Sunday, March 27, 2016

What You Need To Know This Morning: Monday March 28

American, Muslim, and under constant watch: the emotional toll of surveillance

The visits to Ahsan Samad’s home by NYPD officers and then FBI agents have left him traumatized – but advocates say his story echoes that of many others



Because nothing says America like targeting those seen as "other," "different" and unlike us.  Ever since September 11, 2001 America's law enforcement agencies and security services have been targeting Muslim Americans simply for being Muslim. Don't worry America's conservative politicians have been busy demagoguing Muslims as well.  




School building engulfed by 2011 tsunami to be preserved


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80 students died at this school because the school's headmaster couldn't or wouldn't make the simple decision to evacuate them to a hill behind the school which would have saved their lives.   He was afraid there wouldn't be a general consensus to proceed. So 80 students died. 





A small island in the Indian Ocean offers big lessons on clean power


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Highlighting Western Victims While Ignoring Victims of Western Violence

Problem here as Glenn Greenwald soberly points out is that there is a real double standard on how these types of incidents are reported by Western media outlets



North Korea demands South Korea execute officials in Kim Jong-un 'assassination plot'

South Korea has neither confirmed nor denied Kim Jong-un's presidential residence was the target of a mock bombing operation

North Korea demands that every male in the world get a Kim-Jong un haircut or else Thank you management



Refugees volunteer as firefighters in Australia

Having resettled in Australia, refugees are offering their time to help save communities from dangerous bushfires.






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