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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 hours ago

Canada's residential school abuse survivors face fresh battle to stop testimony being destroyed

About 38,000 former students came forward to detail the mistreatment they were subjected to in what was later described as a policy of cultural genocide.
Canada news
fromSmithsonian Magazine
2 weeks ago

Native Nations Fought in the American Revolution to Protect Their Ancestral Lands. After the War, Settlers Seized Their Territory Anyway

"Once the Declaration of Independence is issued by Congress, then it kind of changes the calculus. Then, both sides are putting pressure on Native people to join one side or the other."
History
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Were Grandma and Grandpa Nazis?

Access to Nazi party membership records is available online, but information is incomplete and subject to strict privacy laws in Germany.
Right-wing politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks ago

The far-right's dehumanization of trans people is similar to the Nazi's treatment of Jewish people - LGBTQ Nation

Authoritarian regimes use dehumanization to consolidate power and justify repression against perceived internal enemies.
#racism
fromSlate Magazine
4 weeks ago
Social justice

I Always Thought I Was an Accepting Person. Then an Influx of Immigrants Moved In-and My Reaction Startled Me.

Social justice
fromSlate Magazine
4 weeks ago

I Was Raised to Be Accepting. Yet, I Find Myself Battling Strange New Thoughts About Immigrants.

Acknowledging and confronting personal prejudices is a crucial step towards becoming a better ally and challenging racism.
Social justice
fromSlate Magazine
4 weeks ago

I Always Thought I Was an Accepting Person. Then an Influx of Immigrants Moved In-and My Reaction Startled Me.

Acknowledging and confronting personal prejudices is a crucial step towards becoming a better ally.
World news
fromThe Walrus
1 month ago

Where Do the Disappeared Go? | The Walrus

Enforced disappearance is an extreme human rights violation where state security forces abduct individuals and deny responsibility, leaving victims vulnerable to torture, death, and families in anguish without information.
Canada news
fromThe Walrus
1 month ago

In Quebec City, Military Culture Collides with Far-Right Extremism | The Walrus

Quebec City's military history and contemporary right-wing political movements intersect around nationalist values rhetoric, with media outlets amplifying Islamophobic and ethno-nationalist messaging.
fromSmithsonian Magazine
1 month ago

A Native Soldier Allied With the British Killed a Young White Woman in 1777. Propaganda Transformed Her Into a Martyr of the American Revolution

She became a useful tool. She became a saint, you might say, of the Revolution. People felt as though they could feel her fear, feel her death, feel her love for her fiancé. Underlying all of that was the sense that American leaders can't let this happen to white families ever again, this in spite of the fact that white Americans were just as vicious to Native Americans.
History
US politics
fromEsquire
2 months ago

Are We Really Shocked That ICE Has Started Detaining White European Immigrants?

Seamus Culleton, an Irish plasterer, was detained by ICE, endured severe overcrowding and poor conditions while contesting deportation despite bond approval later denied.
Miscellaneous
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

The Hidden History of Native American Enslavement

Indigenous slavery in the Americas lasted centuries under various names, and a public history project aims to accurately document and recognize this historical reality.
Business
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Navigating the ghosts of cultures past

Organizational culture constantly changes; leaders must discern which legacy cultural elements to retain and which to remove while balancing enduring beliefs with adaptive practices.
#authoritarianism
Public health
fromFortune
1 month ago

Why did the U.S. government sterilize thousands of Native American women in the 1970s? New Mexico is investigating | Fortune

New Mexico will investigate forced and coerced sterilizations of Native and women of color by the Indian Health Service, with findings due in 2027.
fromEmptywheel
2 months ago

Time to Burn Lord Jeffrey Amherst's Genocidal Blankets

Lord Jeffrey Amherst was a soldier of the king And he came from across the sea, To the Frenchmen and the Indians he didn't do a thing In the wilds of this wild country But for his Royal Majesty he fought with all his might For he was a soldier brave and true He conquered all his enemies whenever they came in sight And he looked around for more when he was through.
Psychology
fromTODAY.com
2 months ago

Her Adoptive Name Was Offensive in Some Cultures. At 25, She Changed It

An adoptee changed her first name to escape masculine connotations and cultural stigma and choose a name reflecting femininity, openness, and personal identity.
History
fromSmithsonian Magazine
1 month ago

After Pearl Harbor, Americans Living in Japan Endured Imprisonment, Torture and a Lengthy Battle to Return Home

