Wednesday, November 11, 2026

The battle over what it means to be female

“How do we explore these rights for transgender folks in a way that does not undermine the rights of women or people of color?”

Occupied bodies: How SCOTUS’ repeal of Roe and the Israeli Supreme Court’s expulsion of...

It is possible that a majority of American women will have fewer rights over their own bodies than the Muslim women living in 29 M.
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Police officer charged with assault after using pepper spray on video

“I commend Acting Prosecutor Mayer for acting swiftly to hold this police officer accountable for the appalling and completely unjustified use of force alleged in these criminal charges.”

Trump’s defense secretary cites climate change as national security challenge

James Mattis’ unpublished testimony before a Senate panel recognizes a threat others in the administration reject or minimize.

SCOTUS votes in favor of Trump’s ‘Muslim’ travel ban

"I am deeply disappointed that this ruling gives legitimacy to discrimination and Islamophobia."

2017 World Water Week: ‘Water and waste: reduce and reuse’

Water is key to our future prosperity, and together, we can achieve a water wise world.
The Lorain County Administration Building in Elyria, Ohio, where the county commissioners meet and striking Job and Family Services workers have picketed. Photo by WeaponizingArchitecture / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lorain County caseworkers reach day 180 of a strike over a dollar an hour

Union officials told the bargaining chair the walkout may be the longest in Ohio public sector history, a claim the county's newspaper could not confirm. Commissioners point to an $11 million deficit.

Challenges for resolving complex conflicts

If we do not dramatically and quickly improve our individual and collective capacity to resolve conflicts nonviolently, including when we are dealing with individuals who are insane, then one day relatively soon we will share the fate of those 200 species of life we drove to extinction today.

The U.S. rejected refugee Anne Frank – let’s not make the same mistake again

“What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again.”

Demanding an end to ‘deadly fossil fuels,’ tens of thousands take the streets in...

"It's time for Biden to declare a climate emergency and phase out the fossil fuels killing people and wildlife around the world."