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BANGON KABATAANG MERANAW: HOW MARAWI CITY YOUTH ARE LEADING THE CHARGE TO PREVENT YOUTH EXTREMISM
The Yale Globalist
Niniay Mohammad still finds it difficult to talk about May 23, 2017— the day the Marawi Siege erupted. Mohammad belongs to those who lived at “ground zero,” the battleground of the ISIS-affiliated Maute Group and the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Its residents are still displaced by the religious conflict.
THE FORGOTTEN WAR ON TERROR: HOW THE UNITED STATES OVERMILITARIZED COUNTERTERRORISM IN THE PHILIPPINES
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Represent is a series from the CSIS International Security Program on diversity, inclusion, and representation in national security. Razel Suansing describes the impact of U.S. counterterrorism efforts in the Philippines and steps the United States government can take to improve its efforts.
ANALYSIS: NEW HAVEN IS EXPERIENCING A RISE IN HOMICIDES, VIOLENT CRIME; OFFICIALS, RESIDENTS SPLIT ON SOLUTIONS
Yale Daily News
In total, 2020 saw a total of 20 homicides and 121 assaults with weapons. Both numbers represented a more than 50 percent increase compared to 2019. The 20 homicides last year represented the largest such figure since 2011. Just why violent crime has increased at such a rate over the past year has attracted the attention of criminal justice professors, law enforcement and community activists. The News spoke with several of these New Haveners to explore the possible reasons for the crime influx and how the city should address it.
THE PERPETUAL FOREIGNER: WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE FILIPINO AMERICAN IN A TIME OF HATE
Rappler
Christine Liwag walked down the streets of Michigan with her dog when a man came up to her. He pulled down his mask. Liwag waited for the inevitable spouts of bigotry, the ones many in her race had heard for weeks on end.
She tightened her grip on her dog’s leash and prepared to run. But to her surprise, the man just engaged her in small talk.
For months, Liwag had been afraid of going out, not because of the virus, but because of the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans throughout the United States. Hearing of the attacks against Vilma Kari and Danilo Yu Chang spurred her bouts of paranoia.
The number of people who shared incidents and anecdotes proved to her that her worries were valid.
CHAUVIN VERDICT REIGNITES CONVERSATIONS ABOUT POLICE REFORM IN NEW HAVEN
Yale Daily News
In the early evening on Tuesday, former Minneapolis police officer Chauvin received his verdict from the jury after Chauvin pressed his knee into the neck of a Black man, George Floyd, until he died. Chauvin was charged on three counts — second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter— and found guilty on all three by a 12-person jury. After Floyd was murdered in May 2020, protests over police brutality erupted across the nation and in New Haven.
On Tuesday, local political leaders and organizers reacted positively to the verdict but underscored that work towards racial justice and police reform is far from over.