Russia’s Disinformation Machine Runs So Deep, Some Don’t Know War Is Happening
Imagine that you, as a refugee from extreme violence in Ukraine, called your family across the border for help — and were flatly told they did not believe you, that there was no war. You’ve witnessed the indiscriminate shelling of your city, including your own apartment building. As the screams of an artillery bomber shake […]
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Citing Abbott’s Order, Texas Children’s Hospital Halts Gender-Affirming Care
Texas Children’s Hospital, the largest pediatric hospital in the United States, announced that it would no longer provide gender-affirming care to patients in response to an executive order from Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. That order, which relied on a non-binding legal opinion from state Attorney General Ken Paxton, stated that such care equated to child […]
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US Can’t Deport Families Under Title 42 If They Could Face Harm, Court Rules
A federal court ruled Friday that the U.S. cannot use a restrictive immigration rule originally invoked by Trump to expel families from countries where they might face persecution or torture. However, the rule was allowed to remain in place. The ruling handed down from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, […]
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Students in Texas Form Book Clubs to Counter Far Right Bans
Students in Texas are fighting right-wing book banning campaigns by starting book clubs and giving banned titles to their peers. Rep. Matt Krause (a Republican in Texas’ state legislature) wrote to Texas school districts last year inquiring if they had any of the 850 books he deemed offensive or inappropriateIn their libraries. Soon after, Gov. […]
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Supreme Court Says Torture at CIA Black Site Is a “State Secret”
Abu Zubaydah was mistakenly claimed to be a top al-Qaeda leader by the CIA. He was waterboarded 80+ time, subject to assault in the form forced rectal exams, and allowed to live burials in coffins for hundreds hours. Zubaydah cried, twitched, and hyperventilated. One waterboarding session saw Zubaydah become completely unresponsive. Bubbles began to come […]
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Advocates Push Biden to Cancel Student Debt as He Mulls Extending Payment Pause
A White House official confirmed this week that President Joe Biden was considering extending a pandemic-related pause to student loan payments. Activists and lawmakers renewed calls for debt cancellation. White House Chief of Staff Ronald Klain suggested in a popular podcast that payments will resume on May 1. However, the president may extend the pause […]
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Educators in St. Paul and Minneapolis Are Preparing for Potential Strike
This story was originally published by Prism. Teachers with the Saint Paul Federation of Educators and the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) announced their intent to strike in a Feb. 24, announcement. This includes both teachers and Education Support Professionals. Filed with the state of Minnesota’s Bureau of Mediation, the intent to strike was authorized […]
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Putin Issues Warning About “Future of Ukrainian Statehood” Amid Refugee Crisis
Despite evacuation efforts hampered by Russian shelling, Ukraine is enduring Europe’s most rapidly escalating refugee crisis since the second world war, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees said Sunday. “More than 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed into neighboring countries in 10 days — the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War […]
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Ilhan Omar Criticizes Biden Visit to Saudi Arabia Over Oil as “Wildly Immoral”
U.S. President Joe Biden’s advisers are reportedly discussing a possible trip to Saudi Arabia this spring to urge the kingdom to ramp up oil production amid fears of a supply shortage as the United States mulls a banRussian crude oil imports But, progressive members of Congress, as well as antiwar commentators, were quick to dismiss […]
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Russian Invasion Isn’t a Cold War Replay. It Could Portend Something Worse.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been widely described as the beginning of a new cold war, much like the old one in both its cast of characters and ideological nature. “In the contest between democracy and autocracy, between sovereignty and subjugation, make no mistake — freedom will prevail,” President Biden assertedIn a televised address to […]
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