Hate crimes are up 30% in the UK over the previous year, rising from 62,518 reported offenses in 2015-16 (the year ends in March). The following year, 2016-17, that number rose to 80,393. Brexit and Islamophobic reactions against extremist terrorism are thought to explain the increase. At the same time, violent crime is up by…
Read moreViolence and Persecution Uprooted Record 65.6 Million People in 2016, UN Agency Reports
Nearly 66 million people were forcibly displaced from their homes last year, the United Nation refugee agency today reported, stressing the “very high” pace at which conflict and persecution is forcing people to flee their homes. The figure equates to “one person displaced every three seconds – less than the time it takes to read…
Read moreIf Trump So Quick to Exploit London Violence, What Would Attack in US Bring?
As the city of London reeled from a deadly attack Saturday night that left seven people dead and many others injured, U.S. President Donald Trump was under fire for his response to the violence—first relying on reports from the far-right Drudge Report and then for an attempt to exploit the incident by using it to…
Read moreIranian President: 'Entire World Will Condemn America' if Trump Kills Nuclear Deal
Amid reports that President Donald Trump is planning to decertify the Iran nuclear accord sometime this coming week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Saturday that any attempt to undermine the deal will earn the United States condemnation from “the entire world.” “If one seeks war, Trump’s decision makes sense. If he doesn’t want war, then killing the…
Read morePalestinian Prisoners’ Hunger Strike
One thousand five hundred Palestinian prisoners have been on a hunger strike for almost a week now. They are refusing sustenance in an effort to improve the deplorable conditions faced by the nearly 6,500 Palestinians who are currently imprisoned in Israel. On the day before the strike began, the action’s leader, Marwan Barghouti, published an…
Read more'The Time Has Come': UN Expert Calls for Global Recognition That Every Human Has Right to Healthy Environment
An expert official for the United Nations is imploring the international community this week to recognize that all people should have a right to a healthy environment in which to live, a concept that has been enshrined in the constitutions of more than 100 nations but has never received recognition as a basic human right….
Read moreGwen Stefani and Blake Shelton Took Her Three Sons on a Family Fishing Trip
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton aren’t letting any summer moments go to waste. In the early hours of Sunday morning, the lovebirds took full advantage of the warm weather by heading out for a family fishing adventure with the former No Doubt front woman’s three sons. The “Make Me Love You” songstress dressed down in…
Read moreIf Only Our Date Nights Looked as Romantic as George and Amal Clooney’s
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore! Seriously though, Italian food and someone you love by your side? That’s love, people. Or at least the version of love Dean Martin famously sung about. It sounds too good to be true, but once again, George and Amal Clooney reminded us…
Read more120 Jewish Studies Scholars Condemn Trump's Jerusalem Declaration
As protests and violence intensified in the Middle East on Friday in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to flout international law and recognize Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel earlier this week, more than 120 Jewish studies scholars from universities across the United States condemned the move and urged the Trump administration to take…
Read moreMillie Bobby Brown’s New Twitter Account Is 100% Positivity
Millie Bobby Brown is taking a direct approach to online bullying. The 13-year-old Stranger Things star recently unveiled a brand-new Twitter account (her first) with the sole purpose of spreading positivity. Tweeting from the handle @Milliestopshate, the courageous teen plans to share “encouragement and advice for situations that need love and help.” So far, she’s been true…
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