Trump’s record-low refugee resettlement ceiling represents a trend of declining admissions that has been going on for nearly two decades, writes Stephanie J. Nawyn.
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Displaced by Desert: Expanding Sahara Leaves Broken Families & Violence in its Wake
Misogyny, Male Rage & the Words Men Use to Describe Greta Thunberg
Iowa’s Farmers & American Eaters Need a National Discussion on Transforming US Agriculture
Lisa Schulte Moore sees the Iowa caucuses as an opportunity to spotlight innovative and “regenerative” farming methods that produce goods and services while also improving soil and water resources, unique habitats and pastoral countrysides.
The Greening of the New Deal
THE ANGRY ARAB: The Origins of Lebanon’s Protests
US Congressional Panel Plots Next Phase of Dirty War on Syria: Occupy Oil Fields & Block Reconstruction
A Washington foreign-policy apparatchik who oversaw the bipartisan Syria Study Group has outlined a sadistic strategy for preventing reconstruction of the “rubble,” Ben Norton reports.
Hezbollah’s Sticky Situation Amid Lebanese Protests
Lebanon Uprising Unites People Across Faiths, Defying Deep Sectarian Divides
In repudiation of the idea that religious allegiance comes before national unity, protesters are demanding fair elections, a stronger judiciary and more government accountability, writes Mira Assaf Kafantaris.
The Media’s Obsession With Personalities
Roger Stone is playing a key role in the Democrats’ attempt to revive the discredited “collusion” story, writes Joe Lauria.