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2024-03-23: News Headlines

Darren Thompson, Last Real Indians. (2024-03-23). South Dakota Tribes Face Off Again With South Dakota Governor. popularresistance.org South Dakota—Last week, while signing two education bills Governor Kristi Noem made comments about wanting to improve Native American students' achievement, and blamed parents and Tribal leaders for their poor performance. Gov. Noem also said that some Tribal leaders in the state were in partnership with Mexican cartels, and four Tribal Nations have responded demanding an apology. | The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) issued a statement saying, "Last week while visiting Mitchell and Winner, South Dakota, Governor Noem used those events as an opportunity to spew hateful gossip about Native people.

Mike Ludwig, Truthout. (2024-03-23). ICE Under Fire For Solitary Confinement Of Immigrants. popularresistance.org The 61-year-old man who was recently found dead of suspected suicide at a privately run Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) prison in Washington state served the second-longest stretch in solitary confinement of any person in ICE custody since 2018, according to a new analysis by human rights experts. | Charles Leo Daniel, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, was found dead while in solitary confinement on March 7 after being incarcerated at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) near Tacoma for about four years. Between April 2020 and September 2023, Daniel was held in solitary confinement for a total of 1,244…

Darren Thompson, Last Real Indians. (2024-03-23). South Dakota Tribes Face Off Again With Governor Kristi Noem. popularresistance.org South Dakota—Last week, while signing two education bills Governor Kristi Noem made comments about wanting to improve Native American students' achievement, and blamed parents and Tribal leaders for their poor performance. Gov. Noem also said that some Tribal leaders in the state were in partnership with Mexican cartels, and four Tribal Nations have responded demanding an apology. | The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) issued a statement saying, "Last week while visiting Mitchell and Winner, South Dakota, Governor Noem used those events as an opportunity to spew hateful gossip about Native people.

The Independent (2024-03-23). Kenya publishes policy to recognize undocumented skills in informal sector. independent.co.ug NAIROBI | Xinhua | Kenya on Friday launched a policy to recognize the undocumented skills and knowledge acquired by thousands of informal sector workers without attending formal learning institutions. Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said the framework elevates the informal sector workers and dignifies what they do. "This policy sows and grows seeds for equity and …

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-23). Don't blame migrants for the housing crisis. greenleft.org.au

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-03-23). Studying cells and gels to regenerate spinal disks. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Maria Astudillo Potes' life changed instantly when her grandfather fractured his back and suffered paralysis. Traversing through this difficult time, she determined to turn tragedy into personal triumph for her immigrant family. She now aspires to become a neurosurgeon-scientist who researches and develops new biotherapeutics for spinal disk injuries. The native of Ecuador moved to the U.S. as a high school student with a dream of becoming a physician-scientist. During college, she learned about regenerative…

WSWS (2024-03-23). Neo-Confederate Texas state law remains at center of attacks on migrants. wsws.org Texas is openly defying federal constitutional authority to an extent without precedent since the civil rights struggles that resulted in the end of Jim Crow apartheid and school segregation.

Center for Food Safety (2024-03-23). U.S. Tries to Force Potentially Hazardous GM Corn on Mexico. indybay.org U.S. Position Based on Sham Regulatory Regime That Does Not Ensure GMO Safety, Mexico Fully Justified in Prohibiting GM Corn for Staple Corn Products…

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-03-23). President López Obrador highlights strength of Mexico's economy. plenglish.com In the state of Veracruz, the president referred to the decision made on Thursday by the Bank of Mexico, which reduced the target for the overnight interest rate by 25 basis points to a level of 11 percent, effective as of Friday, according to a press release from the financial institution. | "It was a bold move, because rates in the United States do not want to move and here they are already lowering them, even if only slightly, and this could have led to a depreciation of the peso in relation to the dollar," but nothing happened, said the president, who considered it was a good decision. | He added that the lo…

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2024-03-23). México padece escasez de agua en el 58.17% de su territorio. telesurtv.net Entretanto, solo el 27.37 por ciento del país latinoamericano está en condiciones normales mientras que el 14.46 por ciento sufre de características anormalmente secas.

newarab (2024-03-23). EU: Migrant deal with Lebanon also possible. newarab.com EU commissioner The EU has entered agreements…

palestinechronicle.com (2024-03-23). Amid Israeli Genocide – Gaza's Faith Unbroken (PHOTOS & VIDEO) Faith is a central component in the lives of Palestinians. Gaza, now undergoing an Israeli genocide, is in greater need of its faith than ever before.

inthesetimes.com (2024-03-23). Defunding UNRWA Was Never About HamasThe refugee agency is a reminder that Palestinian refugees exist and have inalienable political rights—a truth the Israeli government finds deeply inconvenient.

sfgate.com (2024-03-23). The UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding a Ramadan cease-fire The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a NEW resolution demanding a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The resolution, put forward by the 10 elected council members, is backed by Russia and China, who vetoed a U.S.-sponsored resolution Friday. The council is expected to vote on the resolution Monday morning.

truthout.org (2024-03-23). US Has Redefined "Human Shields" to Enable Israel's Slaughter of Gaza Civilians President Biden and members of Congress have cynically reinterpreted "human shields" to flout international law.

palestinechronicle.com (2024-03-23). 'She Never Returned Home' – Palestinians Children Remember Their Mothers, Killed in Israeli Airstrikes In fact, for many children, there will be no mothers to celebrate anymore as well over 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed since the beginning of the war. Moreover, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement on X on Thursday that the Israeli war on Gaza has been killing an average of 37 mothers daily since October 7.

