America’s Invisible Inferno


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Life on the Pine Ridge Native American reservation

Where life expectancy is the second-lowest in the western hemisphere and 80 percent of people are unemployed.


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Australians rally against refugee detention centres

Protesters call for the closure of overseas refugee prison camps and demand asylum seekers be housed in Australia.


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Jailed transgender soldier Chelsea Manning is facing "administrative offenses" related to her July 5 suicide attempt that could result in indefinite solitary confinement, her attorneys have said ( Read more... )

Chelsea Manning, the military whistleblower serving a 35 year sentence, has been rushed to hospital after reportedly trying to take her own life.

A US media report said that Manning, who us being held at in a cell at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, was taken to hospital early on Tuesday morning. CNN said that it was believed that the 28-year-old had ( Read more... )

Poverty, inequality fuelling suicide crisis, First Nations leader says
Government must do more than respond to emergencies, says Northern Manitoba grand chief


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( TW for bullying, ableism, just plain grossness )

FORT LEE, Va. - An enraged soldier barricaded herself inside a major command’s headquarters and shot herself in the head Monday after throwing objects around the office as law enforcement officials tried to negotiate with her, the Army said. She died later in the day ( Read more... )

Isla Vista, California (CNN) -- After promising a "day of retribution" on YouTube, a heavily armed, mentally disturbed 22-year-old went on a killing spree in a California college town, authorities said ( Read more... )