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Trump Administration Begins to Strip Federal Workers of Union Protections

MAGA hates unions www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/u...

Artifacts in US museums explain the outsized role of racism in the nation's history Museums across the U.S. have artifacts on display that represent and reflect landmark events of the Civil Rights era.

Artifacts in US museums explain the outsized role of racism in the nation's history.Public access to these items at federal sites may be restricted or prohibited under Trump administration rules. apnews.com/article/civi...

In memoriam: Ruth Krulfeld, long time anthropology professor at George Washington University and women’s rights advocate, dies at 94 gwhatchet.com?p=1236817

Gorilla habitats and pristine forest at risk as DRC opens half of country to oil and gas drilling bids Government launches licensing round for 52 fossil fuel blocks, potentially undermining a flagship conservation initiative and affecting an estimated 39 million people

Gorillas to be further endangered: the Democratic Republic of the Congo is opening crucial gorilla habitats and pristine forests to bids for oil and gas drilling, with plans to carve up more than half the country into fossil fuel blocks.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Elon Musk opened a diner in Hollywood. What could go wrong? I went to find out The tech billionaire’s ‘retro-futuristic’ drive-in and Tesla charging station has long lines, plenty of glitches – and adoring fans

Hollywood, CA: report on a visit to Musk's new drive-in diner: hype and glitches www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

What if Everything We Know About Sacagawea Is Wrong?

A Native retelling of Sacagawea's story is "richer and more ambiguous" www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/m...

Inside a Gaza hospital: A British surgeon on what he's witnessing firsthand Dr. Nick Maynard tells NPR he's treating children shot at food distribution sites and witnessing what he believes is the systematic destruction of Gaza's civilian infrastructure.

Interview with a British surgeon about his latest stint in Gaza
www.npr.org/2025/07/21/n...

Florida lawmaker Anna Eskamani on her 'horrific' visit to 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center Eskamani says detainees are being held in "cages."

US: Florida representative comments on her "curated" visit to "Alligator Alcatraz" www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Japan requires name change after marriage — with big effects on female scientists Survey finds law requiring married couples to share the same family name causes havoc for researchers.

The only country in the world to do so, Japan requires name change after marriage — with big effects on female scientists www.nature.com/articles/d41...

U.S. issues sanctions against United Nations investigator probing abuses in Gaza The State Department's decision to impose sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, follows an unsuccessful campaign to force her removal.

Meddling in a UN investigation of human rights abuses in Gaza: Trump's rationale? That there are serious human rights abuses in Gaza and that the US is deeply implicated ? www.npr.org/2025/07/10/g...

Ben Franklin Declared His Independence from his Inheritance of Nasty Superstitions and Became an Enlightenment Man A Fourth of July revisiting of a Founding Father’s family connection to the Salem Witch Trials

Replacing "sacred and undeniable" with "self-evident" is usually attributed to Franklin. For something a bit different today, I offer an admittedly speculative but I think plausible theory: the possible influence of his immediate family's connection to the Salem witch trials. @theunpopulist.net

US Supreme Court ponders the balance of power – and sides with President Trump A recent judgment by the US Supreme Court calls into question the separation of powers established by the constitution.

US Supreme Court ponders the balance of power – and sides with President Trump
theconversation.com/us-supreme-c...

Confederacy group sues Georgia park for planning an exhibit on slavery and segregation The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group has filed a lawsuit against a state park over an exhibit on slavery, segregation, and white supremacy.

US: Confederacy group sues Georgia park for planning an exhibit on slavery and segregation apnews.com/article/ston...

Unmasking fascism: Edward Said’s pedagogy of wakefulness in an age of educational repression - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/27/u...

A D.C. cemetery's 'Gay Corner' is a final resting place for trailblazing LGBTQ+ icons The Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., includes a section of graves of LGBTQ Americans. We take a pride month tour.

Keep telling their stories www.npr.org/2025/06/18/n...

