This Hanukkah,
Light a Candle for Gaza
"Despite outrage over recent slavery reports, there is nothing new about migrants suffering in Libya. The E.U. has pushed to bring down their numbers regardless of the human cost, says policy expert Giulia Lagana, calling for the response to go beyond migrant returns."
PREVENTING GENOCIDE BLOG
Museum Calls Attention to Crisis in South Sudan with Special Exhibition
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Incarcerated women risk their lives fighting California fires. It’s part of a long history of prison labor
".....curling himself into a protective ball as bullets flew through the boat. Shot in both knees, with a third bullet having grazed his thigh, began to feel water rising around him. “The boat became like a sieve,” he said, sitting next to the wooden stick he now needs to walk."
"In practice, this means that a strike approval coming from a flag officer sitting in an operations center has myriad checks and balances. There are lawyers, structural engineers, intelligence analysts, and a host of other specialists working together to ensure maximum military gain with minimum civilian harm. Relinquishing this authority to troops in the field potentially curtails many of the check and balances built into the system to protect civilians."
