He’s building a record about those persecuted because of their religion
Like many people, the Rev. Patrick Desbois in 2014 had never heard of the Yazidis, the ethnic religious minority being decimated by the Islamic State (ISIS) in northern Iraq. For more than a decade, the French Roman Catholic priest had been documentin…
Trump should not complain about oil at $75 a barrel, Why Russia’s anti-European propaganda matters, Is a military coup brewing on Iran’s horizon?, An Indonesian reminder to keep pushing gender parity, Culture is no excuse for unethical behavior
“Brent crude [was] back at the $75 a barrel level many analysts regard as the ‘Goldilocks’ price: not too hot for the big consumers in China, India and Europe, but not too cold for the national treasuries of the Gulf countries and Russia…,” writes Fr…
Readers write: Technology of the Olympics, emotions evoked by the beauty of the Olympics, the layers of another culture
Regarding the Feb. 12 Monitor Daily article “The Olympic-level science behind the sports”: I love the angle that you chose to report. Recommended: Could you pass a US citizenship test? Such is the joy of challenges – Olympics or no Olympics.
Chemical Weapons Inspectors Finish Their Trip To Syria’s Douma
Investigators are done gathering samples from the town where a suspected chemical weapons attack occurred. The team suffered delays, and Russia “may have tampered” with the site before they arrived.
With dueling DACA cases, Supreme Court showdown seems inevitable
The fact that Texas and a half-dozen other Republican-controlled states sued this week to end an Obama-era immigration executive order feels very 2014. The stakes are highest for the almost 700,000 US residents brought here illegally as children who h…
How Mexico Has Been Using Checkpoints And Deportations To Address Migration
The U.S. is pressuring Mexico to crack down on Central Americans trying to come north. But migrants say they’ve already been facing a maze of checkpoints and Mexican law enforcement on their efforts to find a safe home.
Who’s an employee? California ruling updates debate for the gig economy
The California Supreme Court this week handed down a ruling that makes it harder for employers to classify their workers as independent contractors. The ruling, handed down Monday in a case involving drivers for Southern California courier company Dyn…
Using Marx’s birthday to recall progress toward peace
Seven years ago, Harvard University scholar Steven Pinker wrote a book that concluded, through analysis of historical data, that “the world is less violent now than at any time in history.” In 2018 peace is still not yet a universal norm. The #MeToo a…
For ‘accidental Americans,’ the hidden costs prove taxing
Tom Wallis was born in France to a French mother and American father. Apart from one year he spent working in the United States, Wallis has spent little time tending to his American roots – he thinks of himself as French. “We had to tell the French b…
As Israel-Iran rivalry burns, Russia’s Tehran ties may get singed
As Israel and Iran increasingly square off against each other amid Syria’s multi-dimensional war, it is Russia that finds itself between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Russia has managed to maintain good relations with both Iran and Israel, eve…
Failed MH370 Search May Have Solved Mystery Of 19th-Century Shipwrecks
The search for the Malaysian Airlines flight — lost in 2014 with 239 passengers and crew — turned up two shipwrecks. Maritime historians think they’ve discovered the identities of the vessels.
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