Israel-Gaza War Update: Latest Figures and Statistics

Posted by Richard Medhurst.

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2024-03-22: News Headlines

Peoples Dispatch (2024-03-22). Hypocrisy at work: anti-migrant politicians call for more sanctions against Venezuela. peoplesdispatch.org On March 21, US Senator Marco Rubio and US Representative María Elvira Salazar, together responsible for pushing some of the deadliest sanctions against the socialist nations of Cuba and Venezuela, have applauded the House Committee on Foreign Affairs for passing the Venezuela Emergency Relief, Democracy Assistance, and Development (VERDAD) Reauthorization Act. | The Act would reauthorize an anti-Venezuela sanctions bill passed into law in 2019, the original VERDAD Act. This new act would extend existing US sanctions against Venezuela. The Act is a bipartisan effort, having been introduced both by Republican Repr…

Eder Suárez (2024-03-22). Gap between Mexican presidential candidate Sheinbaum and rivals widens. peoplesdispatch.org Only three weeks after the start of the presidential campaign, a survey by Mexican newspaper Reforma shows that Claudia Sheinbaum, the candidate for MORENA's "Together we will make history" coalition, has increased her lead over the other two candidates, now with 58% in voting intentions, that is, 24 percentage points above her closest rival, Xóchitl Gálvez, of the "Goes for Mexico" alliance. | Sheinbaum skyrockets in the polls: | This is the third opinion poll carried out by the newspaper and one can see the clear increase in favor of the MORENA candidate: first scoring 53% in August, then 54% in Decembe…

Pavel López Lazo (2024-03-22). DR refutes information about alleged migrant shelter center. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, Mar 22 (Prensa Latina) The Dominican government on Friday denied information on setting up an alleged migrant reception center and explained that an invitation to the reopening of an office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) was misrepresented.

Staff (2024-03-22). Anarchists Gather for Conference at the Corner of the World. unicornriot.ninja Tijuana, Mexico — Where the United States, the Pacific Ocean, and Mexico meet, a place sometimes referred to as "the corner of the world," a sprawling 18-foot-tall barrier stretches out into the salt water, marking the international border. Waves crash against its concrete foundations and, at high tide, against the bollards themselves that stretch out …

Pavel López Lazo (2024-03-22). Guatemala: IGM increases control, deports 38 irregular migrants. plenglish.com Guatemala City, Mar 22 (Prensa Latina) The Guatemalan Institute of Migration (IGM) reported on Friday the deportation of 38 foreigners for not complying with requirements for entry into the national territory, as part of the reinforcement of border control.

WSWS (2024-03-22). Migrant workers destitute after collapse of Buildhub in New Zealand. wsws.org Hundreds of Latin American workers who spent tens of thousands of dollars to move to New Zealand have lost everything in the collapse of the company, which many workers accused of deceiving and exploiting them.

Center for Food Safety (2024-03-22). U.S. Tries to Force Potentially Hazardous GM Corn on Mexico. indybay.org U.S. Position Based on Sham Regulatory Regime That Does Not Ensure GMO Safety, Mexico Fully Justified in Prohibiting GM Corn for Staple Corn Products…

WSWS (2024-03-22). Genetic makeup of modern Europeans derived through ancient migrations from Asia. wsws.org The studies provide further confirmation that modern populations are the result of a complex mixing of migrants of varying origins and cultures that have nothing to do with the pseudo-concept of "race."

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-22). Don't blame migrants for the housing crisis. greenleft.org.au

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2024-03-22). Grupos mexicanos de desaparecidos convocan jornada de búsqueda. telesurtv.net Los colectivos invitaron a la sociedad civil para que los acompañe en la Jornada Nacional de Búsqueda, a realizarse el 19 y 20 de abril de este año.

newarab (2024-03-22). EU: Migrant deal with Lebanon also possible. newarab.com EU commissioner The EU has entered agreements…

youtube.com (2024-03-22). LIVE: Outside Moscow concert hall after shooting by several gunmenRussia's Federal Security Service said 40 people died and more than 100 were wounded in an attack Friday at a Moscow concert hall.
  The attack, which Russian authorities are investigating as terrorism, is the deadliest in Russia in recent years.
  Several gunmen burst into the concert hall on the edge of Moscow and sprayed visitors with automatic gunfire, killing and wounding dozens and starting a massive blaze

PositiveUniverse.com Comment (2024-03-22). The duplicitous American MSM wants the public to believe that Russia vetoed the US drafted Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.The American MSM wants the public to believe that Russia vetoed the US drafted Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
  It was a trick resolution question. It did NOT call for a ceasefire and simply stated that a ceasefire is an 'imperative' (important), further enabling the march by Israel for an upcoming Rafah invasion and massive slaughter of Palestinians.

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