There’s no waiting for the toxic effects of Donald Trump’s election to take hold on the groups he’s threatened—they’re already here: The country has seen a 250 percent spike in calls to mental-health hotlines since last Tuesday. More than 300 incidents of election-related harassment and intimidation have been reported, including a spike in hate crimes. Patrick Magoon, head of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, says Trump’s election has prompted a “public-health crisis.”
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On October 2, European Union leaders and Afghan government officials signed an agreement called the "Joint Way Forward" (JWF). The deal declared that the EU could deport Afghan asylum seekers in unlimited numbers, and Afghanistan would accept them back.
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This article first appeared at Waging Nonviolence.
Like the rest of the world, I woke up to the nightmare of a President Trump on Wednesday. But the first noise I heard that morning was the laughter of my daughters Rosena and Madeline—that quiet early morning gurgle of giggles that sisters make without even thinking, that delight of being alive and together and wholly comfortable. My son Seamus was still in bed, singing to himself “oh the Lord is good to me, and so I thank the Lord,” as... Читать дальше...
