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AJ+ is a unique digital news and storytelling project promoting human rights and equality, holding power to account, and amplifying the voices of the powerless.

Washington, DC
Joined February 2010
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Three workers have died at an iPhone parts factory in India after inhaling gas during maintenance work. The deaths raise fresh questions about worker safety in Apple's global supply chain.
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If you step into a cab in India, you’re more and more likely to see a dashcam in front of you. @shivansarna goes behind the scenes with a cabdriver to see how they’re building a safety network to protect each other from rising crime in the back seat.
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Here’s how Sudanese people are helping each other despite a severe shortage of aid. AJ+ spoke to grassroots humanitarian founder Sadeia Hamid of Hope and Haven Refugees Association @hopeandhavenrefugees about what happens when aid runs out.
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A far-right Israeli mob attacked Palestinian neighborhoods under the protection of Israel’s police…and the attacks are expected to continue amid increased far-right incitement.
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Spanish activists organized the country’s first general strike in 14 years to demand a solution to soaring housing costs. With rents nearly doubling over the last decade, many are demanding lower rents and higher wages.
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Across 15 European countries, protesters are fighting Big Tech's data center expansion. In Amsterdam, activists broke into a Microsoft construction site, demanding that land, water and electricity serve people instead of more tech. Is the AI boom facing a reckoning?
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Indonesia is home to hundreds of endangered species. Massive fires threaten to wipe them out. These workers are rushing to rescue endangered orangutans before it is too late.
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For Palestinians in Gaza, losing a tent means more than losing a shelter. It means spending thousands of dollars they can barely afford to replace. As Israel destroys many displaced Palestinians’ last remaining belongings, the cost of surviving keeps rising.
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Africa’s Gen Z are walking away from the parties that liberated their countries. We spoke to Mozambican writer and researcher Malik Chiconela Santana to unpack why the project of liberation remains unfinished for Africa’s youth.
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Palestinian Yahya Zahran has reunited with his family after 22 years in Israeli custody. Zahran was sent to prison when he was 17 and was also denied treatment for his neurological condition.
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Can two people be in a relationship when they have such different world views? That’s what people online are wondering after Lewis Hamilton visited groups trying to get aid into Gaza, while his partner Kim Kardashian continues to do business in Israel.
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Hunter Biden defended his father during a ceremony at Trinity College in Dublin after pro-Palestine protesters confronted him – but here's the truth about Joe Biden's role in Israel's genocide.
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Pro-Palestine protesters in Amsterdam marched carrying the names of over 21,000 Palestinian children killed by Israel’s genocide.
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A group of Israeli settlers stole a puppy that Palestinian kids were playing with in Khirbet al-Marajim in the occupied West Bank, taking away their joy.
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France’s youth are standing up to the same bourgeoisie who have profited from the Global South for over 2 centuries. Throughout history, empires have “granted” their colonies “freedom”, but they always included fine print to continue benefiting without scrutiny.
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A Senegalese surfer in Dakar is turning his childhood dream into an opportunity for the next generation of African surfers.
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Amsterdam turned red as more than 200,000 people marched demanding their government take stronger action against Israel over the Gaza genocide. Protesters called to end arms sales to Israel, tighter trade restrictions and sanctions.
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As Trump heads to the Philippines for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, Filipina women and Indigenous communities in the Philippines are protesting the growing U.S. influence over their country's future.
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Three workers have died at an iPhone parts factory in India after inhaling gas during maintenance work. The deaths raise fresh questions about worker safety in Apple's global supply chain.
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A far-right Israeli mob attacked Palestinian neighborhoods under the protection of Israel’s police…and the attacks are expected to continue amid increased far-right incitement.
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