Politics

Homeland Security uses fake university to lure and entrap undocumented students

I will no longer argue with anyone who shames me for not voting, and you shouldn’t either

U.S. backs Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó amid attempted coup of leftist government

Angola removes colonial-era law that prohibited homosexuality

China detains Canadian citizens in response to U.S. request for Canada to extradite Huawei CFO

Turning the fight to save the environment into a fight for racial justice

Mother of MAGA hat wearing teen who terrorized Indigenous man blames “Black Muslims”

Turkey claims New York Knicks’ Enes Kanter has ties to terror group after he criticizes government

House Democrats cite freedom of speech in refusal to censure Steve King for racist comments

Sudan arrests 28 journalists in crack down on anti-government protests

Political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal granted the right of appeal by Philadelphia judge

U.S. District Judge rules against addition of “citizenship” question on U.S. census

Black excellence?: How a school abused Black students & got fame for sending them to Ivy Leagues

Julián Castro, ex-housing secretary under President Obama, declares intent to run for presidency

Voting rights restored to former felons in Florida, but lawmakers may add legal hurdles

Jameek Lowery went to cops for help, warned they’d kill him on FB live, then died in their custody

Abused Saudi teen who posted story online will be resettled in Australia after refugee status is verified

Networks decide to air Trump begging for border wall money, immediately forced to fact check lies

5 Israeli teenagers arrested for the fatal stoning of a Palestinian woman ahead of elections

What do we do with abusers like R. Kelly if we abolish prisons?

Democrats pass symbolic ‘anti-corruption act’ as first action of the new Congress

Exposing children to examples of protest plants the seeds for them to fight for justice

Jair Bolsonaro sworn in as Brazil’s President, increasing the number of far-right demagogues globally

Netflix pulls episode of ‘Patriot Act’ critical of Saudi government at their request, draws criticism

Reconciling ‘glorious healing’ & the ‘loving refusal’ of intracommunal violence in an era of disposability

Saudis under fire for using child soldiers from Darfur, offering money for them to fight in Yemen

Britain’s non-white workers earn £3.2bn less than their white peers every year for same work

France’s investigation into attack that prompted the Rwandan genocide is finally ended

Death of second migrant child reignites concerns over U.S. border policies

Sudanese doctors and journalists go on strike against government in midst of deadly protests

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