‘Not My Fault’: Women in Mexico Fight Back Against Violence
Source: The New York Times ECATEPEC, Mexico — Itan Flores was a young teenager when her first boyfriend imprisoned her for six weeks in a room furnished with just a mattress and a radio. He returned only to rape her, she said, often withholding food and water. She escaped when he forgot to lock the […]
Andrew Yang was moved to tears discussing gun safety at an Iowa town hall after a mother says her child was killed by a stray bullet
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang grew visibly emotional while discussing gun safety at an Iowa town hall on Saturday, after a mother described how her 4-year-old daughter was killed by a stray bullet as her other son looked on. The discussion came just days after two back-to-back mass shootings in Texas and Ohio killed a […]
US Stance at UN a Backward Step on Women’s Rights
Source: Human Rights Watch Trump administration threatens to veto Security Council Resolution on sexual violence. (New York) – The United States’ threat to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution on sexual violence in conflict because it mentioned women’s reproductive health services is another deeply cynical and cruel step in its assault on women’s rights in US foreign policy, […]
The U.S. Immigration System May Have Reached a Breaking Point
Source: Michael D. Shear, Miriam Jordan and Manny Fernandez/New York Times For years, there have been warnings that America’s immigration system was going to fail. That time may be now. SAN YSIDRO, Calif. — It was never like this before. The migrants come now in the middle of the night or in the bright light of day. Men and […]
Border Patrol Finds Abandoned Toddler with Phone Number on His Shoes
Source: Julia Ainsley/NBC News Agents have taken the 3-year-old boy to a U.S. border station and are trying to find his parents using the number written on his shoes, officials said. WASHINGTON — U.S. Border Patrol agents found a 3-year-old migrant alone in a cornfield at the border between Mexico and Texas on Tuesday morning, according to […]
Texas Executes White Supremacist for 1998 Dragging Death of James Byrd Jr.
Source: The New York Times John William King, 44, convicted two decades ago for killing James Byrd Jr. in an act of unfathomable racist brutality in the small town of Jasper, was put to death by the State of Texas on Wednesday night with a dose of pentobarbital. The execution, carried out at the state’s […]