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‘A win for Civil Rights’: Federal judge blocks Florida GOP’s anti-protest...
"We are glad the court has agreed to suspend enforcement of this key provision while we continue to advocate to ensure that protesters in Florida can safely exercise their right to speak out against injustice."
A global anti-Olympics movement rises to challenge the games’ darker side
“The Olympics Games put tremendous pressure on the host city’s local budget, crash the democratic government process and destroy the environment."
10 world-changing protests you should know about
People are taking to the streets to resist repression, from the U.S. to Japan.
Millions mark international Women’s Day as pandemic deepens inequality, violence around...
We hear voices from protests in the Philippines, Mexico and Guatemala in a year where women have been disproportionately impacted by rising poverty, unemployment and violence during the pandemic.
Members of several well-known hate groups identified at Capitol riot
Several participants ProPublica and FRONTLINE identified from video have direct links to the white nationalist movement.
USA downgraded as civil liberties deteriorate across the Americas
While recent brutality against protests for racial justice is concerning, the decline in basic freedoms in the USA began before this crackdown.
State backers of anti-protest bills received campaign funding from oil and...
Legal experts have warned that critical infrastructure laws may well be unconstitutional.
Innocent mother beaten by Philly cops on video filing lawsuit
Attorneys representing the victim have confirmed she is filing a civil rights case against the police department.
How hypocrites in high places have contributed to the riots in...
A decades-long wealth grab by the richest Americans has left millions of Americans on the brink of poverty — and poverty begets violence.
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More than 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits after Trump changes Federal...
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show children are losing access.
The persistence of ‘Israel First’
Trump’s Middle East record reveals the short life of “America First.”
How agave agroforestry can restore drylands and strengthen climate resilience
The agave-powered agroforestry and livestock management system is an example of how native desert plants, cultivated as part of an agroforestry system, can regenerate drylands and provide inexpensive animal feed, taking pressure off overgrazed rangelands.
The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.
Report: State textile laws spark massive drop in apparel PFAS levels
"No PFAS, No Problem: Product Testing Reveals Success of CA and NY PFAS Textile Laws" found that 80 percent of tested consumer products are now in compliance with newly enacted restriction.