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PassBlue is an independent nonprofit media site that covers the United Nations, founded in 2011 by two former New York Times journalists, Dulcie Leimbach and Barbara Crossette and based in New York City.

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Gitmo Detainee: It’s Too Dangerous to Be Sent Home to Russia

NO, THANKS

Lawyers and family members of a Russian detainee—who is now being held in the UAE—say he should not be sent home to Russia as he may be tortured or killed.

Clair MacDougall, PassBlue | Published Jul 20, 2021

Ebola Doc: COVAX Just White Men ‘Absolving Their Conscience’

SAVIOR COMPLEX

As COVID cases reach new peaks around the world, Ebola frontliners are rallying against jab inequity and lambasting WHO’s global vaccine initiative for its obvious shortcomings.

Clair MacDougall, PassBlue | Published May 10, 2021

UN: French Air Strike Killed 19 Civilian Wedding Party-Goers

DEVASTATING

“The majority of those hit in the strike were civilians who are protected from such attacks by international humanitarian law,” a UN report released this week noted.

Clair MacDougall, PassBlue | Published Mar 31, 2021

He Was the First UN Peacekeeper to Die of COVID—or Was He?

PANDEMIC

Salvadoran pilot and UN peacekeeper Carlos GuillĂ©n Alfaro’s death in Mali remains shrouded in mystery—and his family is desperate for answers.

Clair MacDougall, PassBlue | Published Aug 03, 2020

Trump Defunding WHO Could Stop the Eradication of Polio

IRON LUNGS

The U.S. has long made combating polio its top funding priority at the World Health Organization. Now COVID and Trump have put that campaign in serious jeopardy.

PassBlue | Published Jun 20, 2020
opinion

Trump Quits the WHO. The Victim Is the United States.

FATAL DISTRACTION

Cities across the nation are on fire even as COVID-19 has killed 102,000 Americans. Trump is desperate to shift blame. But scapegoating the WHO won't make things better.

PassBlue | Published May 31, 2020

Couple Who Showered GOP With Money Ask for a COVID Lifeline

CRAFTY

Kelly and Joseph Craft were reaping the rewards after showering Trump and other GOP top dogs with money. Then the pandemic hit.

PassBlue | Published May 16, 2020

Suddenly, Singapore’s Coronavirus Cases Have Skyrocketed

PARADIGM LOST

The invisible virus attacked our society at its weakest links and made visible those whom we depended upon but had undervalued and forgotten.

PassBlue | Published Apr 24, 2020

The U.N. Shudders as ‘Trump Week’ Closes In

THE INSECURITY COUNCIL

As Trump comes to New York next week, delegates from around the world are hunkering down.

PassBlue | Published Sep 20, 2018

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