Refugees

The ongoing theme of this site is the possibility and practical-mindedness of much of local-level America, at just the moment when national-level politics have become so bitter and dysfunctional. But of course cities exist within states and regions, and state…

A group of residents of Australia's Torres Strait Islands has filed a landmark complaint with the United Nations against the Australian government, alleging that a failure to address climate change violates their fundamental human rights. The case was lodg…

Fisher Island, a man-made island off the coast of Miami, is the richest zip code in the US, according to Bloomberg. The average income of the island's residents is a whopping $2.2 million. To become a member of the elite Fisher Island Club, you must pay…

Being a girl or woman is knowing that you're full of complexities and contradictions that society helped create but discourages you from claiming or criticizing.  The doting mother secretly battles depression intensified by the expectation of "having it all"…

There is something new on the menu in the world's biggest refugee camp in Bangladesh. More vegetables and greens have been introduced to the diets of those living in the camp. Al Jazeera's Sara Khairat reports on new projects attempting to reduce malnutriti…

Rome, Italy - The Italian rescue ship Mare Jonio was 64km off the Libyan coast on Thursday evening, when its crew sighted a raft in distress. The five-metre rubber dinghy was crammed with 30 people, and its engine was broken. "It was so small that rad…

South China Sea crewmen of the amphibious cargo ship USS Durham (LKA-114) take Vietnamese refugees aboard a small craft in this undated photo. John Bolton Is Leading Donald Trump (and the Rest of Us) Into Conflicts in Iran, Venezuela, and North Korea A Bide…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Leaves changing colour on trees in Autumn draw "leaf peeper" tourists to Vermont President Donald Trump has claimed that the United States "is full", and incapable of allowing entry to any new and diverse migrants. …

OTTAWA—Operators are not standing by. That's the conclusion reached by the Auditor General's office after an audit of call centres found that millions of calls from Canadians seeking information about government services weren’t being answered. Half of the…

OTTAWA -- If you were one of the millions who tried to reach a federal department or agency on the phone in the last year or so, this may not come as much of a surprise, but a new report from the federal auditor general has found that millions of…