Synagogue Shooter Shares This Obsession With Far-Right Media

Ari Paul / FAIR Oct 31, 2018 As the facts of the anti-Semitic attack at a Pittsburgh synagogue unfold, one of shooter Robert Bowers’ motives has come to the forefront. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How to Tell Nobel Winner Nadia Murad’s Story Without Trading on Her Pain

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Oct 16, 2018 Director Alexandria Bombach tells Truthdig how she avoided exploiting her subject's traumatic past in making her new documentary, “On Her Shoulders.” Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

The U.S. Causes Refugee Crises. Now It’s Slashing Refugee Admissions.

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Sep 18, 2018 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces that the Trump administration will cap refugee admissions at 30,000 in 2019, down from 45,000 in 2018 and from 85,000 in fiscal 2016. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Land Between Two Rivers

Elaine Margolin / Truthdig Mar 2, 2018 Tom Sleigh travels to war zones and refugee camps, yet views intervention on his part as transgression. When does passivity become complicity? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Politics

High-Profile Member Quits Panel on Rohingya Refugee Crisis

FOSTER KLUG / The Associated Press Jan 24, 2018 An upset Bill Richardson, former governor of New Mexico, calls the advisory body a “whitewash and a cheerleading operation” for Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Rohingya Who Fled Myanmar Facing Crisis in Asia

Vijay Prashad / AlterNet Jan 17, 2018 Some are languishing in overcrowded refugee camps, while others have been sold into slavery, according to U.N. officials. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Global Warming Drives Climate Refugees to Europe

Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Dec 27, 2017 Immigration, already a highly controversial topic on the continent, is set to grow as many more people fleeing climate change arrive. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate-Change Victims in a Man-Made Dystopia

Todd Miller / TomDispatch Dec 13, 2017 Homeland security regimes are unleashing their wrath on the world’s displaced people, sharpening the divide between the secure and the dispossessed. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Being a Refugee Doesn’t Stop Political Engagement

Janice G. Raymond / Truthdig Dec 7, 2017 Part II of this investigative series explores the ways organizations are combating violence against women and creating programs to help Syrian women living in Lebanon. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Pity the Nations: Women Refugees in Lebanon

Janice G. Raymond / Truthdig Dec 6, 2017 Syrian women and girls living in Lebanon face violence and sexual exploitation as they are used as a form of currency in military ventures. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

A List of Heartbreak: Newspaper Tallies 33,293 Dead Migrants

The Associated Press Nov 12, 2017 The German publication Der Tagesspiegel has gathered information on people it says died trying to get to Europe. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Climate Refugees Move Up on the Global Agenda

Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Nov 5, 2017 At least one government is considering easing the path for such migrants to gain entry, and the United Nations is also reviewing ways to help them. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )