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The Pope, the one-drop rule, and the ghosts of New Orleans
The white smoke had barely cleared from the Vatican chimney when a genealogical tremor made its way across the Atlantic. Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, formerly a…
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A conclave to rule them all
The dancing and betting pools are over, and the gambling begins. The general congregations concluded this Tuesday, and since Monday, all the cardinal electors have gathered in Santa…
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Pope Francis obits omit focus on Palestine
The obituaries for Pope Francis in the leading U.S. newspapers ignored the late pontiff’s commitment to the Palestinian people and the acute suffering in Gaza in the last years of his…
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Israel has killed 270+ children since ditching cease-fire last week, says NGO
Since fully abandoning a two-month cease-fire in the Gaza Strip a week ago, the Israel Defense Forces have slaughtered more than 270 children in the Palestinian enclave, the global…
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International coalition to ‘pursue Israeli war crimes suspects’
Lawyers from half a dozen countries on Tuesday launched a coalition dedicated to bringing Israelis and dual nationals accused of war crimes in Palestine to justice.
The U.K.-based…
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USAID falls, exposing giant network of U.S.-funded ‘independent’ media (+Español)
Many anti-government Cuban media outlets are broke due to U.S. cuts in aid. “We are facing an unexpected challenge," said one Miami-based outlet.
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Experts dismayed by decision to reinstate Cuba as State Sponsor of Terrorism
The decision is viewed by human rights experts as yet another act of unilateral coercion that contradicts all UN resolutions.
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Trump’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza is a brutal form of colonial capitalism (+Español)
According to Trump, the U.S. will “own” Gaza, Palestinians will be forcibly resettled in Arab states, and there never will be an independent Palestinian state.
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‘WTF?’ World reacts to Trump’s vow of U.S. expansionism (+Español)
In his second inaugural address, Trump promised a foreign policy that "expands our territory," as well as the renewed pursuit of "Manifest Destiny".
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Reacciones latinoamericanas a la agenda antiinmigrante de Trump (+English)
La amenaza de Donald Trump de llevar a cabo deportaciones masivas de inmigrantes ha provocado una reacción de rechazo de los gobiernos de la región y el afán por proteger a sus…
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