A wartime prisoner exchange in 1942 involved trading nearly 3,000 Allied civilians held by Japan for Japanese nationals from the Americas, representing complex diplomatic negotiations during World War II.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

Europeans push back at US over claim they face 'civilizational erasure'

Europe is not facing civilizational erasure; it defends human rights, fosters prosperity, and remains an attractive club for potential members.
fromAxios
2 months ago

Fewer than 200,000 Holocaust survivors remain as antisemitism rises globally

The number of Jewish Holocaust survivors alive worldwide has fallen to around 196,600, according to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference). That's down 220,000 survivors from a year ago - an 11% drop, the Claims Conference said. The median age of survivors is now 87, with many now in their 90s and older, numbers show. Nearly all Jewish Holocaust survivors (97%) are "child survivors" who were born in 1928 or later.
World news
Right-wing politics
fromLEVEL Man
1 month ago

Why the Nazi Story in America Isn't History - It's a Mirror

American Nazi and KKK movements formed similarly, using scapegoating and charismatic leaders to build national organizations like the German Bund across the United States.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
2 months ago

Indigenous Antif*scism

Relational Indigenous knowledge and practices must be mobilized to dismantle settler colonial state-forms, capitalism, and fascism while building constellations of co-resistance.
#immigration-enforcement
Miscellaneous
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

First-Gen Growth Can Feel Like Belonging and Betrayal

First-generation individuals confront family expectations and unspoken mandates, balancing gratitude and obligation while pursuing opportunities that can create misunderstanding and guilt.
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
2 months ago

Bearing witness after the witnesses are gone: How to bring Holocaust education home for a new generation

Joe Engel, an Auschwitz survivor, became a prominent Holocaust educator in Charleston and helped establish a permanent memorial as survivor voices fade.
US politics
fromFortune
2 months ago

Native Americans, literally the furthest thing from immigrants, fear deportation amid unprecedented ICE actions | Fortune

Many Native Americans are securing tribal ID cards as proof of U.S. citizenship and protection from ICE raids while tribes ease access to those IDs.
Social justice
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Living Under a Concentration Camp Regime - and Fighting Back

Mass detention systems expand through legal 'end runs' and normalization; rapid U.S. detention infrastructure growth signals a dangerous escalation requiring organized resistance.
Miscellaneous
fromThe Walrus
2 months ago

Raising Indigenous Kids in the Age of Pretendians | The Walrus

Indigenous children experience a blend of deliberate cultural teachings, self-directed exploration, and pervasive environmental exposures shaping identity and everyday life.
US politics
fromNew York Daily News
2 months ago

Readers sound off on unconstitutional enforcers, Holocaust remembrance and cold plunges

ICE and Border Patrol agents, backed by political leaders, commit killings with impunity, undermining state sovereignty and endangering civil rights.
US politics
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

Whom Is ICE Actually Recruiting?

DHS rapidly expanded ICE hiring by lowering standards, shortening training, removing degree and age caps, and fast-tracking barely vetted recruits, producing risky officers.
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

The Disturbing History of ICE's "Death Cards"

Last month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers pulled over several cars in Eagle County, Colorado. They took the people away in handcuffs, according to a witness, and left the cars idling at the side of the road. When family members of the disappeared immigrants arrived, there was no sign of their loved ones. What they found instead were customized ace of spades playing cards that read 'ICE Denver Field Office.'
US politics
US politics
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

ICE on US streets challenges American norms, founding values

Widespread, sometimes lethal ICE operations in major US cities have driven public disapproval of Trump's immigration handling to 53%, with approval at 39%.
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Trump Is Causing the United States' First-Ever Population Decline

The cause isn't an abnormal number of deaths or a plummeting birthrate - though that's slipping too, exacerbating the trend - but instead a collapse in the rate of migration from 2.7 million people in July, 2024 down to just 1.3 million in 2025 as the White House does everything in its power to make the country hostile to immigrants.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Yes, It's Fascism

For one thing, there were too many elements of classical fascism that didn't seem to fit. For another, the term has been overused to the point of meaninglessness, especially by left-leaning types who call you a fascist if you oppose abortion or affirmative action. For yet another, the term is hazily defined, even by its adherents. From the beginning, fascism has been an incoherent doctrine, and even today scholars can't agree on its definition. Italy's original version differed from Germany's, which differed from Spain's.
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