Tag: genocide

• For Holocaust Remembrance Day, I Watched a Friend Fall for QAnon and into Anti-Semitism

  

  Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the anniversary of when Auschwitz was liberated and the horror of the Holocaust began to truly reveal itself to the world. Instead of sharing the usual photos of emaciated bodies behind barbed wire and spouting #NeverForget hashtags, I want to offer a personal story—one that’s much more recent and…

  Shari Lopatin

  January 27, 2021

  Current Events (and stuff), Personal Posts, Social Issues

  anti-Semitism, Capitol Insurrection, conspiracy theories, cults, current events, fake news, genocide, Genocide Watch, Holocaust Remembrance, QAnon

• Enough About Donald Trump, What About Burundi?

  I get it: Donald Trump is the leading front-runner in the Republican primary who spouts off whatever comes to mind and is a former reality T.V. star. But amidst the American media’s love affair with Trump, other important world issues are being overlooked. Lately, I’ve been seeing articles pop up about potential genocide in Burundi. Doesn’t Burundi…

  Shari Lopatin

  December 17, 2015

  Current Events (and stuff), Social Issues

  American media, Burundi, current events, genocide, news, world conflicts