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Jun

06

2026

Present at our nation’s founding — but excluded from its promise

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IN the lead-up to our country's 250th anniversary, Errin Haines is writing a series of columns to contemplate the complicated expansion of our democracy. Subscribe to The Amendment newsletter. This story was co-published with Nonprofit Quarterly and #WeTheCivic: America 250, a narrative movement centering the multiracial nonprofit and civil society workers, organizations, and communities in America 250 narratives. This story was originally reported by Errin Haines of The 19th. Meet Errin and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. In 1776, a group of White male landowners in the original Thirteen Colonies wrote that all men were created equal —…

Jun

05

2026

By ERRIN HAINES

When she didn’t grow up seeing herself in books, she became the librarian she never had

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IN the lead-up to our country’s 250th anniversary, Errin Haines is writing a series of columns to contemplate the complicated expansion of our democracy. Subscribe to The Amendment newsletter. Cassie Owens Moore’s students used to say that her classroom felt like a library; she never hesitated to lend one of the books from her personal collection, like when Black boys borrowed a copy of Kwame Alexander’s “Crossover” and found their love of reading sparked by a familiar story for the first time. This story was originally reported by Errin Haines of The 19th. Meet Errin and read more of their reporting on gender,…

Jun

05

2026

By The African Mirror

Rising tensions along the Blue Line: UN warns of widening violence, humanitarian strain as UNIFIL resources stretched

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THE emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, called by France in response to a surge of violence between Israel and Hezbollah, highlighted growing international alarm even as US-led mediation efforts continue. Council members urged both sides to de-escalate, stressed the protection of civilians and reaffirmed support for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), whose role has become central to preventing broader conflict. UN Secretary‑General António Guterres warned the Council that UNIFIL will be needed beyond its current mandate expiry on 31 December, and presented three deployment scenarios ranging from roughly 2,000 to more than 5,500 personnel to monitor…

Jun

05

2026

By MICHELLE BURGIS-KASTHALA

Is Israel planning to reoccupy the Gaza Strip? This is what’s happening behind the ‘yellow line’

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IN recent days, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli army to seize 70% of Gaza – a sizeable increase from the 60% it currently controls. This follows an updated map sent to aid agencies in Gaza in late March featuring a new “orange line” demarcating the restricted area under military control – about 11% larger than the area agreed to with the “yellow line” in the October ceasefire with Hamas. Israel’s defence minister has also confirmed in recent days the government’s intention to move large numbers of Palestinians out of Gaza “at the right time and in…

Jun

04

2026

By BRENDON NOVEL

Emerging Houthi–Al‑Shabaab co‑operation and the growing threat to Red Sea shipping

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IN a region crucial to global trade, ideological rivals may now be working together. United Nations and American intelligence reports suggest that Yemen’s Houthi insurgents and the Somali group Al-Shabaab — considered Al-Qaeda’s strongest affiliate — are exchanging logistical and military resources, despite having no formal alliance. These reported exchanges involve military technology, potentially expanding Al-Shabaab’s operational reach beyond Somalia and further destabilizing an already fragile region. The Ansar Allah movement (whose supporters are known as the “Houthis”) controls part of northern Yemen and has the military capacity to disrupt shipping in the Red Sea. Al-Shabaab controls large swaths of…

Jun

04

2026

By ADAM EICHEN and TATISHE NTETA

How Fox News viewership increases belief in the anti‑immigrant great replacement theory

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DURING a Washington Nationals baseball game on May 17, 2026, three people unfurled a large banner from the upper deck of Nationals Park displaying a link to a white nationalist website. The website, warning of the replacement of whites by people of color, called for the deportation of 100 million people from the United States. The disturbing incident reflects the broader ascendance of the “great replacement theory,” the xenophobic conspiracy theory asserting that shadowy elites are embracing permissive immigration policies to replace native-born white Americans with immigrants of color. Prominent Republicans, including President Donald Trump, Speaker of the House Mike…

Jun

04

2026

By OWN CORRESPONDENTS

Eight nations jointly condemn Israeli settler incursions into Al-Aqsa mosque

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THE foreign ministers of eight Muslim-majority nations have issued a joint statement condemning what they described as repeated and provocative incursions by extremist Israeli settlers into Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif in occupied East Jerusalem, carried out under the protection of Israeli security forces. The statement, released from Doha, was signed by the foreign ministers of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Türkiye, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia — representing a broad coalition spanning the Arab world, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. The ministers said the raising of the Israeli flag within the courtyards of the compound — one of Islam's…

Jun

03

2026

By CHABELI CARRAZANA

The women who power America’s offices are making themselves AI-proof

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AT the administrative assistants’ conference, everyone wants to talk about AI. Among the workers who are most likely to have a hard time finding a new job if AI takes their jobs, 86 percent are women, according to findings from a recent Brookings Institution study. Most of them are admins or clerical staff, one of the top 10 fields with the highest concentration of women workers. So in the place where administrative assistants gather to talk about their industry and hone their craft, AI offerings abound: There is a class on how to prompt AI as an executive assistant and…

Jun

03

2026

By OWN CORRESPONDENT

Forgetting Rohingya at own peril: World urged to act as funding collapse threatens 1.2 million refugees

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THE United Nations and humanitarian partners have issued a desperate plea to the global community not to forget the more than 1.18 million Rohingya refugees who remain trapped in Bangladesh as funding collapses to crisis levels, threatening to strip life-saving services from one of the world's largest refugee populations. The warning comes as the Rohingya humanitarian crisis enters its ninth year, with refugees growing increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters, disease, and desperation amid catastrophic declines in global support. The UN and its partners launched a scaled-down 2026 Joint Response Plan seeking $710.5 million to meet the most critical needs of…

Jun

03

2026

By ASHER KAUFMAN

In Iran war’s shadow, Israel’s renewed Lebanon campaign risks repeating failed lessons – and occupations – of the past

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GOING into the war in Iran, the Israeli government seemingly had two intertwined goals: to bring down the Islamic Republic and rid Israel of its Hezbollah problem. The logic went that the Lebanese Shiite group – which has posed a persistent threat to Israel for 44 years – would finally succumb if stripped of its Iranian benefactor. After all, Israeli attempts to destroy Hezbollah through direct military action had not been effective, nor had internationally supported disarmament efforts. But as the United States and Iran continue to negotiate over an agreement that might put an end to their war, the…