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The silent victims of “zero tolerance” immigration policies

Post author By Lynn Murphy
Post date April 26, 2019
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This piece won second place in the 2019 Baines Report Op-Ed Contest. _ Immigrant children with disabilities are suffering neglect and abuse under the hands of the Trump Administration. These children, who require specialized services and treatment, have often been separated from guardians and have been placed in facilities with insufficient oversight. Amid increased reports […]

Tags Autism, Customs and Border Patrol, Department of Health and Human Services, disabilities, HHS, immigrant, immigration, Op-Ed, refugee, special education, Trump, united states

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Khashoggi Killing Adds New Dimension to Yemen War — and New Opportunity for United States

Post author By Charlotte Gorman
Post date December 10, 2018
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People survey rubble following airstrikes in Sana'a, Yemen. (Credit Voice of America)

Seventy years ago today, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human rights that enshrined the idea that every person has fundamental rights regardless of who they are or where they live. Yet since 2016, a civil war in Yemen has escalated into the largest manmade humanitarian crisis in modern memory. The world should […]

Tags Civil War, Congress, human rights, human rights day, Misc, Op-Ed, Saudi Arabia, Senate, United Nations, united states, universal declaration of human rights, yemen