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The following is part 2 of our article series documenting conditions at Dheisheh refugee camp in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, where independent journalist and Unicorn Riot contributor Brendan Dunn, spent time in 2023 and 2024 collecting stories from Palestinian activists resisting the ongoing Israeli…
The post A People on the Brink: Life and Death in Dheisheh Camp – PT. 2 appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
As the genocide in Gaza rages on, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank struggle to survive. 19 refugee camps in the West Bank are home to over 900,000 displaced Palestinian people expelled from their homelands. Dheisheh refugee camp is one of these camps, where Unicorn…
The post A People on the Brink: Life and Death in Dheisheh Camp – PT. 1 appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
President Trump’s cabinet is riddled with Klan-like nationalists, conspiracy theorists and xenophobes.
The post Chuds on Parade: Meet Trump’s Cabinet appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
Gaza City, Palestine — Palestinian Christians gathered inside Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza’s Old City on April 13, 2025 to pray during Palm Sunday as Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza extends beyond 18 months. Gaza’s Christian community has come under threat as a low estimate…
The post Palestinian Christians in Gaza City Gather for Prayers Amid Israeli Bombardment appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
Chicago, IL — “I didn’t write this to become a hero. I wrote it because I got tired of watching officers break down and disappear.” Those are the words of Jabril Gushiniere, a sworn Cook County Sheriff Deputy working as a correctional officer at Chicago’s…
The post Whistleblower’s Account of Corruption and Administrative Abuse Within Cook County Jail appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
Philadelphia, PA — After a brutal stock market correction and new anti-trade tariff policies, more than 120,000 layoffs of federal workers, dozens of executive orders, and hundreds of immigrant arrests led by ICE, many Americans are reeling from political and financial upheaval caused by the…
The post Thousands at Philly ‘Hands Off’ March and Rally: ‘No Kings in America’ appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
Minneapolis, MN — On February 25, 2025, the Minnesota Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee hosted a panel discussion on Ending Slavery in Minnesota led by Marcia Howard, President of the Federation of Teachers Local 59 and ex-prison labor workers.
According to panelists, an incarcerated worker makes…
The post End Slavery in Minnesota Bill Advocates for Fair Wages in Prisons appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
Beltrami County, MN — Despite being recently charged with three felonies for her role in the 2018 in-custody death of Hardel Sherrell, Michelle Skroch remains free until her next court appearance with no bail needed unless she violates her terms of release. Skroch is the…
The post Nurse Charged With Inmate’s Death Remains Free Between Court Appearances appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
Two years ago the deadliest train crash in Greek history happened. 57 people died after a passenger train collided with a cargo train. The crash occurred at Tempi, a rural area in between Athens and Thessaloniki. Most of the victims were young students traveling after…
The post ‘I have no oxygen’ – Train Crash Leads to Greece’s Biggest Post-War Social Movement appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
Gaza, Palestine — Since 2007, Israel has imposed a land, air, and water siege on the Gaza Strip and restricted food entry. Over the last 17 months, that long-standing practice has only become more severe as Israel has used food as a weapon in its…
The post Israel Uses Food as a Weapon of War appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
Minneapolis, MN — On Tuesday, March 25, 2025, an Indigenous man was visiting the Franklin Library when he was reported to have been slammed headfirst into the ground multiple times, as well as maced and handcuffed by the security company Black Knight Protection Agency until…
The post Native Community Protests MPLS Security Company Who Beat, Maced, and Cuffed Indigenous Man appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
Minneapolis, MN — Dozens of teachers and parents interrupted a school board meeting to demand the Minneapolis Public Schools not cut special education department staff or funding. As special education teachers are beginning to be laid off and the Minneapolis Public School district faces a…
The post Minneapolis Parents and Teachers Protest Cuts to Special Ed appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
Two decades ago, Philip Vance’s life was set on the scales of justice. And found wanting. Convicted of murder, he was sentenced to life in prison. A jury found him guilty on all three counts: second-degree intentional, first-degree intentional, and first-degree premeditated. In just eight…
The post Broken Scales: Seeking Justice for Philip Vance appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
Gaza City, Gaza — During a brief respite of hostilities in Gaza, Palestinians retrieved the remains of their relatives who were killed by Israeli forces during repeated attacks on Al-Shifa Hospital; over 1,500 Palestinians were killed at this hospital alone. Civil Defense crews exhumed a…
The post Palestinians Retrieve Remains of Relatives From Al-Shifa Hospital appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
Philip Vance is serving a life sentence for a 2002 murder in South St. Paul during a robbery of Sabreen’s Supermarket, but his supporters have long believed this was a false charge after hearing Vance’s pleas of innocence. After waiting more than three years since…
The post Philip Vance’s Postconviction Filing Kicked Back by Prosecutors to Wait For CRU Report appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
Aurora, CO — On Monday, longtime immigrant rights leader Jeanette Vizguerra was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers (ICE) and has been incarcerated at the for-profit GEO ICE Detention Center in Aurora since. Supporters of Vizguerra, including her children, have been rallying outside…
The post Immigrant Rights Leader Jeanette Vizguerra Detained by ICE, Community Holds Vigil Outside GEO Center appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
Gaza City, Gaza — Four children, two of them brothers, were killed in an Israeli drone strike on a group of Palestinians collecting firewood in the Zeitoun neighborhood in southeast Gaza City on March 15, 2025.
“I have been taking care of my children for…
The post Two Brothers Among Four Boys Killed by Israeli Drone Strike in Gaza City appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
Bemidji, MN — Six and a half years after the torturous jail death of Hardel Sherrell, charges have been filed against Michelle Skroch, the director of nursing who was in charge of Sherrell’s care at Beltrami County Jail. Skroch was charged with second degree manslaughter…
The post Nursing Director Charged For 2018 Jail Death of Hardel Sherrell appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
Minneapolis, MN – On February 20, 2025, activists gathered outside of Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar’s office to protest the government’s executive orders and policies that negatively affect marginalized communities, including getting rid of “ICE-free spaces” like places of worship, schools and hospitals. Klobuchar’s office has…
The post MN Activists Rally Against Trump in Response to Anti-Immigrant Executive Orders appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
Turtle Mountain Reservation — Leonard Peltier, 80, was released from federal custody on Feb. 18, 2025 after spending 49 years in prison for the murder of two federal agents in 1975. Peltier was found guilty by a jury for two counts of first-degree murder for…
The post Half-Century Campaign Secured Leonard Peltier’s Clemency, Will Serve Remaining Sentence in Home Confinement appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
