Just a few months ago Venezuelans were filled with renewed hope: for a new president, for desperately needed humanitarian assistance, for democracy to be restored in their country. But with the failure of an uprising led by the opposition leader Juan Guaidó in April, […]
After eight brutal years, it is hard to find anything shocking about the Syrian civil war. But somehow, the government forces under President Bashar al-Assad always find a way. On May 15, Syrian bombs destroyed the Tarmala Maternity and Children’s Hospital in Idlib, the […]
The New York Democrat — and former bartender — waited tables Friday afternoon to raise awareness for Democrats’ fight to increase the national minimum wage to $15 an hour. “I’ve always got my backup job,” she joked to patrons while ringing up pizza orders […]
President Donald Trump on Friday announced the South Asian country’s removal from a special trade program, saying it had “not assured the United States that India will provide equitable and reasonable access to its markets.” The program, known as the Generalized System of Preferences, […]
After three decades in power, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was ousted and arrested in an April military coup. Protests against his rule began in late 2018 over the rising cost of living, and they escalated into a push for Bashir’s removal from office, with mass […]
A group of black voters represented by a foundation affiliated with former Attorney General Eric Holder’s National Democratic Redistricting Committee is challenging Mississippi’s Jim-Crow era laws written to place black candidates for statewide office at a disadvantage. According to ThinkProgress, four voters filed suit […]
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