Exploited, abused, trapped: The lives of Italy’s South Asian rose sellers
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Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect identities. After a night of selling roses in Tuscany, Mohammed* was cycling along a seaside road when someone in a passing car hit him on the back with a pole. He fell to the ground. It was August 2013 and Mohammed was 22. He believes Read More
Biden admin poised to green-light tribal gambling expansion despite opposition from Native Americans, Dems
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The Biden administration is poised to move forward with a plan to allow a tribe in the Pacific Northwest to build a second casino far beyond its territory, a move other tribes and Democrats in the region have argued vehemently against. The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is expected to issue Read More