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Their past was a nightmare. For many refugees, the Dream Center offers hope. Refugees

Their past was a nightmare. For many refugees, the Dream Center offers hope.

Teddi Jallow’s clients often call her “mama,” or “Mama Dream.” Or sometimes just “sister.”In many ways, she and her husband, Omar Bah, are like family to the 300 refugees they serve at the Refugee Dream Center in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 2015, the center provides case management services to people…
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April 6, 2020
American capitalism has dropped the mask — and its face is cruel and selfish Meritocracy

American capitalism has dropped the mask — and its face is cruel and selfish

Among the countless distressing news stories covering the COVID-19 pandemic over the past month are the heartwarming ones that focus on what ordinary human beings are doing to help one another during this historic crisis. Many of these “good news” reports have focused on a nation-wide effort by fashion industry labels,…
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April 6, 2020
Coronavirus Has Transformed the Climate Movement Into Something New Greta Thunberg

Coronavirus Has Transformed the Climate Movement Into Something New

Normally, Vishal Chauhan, a 30-year-old in London, would be spending his days organizing and protesting for the radical climate direct action movement Extinction Rebellion (XR), famous for its public spectacles—things like shutting down major streets and blasting the UK Treasury with a fake blood firehose. “I’m in Extinction Rebellion because…
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April 6, 2020
First Cyclone to Make Landfall Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Pummels Vanuatu as Category 4 Monster Global Warming

First Cyclone to Make Landfall Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Pummels Vanuatu as Category 4 Monster

Gif: Colorado State UniversityClimate change doesn’t take a break just because there’s a pandemic. Point in case: On Monday, Cyclone Harold roared over the small island nation of Vanuatu, lashing the islands with powerful winds and heavy rain. The storm forced the island to open emergency shelters, putting people in…
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April 6, 2020
Why Donald Trump’s firing of the Intelligence Community IG is so, so egregious Volodymyr Zelensky

Why Donald Trump’s firing of the Intelligence Community IG is so, so egregious

(CNN)President Donald Trump fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector general of the intelligence community, late on a Friday night amid the coronavirus pandemic in hopes that you wouldn't know what he did. Or you'd note it in passing, and then quickly move on to other pressing worries like, well, the coronavirus…
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April 6, 2020
Settler violence against Palestinians spikes with COVID-19 pandemic, UN says Hebron

Settler violence against Palestinians spikes with COVID-19 pandemic, UN says

West Bank UN: Settler violence against Palestinians has increased during COVID-19 JPost 4 Apr by Tovah Lazaroff — Settler and Jewish extremist violence against West Bank Palestinians has spiked by 78% during the last two weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic when compared to the rest of this year, the United Nations has…
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April 6, 2020