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PANDEMIC POLITICS-In June 1990, future South African President Nelson Mandela addressed a joint session of Congress only months after being released from 27 years in a South African apartheid prison. He reminded the political leadership of the United States that “to deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of hunger and deprivation is to dehumanize them.”  Three decades later, Congress would do well to finally heed that warning...

Alleviating poverty February 18, 2021 Recently, the administration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris announced that, three years after Trump withdrew the country from the UN Human Rights Council, it would rejoin as an observer, with the goal of eventually being voted back to full membership. That move, like Biden’s decision to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord and the World Health Organization, as well as his intention to reengage with UNESCO and the Iran nuclear deal, undoubtedly reflects his i...

The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe to Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? In June 1990, future South African president Nelson Mandela addressed a joint session of Congress only months after being released from 27 years in a South African apartheid prison. He reminded the politi...

Mexico Jan 21, 2020 Hundreds of Central American migrants were stranded in a sort of no-man’s land on the river border between Guatemala and Mexico after running up against lines of Mexican National Guard troops deployed to keep them from moving en masse into the country and on north toward the U.S. Immigration Jan 19, 2020 The U.S. government says it will deport a Honduran mother and her two sick children, both of whom are currently hospitalized, to Guatemal...

Fact Check: Is the U.S.-Mexico Border More Secure Than Ever, as Trump Says? On 1/13/21 at 1:31 PM EST President Donald Trump visited the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Alamo, Texas, on Tuesday to discuss his accomplishments in immigration and border safety. During his speech, he boasted of his barrier construction along the border, his commitment to law enforcement and warned that loosening his tough immigration policies would be a "disaster." The Claim Trump said he inherited a "broken, dysfunctio...

And border network to file a preliminary injunction. i have given you ten days. tell me what you want me to forbid the government to do. as a result of the ruling, nothing has to stop. the border wall construction will continue. but the judge will issue this proposed ruling, and then undoubtedly the trump administration will challenge it and well see what happens, whether any court stays the effect of the ruling today. as it stands right now, it doesnt change anything, but the judge made it clea...

The minds of a lot of people gathered behind you. >> reporter: john, the conversation and the narrative is largely focused around president trump, naturally, because hes visiting here. in speaking with el pasoans, they say what cant be lost is exactly what this was. this shooting was a blatant, racist attack simply because of the peoples color of skin, who their parents are, what their last name is. border network for human rights, sorry, fernando. how has this impacted the latino community? >> ...

President trump will face protests when he arrives here in el paso, texas. the democratic party locally urged the president not to come. calls the president ignored. today five groups from the el paso strong movement are joining together in a show of opposition and to demand stronger gun control laws. joining me now is fernando garcia founder of border network for human rights. one of the groups organizing todays community gathering. fernando, thank you for being with us. i do want to talk about...

How dangerous this journey is when migrants choose to come here illegally. >> does the administration take responsibility for a parent taking a child on a trek through mexico to get to this country? no. >> reporter: not far from this hospital in el paso, the group border network for human rights takes issue with the trump administration blaming the girls father. >> this is not the america that we believe that we used to believe it is. i mean, the militarization of the board, this situation is go...

The coroner has not ruled on her cause of death. >> this family chose to cross illegally. what happened here was they were 90 miles away from where we could process them. we gave medicare. we wi -- immediate care. again, i cannot stress how dangerous this journey is. >> does the administration take responsibility for a parent taking a child on a trek through new mexico to get to this country? >> no. >> reporter: not far from this hospital in el paso, the group border network for human rights tak...