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It’s Not Just Huerta. For Many Survivors, Silence Seems Like the Only Option.
Sexual abuse like the harm enacted by Cesar Chavez plagues movements because it plagues our world — both must change.
Trans People Behind Bars Share How They Are Navigating the Dangers of Visibility
The vitriol of Trump’s anti-trans attacks has stoked anti-trans violence by prison staff and other incarcerated people.
A Shady Nonprofit Pushes Back On Pennsylvania’s Proposed Minimum Wage Hike
The Employment Policies Institute is tied to a PR firm that represents food and restaurant industry interests.
Israel Admits It Used Faked Photo to Say Slain Journalist Was Part of Hezbollah
“Unfortunately there isn’t really a picture of it, it was photoshopped,” the Israeli military said of the photo.
Thousands of Iranians Who Live on Kharg Island Face Possibility of US Invasion
US media talk about the island’s civilians as if they are a military problem, if they talk about them at all.
The EPA Is Routinely Failing to Require Warnings on Cancer-Linked Pesticides
The agency rarely warns of cancer risks, even when its own research shows a product’s ingredients are carcinogenic.
US Killed Children in Iran Using New Missile That Explodes Into Pellets
The PrSM detonates just before contact with its target, exploding into a spray of tungsten pellets.
Trump Convenes “God Squad” Committee in Move That Could Annihilate Whale Species
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth cited national security when requesting exemptions to endangered species protections.
Trump Touts “Hand-Carved” Columns on Ballroom as War Costs US 10k Jobs a Month
Amid blaring warnings about the economy, Trump said the Corinthian columns are “top of the line.”
Activist Nerdeen Kiswani Speaks Out After Being Targeted in Assassination Plot
Kiswani says she has been “screaming into the void” about the way Palestine activists have been targeted with violence.