Roqayah Chamseddine

Roqayah Chamseddine is a Lebanese-American writer, published poet, and journalist, whose work can be found at Roqchams.com.

VIDEO: iPhones Are iSpies – Wikileaks “Vault 7” Revelations Continue To Terrify

Most of us carry smartphones and watch web-enabled TVs without much thought. But the revelations found in Wikileaks’ “Vault 7” release warn that we should consider the sinister capabilities that such devices could lend to those who might abuse them.

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A man holds up his iPhone during a rally in support of data privacy outside the Apple store in San Francisco. (AP/Eric Risberg)

MINNEAPOLIS-- Since launching in 2006, Wikileaks has reportedly released over 10 million documents, including controversial disclosures that have helped unravel war crimes, uncover corporate secrets and even brought to light explosive revelations stemming from Hillary Clinton's most recent presidential run. Despite facing widespread

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Saudi Arabia Devastating Yemen Into Famine – U.S. Refuses To Comment

Saudi Arabia has devastated Yemen with bombing raids, throwing the already-poor nation into a state of famine. The United States has said next to nothing about the Gulf kingdom’s ongoing assault on Yemen, nor has it commented on Saudi Arabia’s penchant for other human rights abuses.

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In this Tuesday, March 22, 2016 photo, infant Udai Faisal, who is suffering from acute malnutrition, is hospitalized at Al-Sabeen Hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. Udai died on March 24. Hunger has been the most horrific consequence of Yemen’s conflict and has spiraled since Saudi Arabia and its allies, backed by the U.S., launched a campaign of airstrikes and a naval blockade a year ago. (AP Photo/Maad al-Zikry)

MINNEAPOLIS -- Saudi Arabia, a kingdom that's been allied with the United States since 1933, has been directly involved in bringing about one of the most horrifying famines in history in the country of Yemen. But this may be news to you if you’ve only been watching mainstream coverage of the situation - and there hasn’t been much of that coverage

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The Non-Muslim Victims Of Islamophobia

Most people associate Islamophobia with hatred and vitriol directed toward the Muslim community. However, there are many victims who are targeted by Islamophobes simply due to the color of their skin or the clothes they wear. These victims must be recognized as well.

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A woman takes part in a candle light vigil for the victims of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin shooting, Aug. 5, 2012, in Milwaukee. An unidentified gunman killed six people at the suburban Milwaukee temple, confusing them for Muslim worshipers. (AP/Jeffrey Phelps)

Just before mass on March 19, Rev. Tomy Kalathoor Mathew, an Indian priest, was stabbed in the neck right before services in Melbourne, Australia. The perpetrator confronted Rev. Mathew, with witnesses claiming that the man accused him of being “a Hindu or Muslim” before brutally attacking him. The 72-year-old attacker was taken into custody after

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Despite Campaign Promises, Trump Set To Outdo Obama On Military Adventurism

Since his inauguration, Donald Trump has sent American troops into a number of military adventures and his administration is looking to promote even greater military interventionism around the world.

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Donald Trump tours the nuclear aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., Thursday, March 2, 2017. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

WASHINGTON -- For some, Donald Trump’s campaign trail claim that he had always been against the Iraq war - a claim that he would also use as a jibe aimed at Hillary Clinton - seemed to signal that he would refrain from sending the United States spiraling into another armed conflict. “I’m the only one on this stage that said, ‘Do not go into

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GOP’s New Health Care Plan Will Harm America’s Most Vulnerable

The GOP recently released the details of its proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act — and its plans for the country’s health care system are nothing less than terrifying. Many of the nation’s poorest citizens would see their health care offerings shrink in another typical attempt by the Republican Party to prey on the less fortunate.

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In this March 8, 2017, file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee Headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans intent on scrapping Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act have a budget problem. As it turns out, repealing and replacing the law they hate so much won’t save nearly as much money as getting rid of it entirely, the goal they’ve been campaigning on for seven years. That means trouble for the federal deficit and for Congress’ fiscal conservatives who repeatedly warn about leaving their children and grandchildren worse off financially. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

The GOP’s American Health Care Act, a bill that has been advertised as a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, has finally been published -- and by the looks of it, their so-called health care overhaul will leave countless Americans, especially those with low incomes, at great risk. If put in place, the Republican healthcare plan “would result

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Activists Push For Single-Payer Health Care As Republicans Dismantle Obamacare

Activists and organizers across the United States are not sitting idle as politicians wrangle over the GOP’s bill.

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A rally against Republicans proposed changes health care changes in AC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. The Republican Party finally published its proposed replacement for Obamacare, the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The overhaul would put countless Americans, especially those at and below the low income bracket, at risk of losing access to important benefits like Medicaid and insurance

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Trump’s ICE Raids Set To Top Obama In Deportations

Donald Trump looks like he may outdo the Obama administration when it comes to deportations, with families across the U.S. themselves for a surge in ICE raids unlike anything seen before. Although some communities are fighting back, many undocumented immigrants are now in danger of being detained and deported.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers escort an arrestee in an apartment building, in the Bronx borough of New York, during a series of early-morning raids. (AP/Richard Drew, File)

Mass deportations became a routine occurrence under the Obama administration. According to a report from the Miami Herald, during the first seven years of Obama's presidency “more than 2.7 million foreign nationals were deported.” From Jan. 20, 2009 to Sept. 30, 2015, nearly 2.8 million undocumented immigrants were deported. Among his other

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