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Indexed articles, last 90 days
15
Latest publication
Sep 30, 2026
Outlet visibility, for The Guardian
Top 1K sites
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Jul 13, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Stephen Starr

    ‘So much uncertainty’: Michigan’s Arab American businesses navigate Trump’s Canada trade war (opens the original)

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    Arab communities on both sides of the border grapple with ongoing tensions as US-Canada relations continue to sour In Dearborn, Michigan, home to the largest community of Arab Americans in the US, one industry has risen above all others in recent years: Yemeni cafes. At the forefront is Qahwah House, a powerhouse in the burgeoning Yemeni cafe world with 32 branches open across the country. Three of those are here in Dearborn, with more on the way, and they attract people from near and far. “We

  2. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Stephen Starr

    Haitian youths transformed life in an ageing Ohio city. Then Trump made them targets (opens the original)

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    Until Pierre Damas Bel’s death on 31 August, the story of Haitian adolescents in Springfield was one of triumph At a pavilion west of downtown Springfield, Ohio, 32 high school students dressed in black T-shirts stand silently at a vigil in the warm fall evening air. Some are holding signs depicting the number 11, as worn on the soccer field by Pierre Damas Bel, the 20-year-old Haitian student and athlete who died in an apparent suicide on 31 August. Other students hold signs that read “live lik

  3. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Stephen Starr

    Death and fear stalk Haitians in Ohio city amid Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown (opens the original)

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    Springfield community mourns one of its own after Pierre Damas Bel, who was forced to wear electronic ankle bracelet by ICE, walked into traffic and was killed by truck For 20-year-old Pierre Damas Bel, the humiliation of starting college last month with an electronic ankle bracelet – attached by ICE agents this summer – was deeply traumatic. “I’m walking through the streets of the United States with a GPS monitor on my leg, carrying a feeling of shame and humiliation that I never imagin

  4. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Stephen Starr

    In a town in the heart of the US, Israeli settler violence in West Bank hits close to home (opens the original)

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    War on Gaza and violence in West Bank is playing out in the streets of Toledo, Ohio, where the Arab American community has flourished From his office outside Toledo, Ohio, Thamin Tim Ridi opens his phone to livestream the scene outside the besieged house of his brother, Loui, thousands of miles away in the occupied West Bank. This month, with his property at risk of being destroyed by Israeli settlers, Loui traveled from Ohio to his ancestral home in Qusra, south of Nablus, where his mother and

  5. Article · Aug 30, 2026 · Stephen Starr

    Flooding devastated swathes of Indiana but response is hampered by politics (opens the original)

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    Record inundations wrecked homes and took seven lives but Trump has not approved emergency aid and state has cut funds for environmental agencies It’s been 10 days since the floodwater receded from Cambridge City’s main street and yet signs of disaster are all around. Abandoned cars, toilets and bathtubs are strewn across parks and side streets on a recent visit to the city. Garages have been lifted from their foundations and moved by the rushing water. Dumpsters up and down the street are overf

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