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commondreams.org —  1+ hour, 34+ min ago

...As many as 828 million people experienced hunger in 2021, 150 million more than were affected just two years earlier, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report.... ...Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF), the U.N....

jewishexponent.com —  2+ hour, 18+ min ago

...In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's June decision to overturn the Roe v.... ...The three politicians who responded to the query, Shapiro and PA House candidates from different Bucks County districts Gwen Stoltz (143) and Ilya Breyman (178), started their answers by reaffirming their support for abortion access....

foxnews.com —  2+ hour, 4+ min ago

...Real Alternatives founding CEO Kevin Bagatta joined "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday morning to discuss how -- for the past 27 years -- the organization has dedicated state funding to adoption agencies, maternity homes, pregnancy centers and Catholic charities.... ...Bagatta explained that Pennsylvania is serving as an example to the rest of the states that will now be expected to step up amid the overturning of Roe v. It has also expanded the efforts in Indiana, where 92,000 women are receiving help....

houstonpublicmedia.org —  1+ hour, 8+ min ago

...The Texas Supreme Court's ruling does not allow for criminal enforcement of the law, but Marc Hearron, senior counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights, told The Texas Newsroom the ruling has already had a chilling effect on providers.... ...David Donatti, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, said Paxton's intent means darker days for pro-choice Texans and abortion providers....

erienewsnow.com —  46+ min ago

...Pro-Choice Protesters Push Congress to Safeguard Abortion Rights. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Abortion rights protests continue in our nation's capital following the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. This time around, protesters have set their sights on congress.... ..."Personally I grew up in Nebraska and Arkansas which are trigger ban states and I know that my rights were never considered by, my opinions were never considered by state and local authorities in those places," said Michelle Peterson with Our Rights D.C....

thehill.com —  41+ min ago

.... - Openly LGBTQ+ people account for just 0.1 percent of all school board members in the U.S., despite accounting for more than 7 percent of the adult population, according to a new report from the LGBTQ Victory Institute. - Most openly LGBTQ+ school board members are cisgender gay men and... ..."From "Don't Say Gay" bills to bans on trans kids in sports, our schools have been ground zero for anti-LGBTQ vitriol this year," Annise Parker, the president and chief executive of the Victory Institute, said Wednesday in a statement....

truthout.org —  1+ hour, 13+ min ago

...Democracy in the United States -- tattered and shabby though it may be -- could have less than two years to live. Not 10 years, not some indeterminate fuzzy maybe slice of time.... ..."Trump and Republicans are preparing to return to the Supreme Court," warns conservative Judge J. Michael Luttig, "where this time they will likely win the independent state legislature doctrine, now that Amy Coney Barrett is on the Court and ready to vote....

thenation.com —  59+ min ago

...In an ad released on July 4, California Governor Gavin Newsom stands in a verdant backyard, his trademark slicked-back dark hair a bit less slick and grayer than earlier in his career.... ...Let's state it plainly: Vice President Kamala Harris would be the presumptive nominee....

churchleaders.com —  3+ hour, 31+ min ago

...Baldridge recently spoke to CBS News" Zoe Christine Jones, sharing that although she grew up in a Christian household, it wasn't her intention for the 8-song EP "Preacher's Kid" to be about her religious upbringing. The extra time the pandemic provided simply led her to write that way.... ...Baldridge is married to another woman and toured with popular Christian pop-rock band Relient K earlier this year. During the interview, Baldridge was asked why she believes so many people, including Christians, connect to her music....

thespec.com —  3+ hour, 6+ min ago

...As COVID-19 restrictions lifted, WolfE approached Relay Coffee Roasters to ask permission to host the queer social at the King William coffee shop.... ...Joe's, in the Patient and Family Collaborative Support Services department, and I developed the drop-in peer support group called Alphabet Soup, which is for LGBTQ+ individuals who also experience mental illness."....