Новости за 15.08.2018

The white supremacists didn't come to Washington, D.C. on August 12. They were already here, occupying the White House, capitol, Supreme Court and federal agencies. The white invasion brought white supremacy to Turtle Island, and people indigenous to this land have been suffering from it for more than 500 years. Washington, D.C. is the colonizer's capital—and the scourge of settler colonialism, and the racism and other ills it brought here, haven't been addressed by those in power.

On a hot day in May, a small group of mothers and fathers was sitting outside of a cemetery in Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas, just across Roma, Texas. They were waiting for dozens of forensic experts to exhume hundreds of unidentified bodies that were buried in common graves. While tarantulas circled their feet and a sticky humidity filled the air, they sat there for hours wondering if one of those bodies belong to their missing loved ones.

PAHOA, HAWAI’I—Nearly two months after the Kilauea volcano began its massive eruptions, a main intersection of the Big Island’s Puna district is filled with huge tents containing everything evacuees might need: meals (provided by World Central Kitchen), tents, household necessities, clothing, animal feed, live music, acupuncture and meditation—all for free. The tents also offer less tangible aid. Chasity “Chas” Quihano, a native Hawai’ian and “captain” of the aid center, known as Pu’uhonua o Puna (“place of refuge in Puna”)... Читать дальше...

On August 7, Rashida Tlaib won the Democratic primary for Michigan’s 13th Congressional District, replacing longtime African-American Rep. John Conyers.