A firefighter keeps watch Thursday on the Holy Fire, which has ravaged the Cleveland National Forest in Lake Elsinore, Calif. Authorities say they believe Forrest Gordon Clark, 51, is the arsonist who set the forest ablaze. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP hide caption toggle caption Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP A firefighter keeps watch Thursday on the Holy Fire,
Rachel Martin speaks with NPR’s Ruth Sherlock about another terrible turn in the war in Yemen – with images of bloodied children after an airstrike Thursday that killed dozens. Article source: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/10/637482192/airstrike-killed-dozens-in-yemen?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news
Chinese Hui Muslims pray during Eid al-Fitr prayers at Niujie Mosque in Beijing in 2015. Authorities in western China were poised to begin demolition of a mosque Friday, despite protests by members of the country’s Muslim Hui ethnic minority determined to preserve the newly built structure. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP Chinese
The citizens of democracies have always been suspicious about concentrations of unelected power. In the late days of the Roman Republic, Cicero denounced the triumvirate who had usurped the role of the Senate as the imperium in imperio, or the government within the government. Nowadays, the alleged usurpers go by more pedestrian names: the invisible
The Feed the Future Tworore Inkoko, Twunguke project hosts a meeting in the Gataraga sector of Rwanda to recruit farmers to grow chickens. If the farmers commit to four days of training and pass a competency test, they are given a backyard coop worth about $625, as well as the means to obtain 100 day-old
ICE agents make an arrest in Los Angeles on Feb. 7, 2017. Shortly after taking office, President Trump passed an executive order criminalizing anyone in the country illegally. Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement/AP hide caption toggle caption Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement/AP ICE agents make an arrest in Los Angeles on Feb. 7,
Alex Jones, shown here at a July 2016 rally in support of then-candidate Donald Trump, says he is being subjected to a “purge” from big tech companies. Lucas Jackson/Reuters hide caption toggle caption Lucas Jackson/Reuters Alex Jones, shown here at a July 2016 rally in support of then-candidate Donald Trump, says he is being subjected
Rashida Tlaib, pictured in 2008 outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich., served as a state legislator for six years. On Tuesday, Democrats picked her to run unopposed for the congressional seat that former Rep. John Conyers held for more than 50 years. Tlaib would be the first Muslim woman in Congress. Al Goldis/AP hide
With Tuesday’s primaries, women have hit another milestone in this record-breaking political year, setting a new record for the number of women who have secured a major party nomination for the U.S. House. Democrats and Republicans have nominated 185 women to run for the House in November, as of Wednesday morning, according to the Center
The defendant identified as Berrin T. (right) is led past defendant Christian L. (left) ahead of their sentencing hearing Tuesday at the district court in Freiburg, Germany. Getty Images says their faces have been pixelated in accordance with court orders. Thomas Kienzle/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Thomas Kienzle/AFP/Getty Images The defendant identified as Berrin
Oran Z. Belgrave, founder of the now defunct Oran Z’s Black Facts Wax Museum in Los Angeles, stands in front of the shipping containers that have held most of the contents of his independent African-American history museum since it closed in 2011. Samir S. Patel/Atlas Obscura hide caption toggle caption Samir S. Patel/Atlas Obscura Oran
A bystander watches as Chicago police investigate a street where multiple people were shot on Sunday. Joshua Lott/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joshua Lott/Getty Images A bystander watches as Chicago police investigate a street where multiple people were shot on Sunday. Joshua Lott/Getty Images Despite a dip in shootings and murders for the year,