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What If the Borders Were Just Lines on a Map?

At some point in the journey, somewhere between exhaustion and quiet reflection, I found myself asking a simple question. Why is it easier for animals to move across Africa than it is for Africans themselves? By Kimberley Khasiala Most of…

Bangladeshi migrant workers face a growing crisis across the Middle East amid regional tensions

by Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) More than 10 million Bangladeshi migrant workers living across the Middle East are facing mounting uncertainty as escalating regional tensions disrupt jobs, travel, and remittance flows, according to community leaders and officials. Bangladeshi expatriates…

U.S. Executive Order 9066, we are repeating history

Mike Ishii, director of Tsuru for Solidarity, pen an article published in The Seattle Times — “84 years after Executive Order 9066, we are repeating history”— with a reminder that history does not disappear simply because time has passed. Eighty-four…

Italy detains rescue ship for 60 days and proposes ‘sea blockade’ bill as hundreds are missing in Mediterranean

Berlin, 14 February 2026. While hundreds of people are still reported missing in the Central Mediterranean, Italian authorities on 13 February detained the rescue vessel Humanity 1 for 60 days in Trapani, Sicily, and imposed a fine of 10,000 euros on…

When love breaks into the spectacle

On the most heavily guarded stage of U.S. symbolic power, a legitimate voice turned entertainment into a political act and confronted hatred with collective dignity. It was not just the Super Bowl. That ultimate altar of spectacle—designed to say nothing…

Tunisia, the Mediterranean as a mass grave, and the externalization of Europe’s border: another major human rights crisis

In January 2026, following a series of shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean that left nearly one thousand people dead or missing, the situation of migrants in Tunisia entered a new and more severe phase. These deaths did not occur in…

Grammys 2026: Billie Eilish and music stars attack ICE and Trump’s mass deportation

“Fuck ICE. No one is illegal on stolen land”. With these words, Billie Eilish opened fire upon receiving the Grammy for Song of the Year for “Wildflower” at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards, held last night at the Crypto.com Arena…

Supporting Action in a Time That Demands It

We are living in a moment that demands action. Many people feel it viscerally: something is wrong, old structures are failing, and silence is no longer acceptable. Across communities, people are mobilizing—marching, organizing, donating, speaking out. The desire to act…

Great success in Minnesota for Truth and Freedom Day

They called it “Truth and Freedom Day,” the mobilization in Minneapolis against ICE raids targeting immigrants, which among other things led to the death of Renée Good. It was a huge popular response to the repressive activities carried out by…

New York, “Protect our neighbors from ICE”

It’s recently stopped snowing; it’s the most beautiful time in the city when the blanket is still pristine and we pedestrians follow each other’s footsteps. Thus, wrapped in the icy whiteness, we cross the neighborhood park to reach the subway…

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