“Countless lives at stake in Sudan’s El Fasher, warn UN aid teams” UN News
Reports have been coming in that a hospital in Sudan’s North Darfur has been damaged in a heavy uptick of hostilities, leaving two youngsters dead and fanning renewed famine fears, UN aid teams have said. © UNICEF/Mohamed Zakaria, Children she ...
“Washington AG investigating clergy abuse says Seattle Archdiocese won’t cooperate”, NBC News
Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a petition Thursday to compel the Catholic Church to hand over files and answer questions under oath. By Lewis Kamb, May 9, 2024 SEATTLE — Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Thursday he ...
Issue of the Week: Human Rights
Exploited, investigation on child sexual abuse, The New York Times April is child abuse prevention month. On this last day of the month, we are posting a previous Issue of the Week on this issue, the first article in the “Exploited” series i ...
“Iran’s Conflict with Israel: A Dangerous Spiral of Violence in the Middle East”, Der Spiegel
The danger of all-out war in the Middle East is greater than ever. How did Israel and Iran get into this mess? And can they still find a way out? By Susanne Koelbl, Christoph Reuter, Thore Schröder und Bernhard Zand, Berlin, 20.04.2024 [M]: Ir ...
Issue of the Week: Human Rights, Economic Opportunity, Population, Hunger, Disease, Environment.
... in the lower house of Parliament, Congress holds just 46, compared to the B.J.P.’s 288. Gandhi embodies all this history: the ...
“Iran attacked Israel, escalating an already volatile conflict. Here’s what to know”, NPR
By Juliana Kim, Jaclyn Diaz, Joe Hernandez, April 14, 2024 Iran launched a massive barrage of over 300 drones and missiles at Israel over the weekend — in what is believed to be Iran’s first direct attack on its regional foe from Iranian soil. ...
“Issue of the Week”: Human Rights, Personal Growth, The New York Times, CNN
... investigators believed from the start that Mr. Simpson, 46, was the killer. They found blood on his car and, in his home, a bloody ...
“In Martin Luther King’s last speech, people remember the mountaintop but ignore the poor”, USA Today
Clarence B. Jones, Opinion contributor, April 4, 2024 If I told my friend back from the dead of the 24/7 gun violence in America, Martin would know instinctively that it’s an outgrowth of our capitalist society ignoring poverty. Martin Lut ...
“Turkish local elections: Opposition stuns Erdogan with historic victory”, BBC News
By Paul Kirby & Cagil Kasapoglu,in London & Istanbul, 31 March 2024 REUTERS/Umit BektasOpposition supporters celebrated in Istanbul and other cities as the scale of victory became clear Turkey’s main opposition party has claimed bi ...
Issue of the Week: Human Rights, Disease, Personal Growth
The Smartphone Kids Are Not Alright. The Atlantic Magazine, March 2024 The End Of Civilization As We Knew It: Part Twenty Three. Poor techies, everyone’s ganging up on them. Good. Poor children, techies are destroying them. Unconscion ...