Report: poor and marginalized especially hit by US COVID-19 death toll and other stories
Today we look at a report on COVID-19’s impact on existing disparities in the US, a hunger strike by imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, and more
US continues deportation of Haitians tested positive of COVID-19
Haitian government officials have denounced plans by the US to deport individuals amid the COVID-19 pandemic
US deports Iranian student amid protests
The case of Iranian student Hossein Abadi marks the tenth such deportation in less than a year. The news of his deportation led to a protest at the international terminal of the Logan airport in Boston
Around the World in 8 Minutes: Episode 41
Peoples Dispatch takes a look at the protests related to the Unnao rape case, the deportation of Syrian refugees from Turkey and the protests against labor reform bills in Costa Rica
Turkey deports refugees back to Syria
Refugees are facing increasing hostility by xenophobic movements in the country which have been growing in strength
- Turkey seeks to normalize relations with Israel, says will work for two-state solution for Palestine
- Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager, injure 80 others in violent raids in Nablus
- Sudanese communists alert to increase in state repression following arrests
- Monkeypox emerges as a concern
- Tunisian political parties and trade unions reject president’s move to enact a new constitution
