Sometimes it can feel as though Nepal goes through endless cycles that bring us back every time to the place where we started. Maybe we just need more years to look back and see the progress. But up close, we seem to stand still. The present moment is like that. Consider these needs that […]
Month: August 2020
Trump pandemic border policy sends asylum seekers back to Ortega’s Nicaragua
Valeska Alemán, 22, paid a price for that notoriety. She was detained twice. Interrogators pried off her toenails. When she decided to leave the country, the United States seemed a natural destination: The Trump administration has been vocal in its opposition to Nicaragua’s crackdown — and its support of the […]
AJC Urges Government, Civil Society to Act on QAnon Antisemitism
NEW YORK, Aug. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — American Jewish Committee (AJC), in a new position paper on QAnon, is urging government and civil society to strongly respond to the group’s antisemitic pronouncements and conspiracy theories. “In a time of rising antisemitism and growing distrust and division in the United States, the […]
‘The Public Record’ features lives of Louisvillians during COVID-19
Using their smartphones, 60 Louisville residents recorded their emotional and unique daily lives during the spring of 2020. The result is “The Public Record,” a 37-minute documentary about the personal and political lives of Louisvillians in a time of polarization and isolation during a time of a worldwide health crisis and large-scale […]
Rhea Chakraborty is Playing Double Game, Didn’t Even Offer Condolences to Family
© Taru Bhatia | India.com Entertainment Desk Photo Credit: Instagram/@rhea_chakraborty Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case: With the Special Investigation Team of the CBI going out all guns blazing against all possible angles in the Sushant Singh Rajput case, senior advocate Vikas Singh representing the late actor’s family, slammed Rhea Chakraborty […]
Gambia: The Enforcement of Covid-19 Regulations and the Human Rights Commission
A state must have guards and fences aimed at protecting the fundamental rights of the citizens. One of the guards that should be playing a fundamental role in preventing impunity in the enforcement of the law is the National Human Rights Commission. The Commission should have COVID-19 policy and strategic […]
Splaining How Government Works to Young Voters
Name: Ben Sheehan Age: 35 Hometown: Washington, D.C. Now Lives: In a two-bedroom condo in the Hancock Park section of Los Angeles, with his fiancée, Jackie, and his dog, Chooch. Claim to Fame: Until 2016 Mr. Sheehan was the head of talent for the humor site Funny Or Die, in […]
A Reward for a Functioning Society
Image credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports On July 5, Nationals reliever Sean Doolittle said in the middle of a press conference regarding the restart of Major League Baseball and what would later be known as summer camp, “sports are like the reward of a functioning society.” This sentence was amidst […]
De Blasio’s descent: How New York City’s mayor became so unpopular across the political spectrum
While New York City may have flattened the coronavirus curve, swaths of the once vibrant and bustling Big Apple remain boarded up. Crime is running rampant. A mass exodus of both people and businesses has left buildings dark, and the uncertain future of what used to be the seeming center of the world […]
Epstein Lawyer Alan Dershowitz Donated to Katherine Fernandez Rundle
When Alan Dershowitz’s name pops up in a news headline or on social media, you never know what you’re going to get. Is Dershowitz, the high-profile defense attorney who helped secure a non-prosecution agreement for the late millionaire sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, arguing that the age of consent is too […]
Human Rights Clinic team submits amicus brief in Chiquita Brands lawsuit
Credit: cbarnesphotography/iStock If everything had gone according to schedule, the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) would have filed an amicus curiae brief in December 2019 in a case against Chiquita Brands International, the world’s largest banana company. The suit, on behalf of families who suffered mass atrocities by paramilitary groups […]
Announcing the 2020 British Ecological Society award winners
IMAGE: Top row left-to-right: Mike Begon, Sandra Lavorel, Michel Loreau, Teja Tscharntke, Wendy Foden, David Odee. Bottom row left-to-right: Tommaso Jucker, Juliet Vickery, Helen Roy, Iain Stott, Kimberly A. With…. view more Credit: British Ecological Society The British Ecological Society (BES) announced today the winners of its annual awards and prizes, […]
Political Parties Have Become More Extreme to Get Votes
Political parties in the U.S. have become increasingly polarized in an attempt to get more votes — not because voters themselves are becoming more extremist. The research team led by Northwestern University found that extremism is a strategy that has worked over the years even if voters’ views remain in […]
Pakistan: Female lawyer abducted, raped for four days, advisor says Imran Khan has taken notice after video causes outrage online
#JusticeforNasreenAdvocate trends online after a video from Okara so a female lawyer who got abducted and raped circulated online. Image Credit: Twitter Pakistani tweeps are demanding #JusticeforNasreenAdvocate after a female lawyer was reportedly abducted and raped by three men in the district of Okara, in Pakistan’s Punjab province, on August […]
Human rights cast shadow over China Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s Netherlands visit
Get the latest insights and analysis from our Global Impact newsletter on the big stories originating in China. Wang is also expected to focus on rebuilding a stable supply chain in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic while in the Netherlands, home to the world’s busiest port in Europe at […]
Abruptly canceled, ShanghaiPRIDE could be harbinger for China’s civil society
Annual Pride celebrations are not common in cities across China, but the city of Shanghai is an exception, where Pride events have occurred for a dozen years. But now organizers say this year’s ShanghaiPRIDE festival is on hold to protect the “safety” of all involved. The rest of this year’s […]
America’s got talent, just not political talent | USA
The US presidential elections have the feel of the popular talent competition, America’s Got Talent (AGT). Like the reality TV show, they are entertaining, emotional and highly competitive, and focus exclusively on the candidates’ talent and character or lack thereof, rather than anything that resembles political substance or agenda. This […]
Mladic Lawyer Says He’s Unfit For Genocide Appeal
A lawyer for former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic told a UN court on August 25 that he was at risk of a “miscarriage of justice” because he was mentally unfit to take part in an appeal hearing on his life sentence for genocide. Mladic has challenged his 2017 […]
Jay Rosenzweig on His Jewish Roots, Human Rights Activism and Passion for Equality
Until the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Jay Rosenzweig seemed to be everywhere. Although in theory, based in Toronto, he is the maestro of multi-tasking, appearing in Los Angeles on one day as a producer for a project to save the environment; in New York the next to advise a high tech […]
5 questions for Ronald Bailey on how the world is improving over time | American Enterprise Institute
When one looks at the data, it becomes clear that the world is dramatically improving over the long term. So why are people so pessimistic about the future? Ronald Bailey recently joined the Political Economy podcast to explore this question. Ronald is the science correspondent for Reason magazine and Reason.com. […]