“Up until the moment that I saw the video, I was under the impression that he had fought them back. Their whole spin on the story was fabricated.” theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

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"Before I came to America in 1990, I had never even seen the sea." Abdullatif Ahmed recalls his journey from Yemen to working on the icy waters of the #GreatLakes, where Yemeni sailors shaped the region’s maritime history: greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/the-fa…

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#Syria: The Director of Endowments in #Damascus has requested the Minister of Endowments to issue a law banning public eating during #Ramadan, with penalties for violators, citing respect for those fasting. #Ramadan_2025 #Ramadan1446

US white supremacist groups emboldened with ‘ethnic and racial hatred’ as Trump stokes immigration fears theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f…

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The 'least spectacular' of the Great Lakes is a devastating snow machine nationalgeographic.com/environment/ar…

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Ohio’s foreign-born population has grown by 30% over the last decade, helping to offset a decades-long population decline that was fueled by the offshoring of manufacturing and the Great Recession of 2008. ⁦⁦Stephen Starr⁩ theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

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Trump administration dashes hopes of anti-pollution plan for JD Vance’s home town theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

Haitian Springfield update from ⁦Stephen Starr⁩ Clock is ticking on a February deadline as businesses, Haitians struggle. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/o…

Great piece by Stephen Starr on the burgeoning tariff impacts -- was delighted to participate. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/n…

Letter from our corner of Ohio. Unease, insecurity as shutdown continues. From ⁦Stephen Starr⁩ theguardian.com/us-news/2025/n…