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On Saturday, I joined the No Kings Day protest in Ardmore, an affluent suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  I was scared, but I had to go. “Action binds anxiety,” is a maxim in my daytime work.  The current political environment creates an ambient fear, like computer malware jamming wi-fi and wasting battery.  I needed to get [...]

Two state lawmakers were shot Saturday morning in their homes in Minnesota, one fatally. Representative Melissa Hortman, Senator John Hoffman, and their spouses are said to be the victims of politically motivated violence. Hortman, former speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and her husband Mark were killed in the attack on their home. Images [...]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called on the California Attorney General Rob Bonta Thursday to put an end to and investigate police violence against journalists covering the recent Los Angeles protests against President Donald Trump’s mass deportation raids. RSF requested Bonta halt the police violence by filing “a civil lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order against [...]

In August 2021, the world watched as the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, sweeping away two decades of progress toward democracy, human rights and gender equality. While international headlines have since moved on to other crises, millions of Afghan women and girls continue to live under increasingly restrictive policies that have systematically stripped away their [...]

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine published a report Wednesday declaring Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian civilians in Kherson oblast to be war crimes and crimes against humanity. The commission claimed that roughly 150 Ukrainian civilians have been killed over the past year as a result of the systematic Russian drone attacks: Starting [...]

The correspondent filing this dispatch is a law student in Mumbai who must remain anonymous. The past weeks have witnessed an unprecedented escalation of the conflict between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the terrorist killings of tourists on Indian soil in the town of Pahalgam in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). While the near-fratricidal [...]

Amnesty International on Monday highlighted the urgent need for justice for victims of the rebel armed group Revolution and Justice in the Central African Republic following the arrest of its former leader, Armel Sayo. Armel Sayo was reportedly detained in Cameroon in January and is being held at a military facility in the Central African [...]

Reporters without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday condemned the assault on seven journalists who were violently attacked this week in the southwestern Syrian city of Sweida. The assaults—ranging from detention and physical violence to death threats—come amid rising concerns about the safety of journalists during Syria’s fragile political transition. The journalists had traveled to Sweida to [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that sees fuel industry groups challenging vehicle emission standards in California. The justices indicated that the plaintiffs have legal standing, and the Court is likely to issue a ruling in the case. The lawsuit challenges California’s Advanced Clean Cars Program, which was launched in [...]

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned Tuesday that 3.6 million vulnerable people in Ethiopia could lose access to food and nutrition assistance unless funding arrives urgently. The agency stated that only half of its anticipated funding was received last year, forcing program cuts that are now endangering lives. In a video link with journalists, [...]