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Bishop Barber Calls on Clergy to Go to Russia to Urge Release of Brittney Griner
The WNBA star was sentenced last week to nine years in a penal colony for possessing two ounces of cannabis oil.
Israeli Attacks on Gaza Kill 44, Including 15 Children. Will Ceasefire Hold?
In addition to fatalities, the bombardment injured more than 300 Palestinians.
Black Panther and Former Political Prisoner Albert Woodfox Has Died of COVID
Woodfox spent 43 years in solitary confinement due to a wrongful conviction.
Warnings Grow Over Nuclear War as Tensions Escalate Between US, Russia and China
The UN warned this week that humanity is “one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation” as tensions escalate.
Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit Stoked Tensions With China. What Comes Next?
Pelosi vowed “ironclad” support for Taiwan. Progressives are divided on how to best relate to the conflict.
New Podcast Spotlights Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers and Their Children’s Story
Weather Underground members Dohrn and Ayers discuss life underground, and why they resurfaced.
Prison Health Expert Warns Monkeypox Could “Dramatically Increase” Behind Bars
The first case of monkeypox behind bars was reported in Chicago this week. Jails could accelerate the disease's spread.
Putin’s Repression Is Driving Many Antiwar Russians Abroad
A Russian dissident describes how he left as “antiwar demonstrations were brutally smashed by the police.”
Fed Rate Hikes Are “Body Blow” to Workers Reeling From Pandemic
Experts forecast another economic recession in the United States with rising inflation and an unchanged minimum wage.
Myanmar Executes Four Activists as Resistance to Military Government Grows
Human rights activists are sounding the alarm after the military junta executed four men who opposed last year's coup.