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May 19 2022
Opinion
The Media’s Big Lie About Great Replacement Theory And Conservatism
This week, a racist mass shooter massacred 10 people and wounding three others at a Buffalo, New York supermarket. The shooter was a white supremacist; his hate-filled 180-page screed about why he had committed the shooting was replete with neo-Nazi sentiments. According to the shooter, he had to slaughter innocent black Americans in order to prevent the white population of the United States
Ben ShapiroNov 14 2022
Analysis
Indigenous Voices: Environmental Stewardship and the Politics of Tribal Status
Indigenous Peoples Day is observed in Pennsylvania and as a federal holiday on Monday, October 10, 2022. It has been a long road for Tribes and Indigenous activists, and their allies, to change Euro-American culture’s elevation of someone who never even stepped foot in North America. It signals legitimate progress that President Biden, state legislatures and governors, and local lawmakers
The Sierra ClubDec 07 2021
News
China warns U.S. will 'pay' for Olympics diplomatic boycott
China has told the United States it will "pay" for its diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics on human rights grounds.
The White House on Monday announced it would not send any government officials to the Games in February 2022, due to "ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights abuses."
This prompted a stern response from Chinese
NBC News (Online)May 11 2022
News
Hundreds of Native American children died in Indian boarding schools, report finds
Native American children at the U.S.'s 408 federal Indian boarding schools suffered whippings, sexual abuse, manual labor and severe malnourishment between 1819 and 1969 as part of the American government's campaign to compel their assimilation, according to a report released Wednesday by the Interior Department.
The big picture: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland authorized an
AxiosSep 01 2022
News
UN report finds "serious human rights violations" in Xinjiang
The UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner released a long-awaited report Wednesday detailing the Chinese government's "serious human rights violations" in Xinjiang, which the U.S. has deemed a genocide against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities.
Driving the news: The report, which was released minutes before UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet's tenure ended, states that
AxiosSep 09 2022
Analysis
Queen Elizabeth's death revives criticism of Britain's legacy of colonialism
As the death Thursday of Queen Elizabeth II prompted an outpouring of grief from millions across the world, it also revived criticism of her legacy, highlighting the complicated feelings of those who saw her as a symbol of the British colonial empire — an institution that enriched itself through violence, theft and oppression.
"If anyone expects me to express anything but disdain for
NBC News (Online)Jan 02 2022
News
Muslims in the West embrace the Uyghur cause
Over the past year, Muslim organizations in the U.S., Canada, the UK, and elsewhere have become outspoken advocates for Uyghur Muslims, who are experiencing genocide at the hands of the Chinese government.
The big picture: Governments of many Muslim-majority countries have faced criticism for their silence in the face of China's repression, but Muslim citizens are organizing and
AxiosApr 15 2022
News
‘That was my beloved son’: family of Patrick Lyoya say police killed their son in an ‘execution’
The grief-stricken parents of the Black man shot in the back of the head by a white Michigan police officer have described their son’s death as an “execution”.
Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese refugee, was killed after a traffic stop in Grand Rapids on 4 April.
“I didn’t believe that … there’s a genocide in this country,” said his father, Peter Lyoya, on Thursday through an
The GuardianFeb 26 2021
News
As Beijing’s power grows, can it shift meaning of ‘human rights’?
The Beijing Winter Olympics may be a year away, but China’s official media has already shown leader Xi Jinping in a fur hat and long coat, inspecting ski slopes and ice arenas.
Around the world, however, many activists are hoping those venues go unused as they call on nations to boycott the 2022 Games. Canada’s House of Commons on Monday overwhelmingly passed a motion accusing China of
Christian Science MonitorMar 17 2022
Opinion
What Is Our Moral Obligation in Ukraine?
In 1994, I was a young journalist in the information graphics department at The Detroit News, just two years out of college.
In April of that year, the Rwandan genocide — a war of ethnic tensions — erupted, resulting in 100 days of unspeakable carnage.
The United States, still stinging from its failed peacekeeping mission in Somalia the year before, refused to fully intervene. I
Charles Blow