Irish President Urges UN to Invoke Chapter Seven Against Israel’s Starvation Siege on Gaza
Ireland’s President Michael D. Higgins has issued a searing rebuke of Israel’s ongoing assault and blockade on Gaza, calling it a deliberate campaign of starvation and mass destruction, and urged the United Nations to take immediate enforcement action to...
Wisconsin doctors join medical volunteers treating Syrian refugees in Lebanon
The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) began its November Medical Mission to Lebanon with stops in Tripoli, the Beka'a Valley, and at Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut. For this trip, 10 volunteers from Lebanon and 15 from the United States...
Attacks on health care in Syria add to ongoing social devastation
Attacks on medical facilities are a violation of international humanitarian law, but that has not deterred armed forces from systematically and deliberately attacking health centers in Syria. Between 2011 and 2017, there were 492 attacks on healthcare in...
After surviving the civil war, Syrian refugees suffer devastating trauma
The psychosocial impacts of being a refugee are so widespread, they have reached epidemic proportions. But recognition or aid for those problems still fail to get the same resources as physical epidemics do, such as viral diseases. There is no system in...
Summit panelists discuss immigration issues impacting Milwaukee in the Trump Era
The 12th Annual Henry W. Maier State of Milwaukee Summit was held on November 15 in the UW-Milwaukee Union Alumni Fireside Lounge, featuring a distinguished panel of community leaders and policy experts who discussed the hot topic issue of...
How anti-immigration policies ingrain fear instead of hope for local refugees
When Janan Najeeb speaks in rural areas about immigration, she is sometimes escorted by police because her hijab and her faith make her a “scary” person. As president of the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition, she said people need to “wage a war of...
Trump’s anti-immigrant military enlistment policy blocked by Federal judge
Despite attacking family members of fallen war heroes, criticizing Sen. John McCain for being captured in war, and recently deploying troops to the border for a costly and unnecessary political stunt, President Donald Trump has nonetheless boasted about...
47th annual international craft fair sells products to advocate for peace
The Milwaukee Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends held the 47th Annual International Gift Shop at their Meetinghouse in the Riverwest neighborhood on November 30 and December 1, attracting hundreds of shoppers who supported global causes...
For Uighurs in China, Islam is seen as a “mental Illness” that needs to be “cured”
China's relentless campaign to erase the identity of the Uighurs continues, as the world remains silent. Abdulla* goes to bed every night dreading that knock on the door, a knock he has heard in recurrent nightmares and in stories from neighbors. He...
From the River to the Sea: CNN fires commentator Marc Lamont Hill for Palestinian Solidarity at UN
No one gets closer to peace by silencing voices critical of a lethal status quo. We need a candid debate about the grim catastrophe unfolding in Israel. Why is it so difficult, if not impossible, to have a candid debate about the grim Israeli-Palestinian...
