Tag: refugees
On Syria And Skittles, Demagogues And The Damned
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
20,000 Join Refugees Welcome March Through London
It comes days after the latest death at Britain's border in Calais, of a teenage boy trying to join his family in Britain.
Cleaning Up After Pundits
While the incitement of anti-immigrant prejudice for political gain is shameful and socially explosive, it is certainly not new or uncommon in our country.
Despite Terrorism Fears, 59 Percent of Americans Welcome Syrian and Iraqi...
Millennial youth and Democrats are generally twice as favorable to taking in or otherwise helping refugees from the Syria and Iraq Wars as Republicans, and Trump Republicans are the least charitable toward them of all.
Florida Governor Wants To Monitor Refugees In The Wake Of Orlando...
"The Second Amendment didn't kill anybody."
Syrian Refugees in Canada Donating to Help Climate Refugees (Video)
Annalise Klingbeil of the Calgary Herald wrote that the drive was begun with an Arabic posting on a private Facebook group for Syrian refugees in Alberta province by recent arrival Rita Khanchet.
No Refuge: Unless Solutions are Found, the Global Refugee Problem Will...
It is human nature to react to crises in the moment rather than look for long term solutions but there is no doubt that the current system of housing people in tent cities, detention centers or demanding that they return home is both cruel and unsustainable.
Poverty, Isolation, Removal: Asylum in the UK
Asylum seekers are men, women and children fleeing persecution, and have the right to be treated with dignity and compassion, not intolerance, as is so often the case.
Unjust and Dysfunctional: Asylum in the UK
In its current, intensely bureaucratic form, the asylum process – particularly for people who are frightened of official agencies with their endless forms and impersonal approach – is at best intimidating, at worse dysfunctional.
LOOK: Canada Welcomes the First of Thousands of Syrian Refugees
In stark contrast to the United States, Canada welcomed the first of what is to be thousands of Syrian refugees. Canada's plan is to welcome 25,000 refugees by March 2016.
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ProPublica’s embrace of large language models echoes what I’ve been saying all along
This distinction between “AI” as a vague, catch-all term and the specific type of advanced pattern-finding model actually at play here matters immensely.
Tesla paid zero federal income tax in 2024 while GOP pushes more corporate tax...
Musk’s trillion-dollar company paid nothing in federal taxes while working Americans foot the bill.
Musk-linked operatives gain access to Social Security Administration, raising fears of data breaches and...
A new investigation reveals that Musk-linked operatives with little government experience have gained access to sensitive Social Security data, raising alarms over potential benefit disruptions, privacy risks, and a broader push to privatize the agency.
Senate Democrats face reckoning over GOP spending bill that hands Trump and Musk unchecked...
Progressives warn that the Republican spending bill would give Trump and Musk sweeping control over federal funds, gut social programs, and set a dangerous precedent—while Senate Democrats waver on whether to fight or fold.
The healthcare system in Cuba
How a tiny island defies U.S. sanctions to lead in healthcare.