Harrison Okene was working off the coast of Nigeria in May 2013 when a freak wave caused his tugboat to sink — trapping him 100 feet beneath the surface of the sea. DCN Diving Group/Barcroft USAHarrison Okene, the moment he was discovered by divers. When the Jascon-4 tugboat overturned off the Nigerian coast in May Read More…
Wash. — On the 40th night of the protest, a black Jeep drove up a logging road and stopped near the base of a towering grand fir. For more than a month, environmental activists had been living on a platform some 80-feet up the trunk of that tree in an attempt to stop logging in Read More…
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized the ICE raids that catalyzed days-long protests in Los Angeles, saying the city “wouldn’t be what it is” without migrants. “They migrate out of need and send resources to their families from there,” the president added. “Mexicans will always have our backing and demand that their human rights be respected. They must know that, Read More…
A Californian city has announced it is officially terminating its partnership with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as protests continue in Los Angeles over immigration raids. Why It Matters Immigrant rights advocates and protesters squared off against federal authorities over the weekend in response to the White House’s immigration enforcement Read More…
At 37, Burkina Faso’s Captain Ibrahim Traoré stands as the world’s youngest head of state, a figure Western media often paints as a “corrupt warlord”—a leader who, they claim, siphons gold from his country, rules as a dictator, and delays democracy. Yet locals chant “IB, IB!” in the streets, hailing him as a patriot on a mission to “Make Burkina Faso Read More…
Breshari Faulkner, a 31-year-old African American mother from Senatobia, Mississippi, was forcibly arrested by police in front of her children on Mother’s Day after being confronted in a Walmart parking lot while parked in a handicap space. The arrest occurred on May 11 in Senatobia, where Faulkner says she was waiting for her disabled grandmother, Read More…
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