Asked to flag 'negative' National Park content, visitors gave their own 2 cents instead Signs installed earlier in National Parks earlier in June asked for feedback on signs "that are negative about past or living Americans." Comments viewed by NPR didn't provide the requested feedback.

US: So far, Trump is not getting what he wants from this intervention www.npr.org/2025/06/26/n...

Quebec provides universal childcare for less than $7 a day. Here’s what the US can learn Public childcare network is a win for everyone – kids, parents and the government, and the Quebec model is a shining example

Lessons about universal, affordable child care from Quebec
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

How can RFK Jr ‘Make America healthy again’? He is ignoring the two biggest killers of American children | Devi Sridhar The US health secretary’s latest report is more interested in vaccine scepticism than the brutal toll inflicted by guns and road traffic accidents, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public healt...

Op-ed by a Devi Shridhar, public health professor: the US can't make American children healthy by ignoring the two biggest killers: gun violence and traffic accidents www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘Clouded in mystery’: how Ice became a rogue agency that does Trump’s bidding Shrouded in secrecy, the US agency has become a kind of domestic stormtrooper for Maga’s agenda

US: masked men who do not identify themselves arbitrarily arresting people does not look like democracy
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

8. That Iran is trying to assassinate the US president when all US presidents have the same foreign policy
9. That Iran (a country that never starts wars) cannot be trusted with nuclear weapons, but Israel (a country that starts wars constantly) can
10. That attacking Iran benefits Americans

Nigerian communities to take Shell to high court over oil pollution Residents of Bille and Ogale in Niger delta are suing Shell and subsidiary, but company denies liability

Nigeria: the fight goes on for environmental damages from Shell www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Tell your Republican Senator(s) You Don’t Want To Pay The Price For Their Billionaire Tax Breaks Republicans in Congress are trying to ram through the Trump Tax Scam, a bill that makes extreme cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other essential programs to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. Under ...

US: Tell your Republican Senator(s) You Don’t Want To Pay The Price For Their Billionaire Tax Breaks act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...

Enslaved Black Children Were Educated Here. Now the Public Can Learn the History.

A segregated school for Black children long sat unrecognized on the campus of William & Mary where it was used for other purposes. It's been restored and relocated to Colonial Williamsburg www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/u...

On the Christian Education of Dr. Vance Boelter When a bullet is a "prayer"

"Everyone ought to pray at least one violent prayer a day" -- a sign displayed in a Dallas hotel lobby. open.substack.com/pub/slowcivi...

New state laws target job protections for college professors At least 11 states have imposed new reviews for tenured faculty, made it easier to fire them or proposed banning tenure altogether.

US: new state laws target job protections for college professors wapo.st/44jMQ8m

Minnesota shooting suspect allegedly attended a Bible college popular among Christian nationalists Including several who were instrumental in the 2020 "Stop the Steal" campaign.

US: Minnesota shooting suspect allegedly attended a Bible college that is a stronghold of the New Apostolic Reformation, a charismatic movement that teaches that Christians are called to take over the US government www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @MotherJones

Why a professor of fascism left the US: ‘The lesson of 1933 is – you get out’ Marci Shore made news around the world when her family moved to Canada. She discusses Trump, teaching history and how terror atomises society

Interview with Marci Shore, a historian of fascism, who recently left Yale University for the University of Toronto www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The Illegal Attack on Iran - this article argues that Israeli attacks against Iran since 2023 have been illegal CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/13/t...

I was disappeared under Argentina’s dictatorship. I know how autocracy begins | Miriam Lewin Foreigners treated as enemies, judges under attack: the signs are everywhere in the US. But there are still reasons to hope

Op-ed by Miriam Lewin, journalist, author, and survivor of Argentina's dictatorship. A seven episode podcast about her experience as a prisoner of the state and her fight for justice is titled The Burden: Avenger. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Millions across US turn out for ‘No Kings’ protests against Donald Trump Protesters demonstrate at about 2,000 sites nationwide on day US president holds military parade in Washington

The Guardian reports on the US No Kings protests www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...