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Extreme Weather Displaced 7 Million People in First Half of 2019

Paris Williams — Sun, 15 Sep 2019 21:06:28 +0000

Natural disasters forced a record 7 million people to be displaced in the first half of this year, accounting for nearly two-thirds of all the internal displacements worldwide, according to a new report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC).

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Mercy Beyond Borders

Paris Williams — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 23:56:41 +0000

With operations in South Sudan and Haiti, Mercy Beyond Borders brings hope to more than 1,400 women and girls annually by providing educational, economic and empowerment opportunities where there are few options to escape extreme poverty.

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A Young Poet Tells the Story of Darfur

Paris Williams — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 03:15:09 +0000

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Grief and resilience live together. --Michelle Obama

A Young Poet Tells the Story of Darfur
--by ted.com, syndicated from ted.com, Aug 09, 2019

I was 10 years old when I learned what the word "genocide" meant. It was 2003, and my people were being brutally attacked because of their race -- hundreds of thousands murdered, millions displaced, a nation torn apart at the hands of its own government.

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‘Journalism Is Helping to Normalize the Concentration Camps’

Paris Williams — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 02:00:58 +0000

Janine Jackson interviewed Arun Gupta on Trump’s concentration camps for the July 12, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.

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16 Tons of Madness

Paris Williams — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 00:03:39 +0000

Author John Hall describes a day in the life of an Arizona town, where "an extremely large percentage of my new neighbors’ lives depend upon the continuation of the sick-ass system of wars, violence, resource theft, border walls, and incarceration for fun and profit."

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‘The New Normal’: Ten of Thousands Flee Extreme Heatwave in India as Temperatures Topping 120°F Kill Dozens Across Country

Paris Williams — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 03:30:11 +0000

June's heatwave is already one of the longest India has ever seen. While temperatures tend to rise in the country ahead of monsoon season, the deadly heatwaves have caused alarm among climate campaigners and Indian authorities.

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Amnesty International Marks Nakba Day With Palestinian Refugees’ Testimonies Detailing ‘Seven Decades of Misery’

Paris Williams — Tue, 14 May 2019 08:14:08 +0000

On the eve of Nakba Day, which commemorates the mass displacement of Palestinians due to the creation of Israel in 1948, Amnesty International shared new testimonies from Palestinian refugees and urged people around the world to pressure the Israeli government to respect their right to return.

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