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Pride Flag Returns to Stonewall After Lawsuit Leads to Trump Admin Reversal on Removal
4+ week, 2+ day ago (565+ words) The Pride flag belongs at Stonewall," a lawyer for LGBTQ groups suing the administration said. The Trump administration has agreed to restore a Pride flag that was previously removed from Stonewall National Monument in New York City, following a lawsuit…...
Christian Nationalists in US Government Push Attacks on Iran as Holy War
1+ week, 5+ day ago (637+ words) With Pete Hegseth leading the Department of Defense, the line separating church and state is increasingly blurred. The phrase "Christ is King" isn't new " it's sometimes used by Christians to refer to the belief that Jesus's divine rule goes beyond…...
MN Prosecutor Investigates ICE Arrest of US Citizen as Possible Kidnapping
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (726+ words) Federal agents were filmed taking Chong Ly Thao from his home in freezing temperatures wearing only his underwear. Prosecutors in Minnesota are investigating whether some of the most infamous images of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities…...
Israel Strikes Pharmaceutical Factory in Tehran That Made Cancer Drugs
1+ week, 6+ day ago (676+ words) The only reason you would hit this target is to try to limit medicine production in Iran," one expert said. On Tuesday, Israel struck a major pharmaceutical factory in Tehran that is one of the country's top producers of cancer…...
Trans People Behind Bars Share How They Are Navigating the Dangers of Visibility
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (952+ words) The vitriol of Trump's anti-trans attacks has stoked anti-trans violence by prison staff and other incarcerated people. Visibility can be fraught. In prisons, where staff may forcibly " and legally " strip people as a routine security precaution, visibility can be even…...
It's Not Just Huerta. For Many Survivors, Silence Seems Like the Only Option.
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (470+ words) Sexual abuse like the harm enacted by Cesar Chavez plagues movements because it plagues our world " both must change. Questions about Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and the larger movement for the rights and dignity of farmworkers hang heavy on the…...
Trump Admin Report Suggests Pre-Iran War Gas Prices Won't Return Until After 2027
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (623+ words) Nearly 7 in 10 Americans describe rising gas costs as "extremely" or "very" concerning, a new poll found. In a Fox News interview earlier this week, President Donald Trump appeared to acknowledge that the war on Iran he started in late February…...
Ceasefire Confusion Grows as Trump Threatens Renewed Start to Iran War
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (697+ words) Karoline Leavitt denied Strait of Hormuz closure reports, but demanded it be "immediately" reopened in the same presser. Despite insinuating that a ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran was still in place late on Wednesday night, President Donald…...
US, Israel Vote Against UN Resolution Condemning Translatlantic Slave Trade
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (612+ words) The resolution overwhelmingly passed with 123 votes in favor and only the US, Israel, and Argentina voting against. The U. S. and Israel were two of only three countries to vote against a resolution in the UN to condemn the transatlantic slave trade…...
In Echoes of Corbyn, Insurgent Candidate Wins Canadian Party Leadership
6+ day, 16+ min ago (974+ words) Avi Lewis now leads the New Democratic Party after a campaign reminiscent of left-leaning politicians in the US and UK. Canada's left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP) has elected a new leader, someone whose campaign drew comparisons to the politics and…...