Singapore’s stalled birthrate reflects a pattern across wealthy Asian economies where higher living standards, shifting values and gender imbalances have made low fertility persistent and resistant to quick policy fixes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/10/world/asias-falling-fertility-rates/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #singapore #japan #southkorea #taiwan #china #fertility #demographics #aging #population #immigration #labor #prosperity #children #women039sissues
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Il Consiglio degli Insegnanti iraniani denuncia che oltre 160 bambini e adolescenti sono stati uccisi durante la repressione delle proteste di gennaio. Raccolti i nomi di 163 minori. Gli studenti, protagonisti delle proteste dal movimento Donna, Vita, Libertà, continuano a essere presi di mira nelle scuole.
#FreeIran #Children #IranProtests2026 #Iran #HumanRightsViolations
https://iranwire.com/en/news/148745-iranian-teachers-union-more-than-160-children-were-killed-during-the-protests/
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“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
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ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-children-letters?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ICE #Texas #Immigration #Immigrants #Children #Family #USPolitics #Law
A U.S. lawyer in a landmark trial on the effects of social media on minors says Meta and Google-owned YouTube “engineered addiction” in children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/10/tech/trial-meta-youtube-addiction-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #us #socialmedia #meta #youtube #addiction #children #mentalhealth #facebook #instagram #alphabet #google
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"Former President Joe Biden stopped holding families [in the detention camp at Dilley, Texas] in 2021, arguing America shouldn’t be in the business of detaining children.
But quickly after returning to office, President Donald Trump resumed family detentions as part of his mass deportation campaign."
~ Mica Rosenberg
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #deportations #EthnicCleansing #children
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https://www.propublica.org/article/life-inside-ice-dilley-children
"More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek philosopher Plato predicted ICE’s tactics. He knew, even then, that the character of a certain type of man or woman was corrupt and that anonymity would enable brutality. In short, he knew that ICE agents would want to wear masks not to protect themselves from danger, but rather to enable their immoral conduct."
~ Paul Rosenzweig
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #MaskedThugs
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https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/plato-understood-why-masking-would
"Former President Joe Biden stopped holding families [in the detention camp at Dilley, Texas] in 2021, arguing America shouldn’t be in the business of detaining children.
But quickly after returning to office, President Donald Trump resumed family detentions as part of his mass deportation campaign."
~ Mica Rosenberg
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #deportations #EthnicCleansing #children
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https://www.propublica.org/article/life-inside-ice-dilley-children
Il Consiglio degli Insegnanti iraniani denuncia che oltre 160 bambini e adolescenti sono stati uccisi durante la repressione delle proteste di gennaio. Raccolti i nomi di 163 minori. Gli studenti, protagonisti delle proteste dal movimento Donna, Vita, Libertà, continuano a essere presi di mira nelle scuole.
#FreeIran #Children #IranProtests2026 #Iran #HumanRightsViolations
https://iranwire.com/en/news/148745-iranian-teachers-union-more-than-160-children-were-killed-during-the-protests/
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
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ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.
https://www.propublica.org/article/life-inside-ice-dilley-children?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ICE #Texas #Immigration #Immigrants #Children #Trump #USPolitics #Law
Yasunobu Tsuruta crafted wooden toys with Koshiro Kido, who later died of cancer at 13. In memory of the boy, Tsuruta raises funds in aid of childhood cancer research. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/japan/society/pediatric-cancer-fundraising-wooden-toys/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #fukuoka #cancer #children #toys
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
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ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-children-letters?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ICE #Texas #Immigration #Immigrants #Children #Family #USPolitics #Law
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
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ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.
https://www.propublica.org/article/life-inside-ice-dilley-children?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ICE #Texas #Immigration #Immigrants #Children #Trump #USPolitics #Law