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AJ+ is a unique digital news and storytelling project promoting human rights and equality, holding power to account, and amplifying the voices of the powerless.

Washington, DC

Joined February 2010

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Hundreds of young Kenyans are protesting U.S. plans to send Americans who have been exposed to Ebola to a quarantine center in their country. There are no reported cases of Ebola in Kenya yet.
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Ayoub Junaid broke his medical glasses after falling down. After a video went viral, he received a replacement – but his mother says he still needs surgery, which he can’t get under Israeli blockade.
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Anti-migrant protests and xenophobic violence have rocked South Africa. But why has there been an uptick in tensions against migrants in the country? Here's a video we published in December, looking at how South Africa might be closing its doors to the rest of the continent ...
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“Ireland didn’t qualify for the World Cup, but you know who did? The Ivory Coast.” This Irish pub flipped its flag to support Ivory Coast at the World Cup.
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Americans who signed up to donate their bodies to science after death are now backing out after learning they could end up on an operating table in front of Israeli military surgeons. @Dena explains.
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“The first thing anyone noticed in Theodosia was her smile. We’d always see her laughing.” This Lebanese student was killed by Israel just after finishing her final exams. Theodosia Karam is one of over 3,500 people killed by Israel’s attacks on Lebanon since March.
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Some teams are having trouble even being let into this World Cup, but FIFA insists it doesn't do politics 🤔. All that to say that even if Shakira's hips don't lie, FIFA definitely does.
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This Somali referee was supposed to make history at the World Cup, but the U.S. blocked him from entering. But at home, Omar Artan received a hero’s welcome.
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“Our job is to go to where the silence is,” says Amy Goodman, the co-founder and main host of Democracy Now!, an audience-funded, independent news show, and the subject of a new documentary, “Steal This Story Please!”
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From Iran to Venezuela, we break down the real reason America kills over oil.
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Thousands are marching across Argentina after the killing of 14-year-old Agostina Vega. In Argentina, a femicide occurs every 35 hours on average. But the government has slashed funding to gender violence prevention programs.
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As Mexico gears up to co-host the FIFA World Cup, these activists are using the event to raise awareness about the more than 130,000 people who have gone missing in the country – many kidnapped or murdered.
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This Arsenal employee was fired for speaking out against Israel's genocide in Gaza – after 22 years with the club. “It was a pile-on, a calculated and choreographed attack on me. All over me speaking out against apartheid, genocide, illegal occupation, oppression."
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