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After the Beirut Explosion, Lebanon’s Women-Led Civil Society Is Building on the Edge of Despair

Posted on October 17, 2020
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On the afternoon of August 4, Aya Zantout sat in Al Makan, the cultural center in the Mar Elias neighborhood of Beirut, where she often volunteered.

Move Over, Hunter Biden. Meet Eric Branstad, the China Ambassador’s Son Who Got Rich in Trump’s Swamp.

Posted on October 15, 2020
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In April 2018, the Trump administration banned Chinese telecom equipment giant ZTE from buying American-made parts, threatening to cripple the company’s worldwide operations.

How a Canadian Mining Company Infiltrated the Guatemalan State

Posted on September 26, 2020
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It was often when Rosa Elbira Coc Ich was cooking lunch in the communal outdoor kitchen of Lote Ocho, a village in Guatemala, that the helicopters would fly overhead, the gusts of air from their deafening rotor blades scattering her tomatoes, beans, herbs, and tortillas over the reddish-brown soil.

As the Coronavirus Descended on the Border, the Trump Administration Escalated Its Crackdown on Asylum

Posted on September 5, 2020
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A short walk from the border, in the Mexican city of Nogales, Sonora, sits a modest building packed with long, cafeteria-style tables.

Online lenders are preying on desperate borrowers and could trigger a new consumer financial crisis

Posted on August 30, 2020
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The economic cataclysm brought on by the coronavirus caught American consumers in an extremely precarious position — one that was evident well before more than 50 million people filed for unemployment.

PFAS Contamination Divides an Alabama Town

Posted on August 23, 2020
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It was early afternoon when Paige Bibbee got the text from an anonymous number. Bibbee, the president of the Decatur City Council, was supposed to have a call later that day with Barney Lovelace, an attorney who represents the small Alabama city on several matters.

Sen. Thom Tillis is an avatar for the GOP’s reactionary turn to the right. Now, his proximity to Trump could consume him.

Posted on August 9, 2020
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This past April, Thom Tillis sat down for an interview with a conservative radio host in North Carolina, where the first-term senator is struggling in his bid for reelection.

Ravaged by Covid-19, Polluted Communities Demand Environmental Justice

Posted on August 8, 2020
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Growing up in Newark’s South Ward, Kim Gaddy often struggled to breathe. When her asthma was at its worst and inhaling stung and failed to fill her lungs, she would wind up in the local emergency room.

Disregarding the Virus and Victims’ Families, Trump Rushes to Execute as Many People as Possible

Posted on August 2, 2020
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It was getting close to midnight at the Ford dealership on Route 41 in Terre Haute, Indiana, and there was no word yet on the execution.

Baltimore’s Violence Interrupters Confront Shootings, the Coronavirus, and Corrupt Cops

Posted on July 26, 2020
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“Hey, Officer Friendly with the cherry cheeks,” a Black woman said to an unmasked, white Baltimore police sergeant as he approached her outside a public housing project in April. In response, the sergeant intentionally coughed on the woman and kept walking. “Oh, I ain’t worried about that shit,” the woman told the sergeant.

 

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