easily consume. It doesn't challenge viewers
Sunday, Jan 24, 2016 8:30 PM UTC 0Life Humans of New York, Refugees
“No one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land”: This is what the refugee crisis really looks like
These are the people labeled "rabid dogs" and "terrorists" by Republican candidates VIDEO
Tuesday, Jan 19, 2016 9:07 PM UTC 0All Salon syrian refugee crisis, Refugees
“We are refugees”: Rights groups rally against Obama admin’s planned mass deportation of Central American migrants
Migrants' rights activists characterize the planned raids on refugees fleeing violence as a form of terrorism
Wednesday, Dec 30, 2015 8:00 PM UTC 0News Obama, Immigration
A crisis not seen since WWII: Refugees entering Europe top a record 1 million, and the U.N. is calling on nations to help
Half of the refugees crossing the Mediterranean were Syrians, fleeing a civil war entering its 5th year
Tuesday, Dec 22, 2015 3:54 PM UTC 0News Refugees, United Nations, Syria
Year of “human suffering”: U.N. sounds alarm over the millions of refugees targeted by “xenophobic policies and alarmist rhetoric”
The world is experiencing the worst refugee crisis since WWII, while xenophobia and racism are on the rise
Friday, Dec 18, 2015 6:31 PM UTC 0News United Nations, Refugees, Syria
They’re just trying to scare you: The GOP’s long history of bizarre, make-believe enemies
There's nothing new in the right's strategy to arbitrarily weave together a most unlikely combinations of U.S. foes
Sunday, Dec 13, 2015 5:00 PM UTC 0Life GOP, Refugees
“We will not be silent”: American Jews hit the streets during Hanukkah to fight Islamophobia and racism
Jewish Voice for Peace condemns "state-sanctioned Islamophobia & racism" and anti-refugee xenophobia this Hanukkah
Thursday, Dec 10, 2015 9:07 PM UTC 0News Hanukkah
The blinding irrelevance of Time magazine: Why Angela Merkel as “Person of the Year” just proves its love affair with power
While Merkel isn't the worst choice the magazine could have made, the result is nonetheless tepid and predictable
Wednesday, Dec 9, 2015 8:52 PM UTC 0News Time Person of the Year
As Maine goes, so goes the nation: Will this small city’s mayoral election predict a Trump victory in 2016?
A once-white working class city now home to Somalis, Lewiston is a place where big debates come in focus [UPDATED]
Tuesday, Dec 8, 2015 5:05 PM UTC 0Elections Lewiston, Maine, election, mayor
Explaining America to Americans: Why don’t you get the allure of your country for refugees — that no matter how horrible life is now, perhaps it’ll be better there?
As a child, I was a refugee from Ukraine with my family. All I knew of the US was that people got new lives there
Sunday, Dec 6, 2015 3:00 PM UTC 0Life Refugees, Syria, Indiana
Selling desperate Syrian refugees’ body parts for profit: Israeli man arrested in Turkey for organ trafficking
Trafficking is on the rise in largest refugee crisis since WWII. Struggling Syrians have resorted to selling organs
Saturday, Dec 5, 2015 4:02 PM UTC 0News Refugees, Syrian refugees
Invoking Holocaust, 1,000 rabbis deliver letter asking Congress to welcome refugees and “not make the same mistake”
Jewish leaders implore the U.S. to "welcome the stranger," not to turn away refugees as it did during the Holocaust
Thursday, Dec 3, 2015 5:17 PM UTC 0News refugee crisis, Syrian refugees
The shadows of a new American fascism: Why our surging xenophobia could have some very dangerous consequences
Trump is calling for a Muslim database. Congress is passing anti-refugee legislation. What is going on in here?
Friday, Nov 20, 2015 11:05 PM UTC 0News Donald Trump
CNN sinks to a stunning new low: Network suspends reporter for calling out congressional xenophobia
Elise Labott tweeted her disapproval last night of a House vote against Syrian refugees. Now she's been suspended
Friday, Nov 20, 2015 4:10 PM UTC 0News CNN, Media Criticism
Close the mosques, lock up the immigrants and pass the “Liberty cabbage”: A brief history of our bigotry and ignorance, from John Adams to Donald Trump
Donald Trump and that Virginia mayor aren't alone—Paris and the refugee crisis have released old currents of hate
Friday, Nov 20, 2015 12:00 AM UTC 0News American Politics, Donald Trump
Rights groups “deeply disturbed” at “scapegoating of refugees” and U.S. clampdown
Although none of the identified Paris attackers were refugees, Congress passed an anti-refugee bill — and worse VIDEO
Thursday, Nov 19, 2015 9:03 PM UTC 0News Video, Refugees, Syrian refugees
Rand Paul’s despicable anti-refugee bill: Stoking fear and resentment of the vulnerable for political gain
Preying on irrational fear over refugees, Rand Paul wants to cut off their "welfare" VIDEO
Thursday, Nov 19, 2015 7:11 PM UTC 0News Video, Rand Paul, 2016 Elections
“Another Paris is taking place in America this very day”: Republicans don’t care about dozens killed daily by guns
They'd ban families fleeing chaos, brutality. They're fine with assault weapons for everyone, even on no-fly lists
Thursday, Nov 19, 2015 5:13 PM UTC 0News Republicans, Syria, Refugees, Paris
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