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Susan had been on Italian soil for exactly three days when, on 23 July 2015, she was taken with dozens of other new arrivals to a noisy, overcrowded detention centre in Rome, and told she would shortly be deported back to Nigeria. Some women shouted in anger, others started to cry. Susan remained silent. She …
Since early July, federal agents in military-style uniforms have waged battle against protesters in Portland, Oregon, using tear gas and nonlethal munitions.Photograph by Mason Trinca / NYT / Redux In a press conference on Tuesday, Chad Wolf, the acting head of the Department of Homeland Security, responded to media reports that unidentified federal agents using …
Continue reading "Homeland Security Was Destined to Become a Secret Police Force Masha Gessen"
Stealing a Presidential election in America is difficult, but it has been done before. Donald Trump has disputed the popular-vote results of a Presidential contest he won. Now he leads a concerted effort to undermine public confidence in the upcoming election.Photograph by Saul Loeb / Getty On the night of November 7, 1876, as the …
Continue reading "What Happens if Donald Trump Fights the Election Results?By Eric Lach"
Trump’s attack on mail-in ballots raise the possibility that, if he loses in November, he would reject the validity of the vote Unhinged as it may be for the president to accuse, without a scintilla of evidence, a morning television host of murder, that particular conspiracy theory was not the most disturbing accusation to issue …
Nigeria is a great country and has done great things for its population. The country is safe and an economic hub in its region. The potentials of the country is being realised. The various strands of the economy are on full blast. Of course, one would have taken leave of one’s senses, beliefs and reality …
