A few picks by AFSC staff:
Seizing on family tragedies, lawmakers push anti-immigrant agenda via ThinkProgress
The father of an American woman who was allegedly killed by an undocumented criminal immigrant testified at a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday to criticize deportation policies that failed to protect his daughter. Jim Steinle, the father of Kathryn Steinle, who was shot dead three weeks ago in San Francisco, was also joined by other family members of Americans killed by undocumented immigrants.
Why Hillary Clinton and her rivals are struggling to grasp Black Lives Matter via The Washington Post
The strained interactions demonstrate the extent to which a vibrant new force on the left has disrupted traditional presidential politics, creating challenges for Democratic candidates who are facing intense pressure to put police brutality and other race-related issues on the front burner ahead of the 2016 election.
Celebrating Eid in Gaza amidst the rubble of war via +972 Magazine
“Wafaa takes me back to the pile of rubble, but this time, not to show me the destruction. She points to a small shrub at the rubble’s edge, battered, but clearly alive. ‘Ibrahim’s tree,’ she says of the living reminder of her son.”
