Mariya Parodi

Pentagon reporters could be seen leaving the sprawling U.S. military headquarters with boxes after at least 30 news organizations declined to sign a new Pentagon access policy for journalists, warning of the potential for less coverage of the world's most powerful military.

"Opponents as well as supporters of this president would do well, again, to consider the Philippines. The same Rodrigo Duterte who enjoyed popular support as he waged war on his own country is today behind bars" 👏

Anyone with a heart should be stopping in their tracks 💔

One less place to be able to place human rights and civil society stories. The media system ecosystem for human centerer stories is shrinking at the exact moment it needs to expand.

Jane Fonda Relaunches Father’s Free Speech Group, Committee for the First Amendment The Oscar-winning actress and activist Jane Fonda is relaunching her father Henry Fonda’s free speech organization, the Committee for the First Amendment. First established in 1947 to combat the rise ...

“Move Fast”: From McCarthyism to Authoritarianism, Jane Fonda Relaunches Father’s Free Speech Group
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/jane_fonda_committee_for_first_amendment

Actor and activist Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment first backed by her father Henry Fonda in 1947, to fight against what the group calls a “coordinated campaign” from the Trump administration to curb freedom of expression. https://wapo.st/4nxKYQw

Eight decades after Hollywood legends like Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland launched the Committee for the First Amendment to stand up to McCarthyism, Jane Fonda is bringing back the organization. https://cnn.it/3KsdDYR

Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support

Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Opinion | What Happened to Human Rights for Palestinians?

ICC judges, the UN, Albanese, Palestinian NGOs, who's next?

The #Trump administration has launched an assault on international justice - and those who claim to stand for it are missing in action, EU included

Joint oped by @amnesty.org & @hrw.org: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

UN Might Tolerate Netanyahu, and White House Might Welcome Him, But He’s Still Guilty of Genocide Benjamin Netanyahu is committing crimes that amount to genocide in Gaza, yet he continues to act with impunity on the global stage due to US political support.

"The US cannot continue to turn its back on victims while it embraces war criminals. Civil society has spoken clearly: stop enabling crimes, stop silencing dissent, stop treating accountability as optional.& Arrest Netanyahu this week so he can be tried for genocide"
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Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation

Tell me Trump is using the authoritarian playbook passed down from Putin and Orban, without telling me he's using the authoritarian playbook passed down from Putin and Orban.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

“Kids are resilient”. 👀 Nope, kids are high risk.

Just gonna leave these here...

The House Is on Fire and Democrats Are Debating Paint Colors | Opinion

The house is on fire, and Democratic leadership is debating what color to paint the kitchen. Either grab a hose or get out of the way because if we lose this fight, there won't be a democracy left to save.

“One of the greatest threats to peace and multilateralism today is the United States President. While President Trump touts his peacemaking abilities, the U.S. is enabling a genocide by Israel, warmongering by Russia, and a breakdown in global stability”. More:
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“The response to the latest attempt to force a terror state upon us in the heart of our land will be given after my return from the United States. Wait for it” —Netanyahu.

Shana Tova to all who celebrate. I’m grateful to have made this with my little one today, my entire world, and watched her small hands move in awe. My heart was heavy thinking of all the parents losing their entire worlds, looking at their small hands, no longer moving.

This year, may the shofar be a wake-up call for all. As we enter 5786, our commitment to justice is greater than ever.

Something about this UNGA is so gut-wrenching. Last week, the UN Commission released a finding of genocide by Israel, yet Netanyahu is scheduled to address the UNGA Friday. How can anyone watch his address without picturing the horrors he's inflicted on children for 2 years, with no end in sight?

UN at 80: a struggle for renewal in a time of crises The annual high-level week of the United Nations (UN) takes place from 22 September with a packed agenda. Civil society hopes for progress on the recognition of Palestinian statehood at one of the wee...

A stark reality on the UN’s 80th anniversary: the UN will do less than it has done before, at a time when the problems are bigger than they’ve been in decades.
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UNICEF scrubs sex ed pages targeted by US conservative group UNICEF scrubs sex ed pages targeted by US conservative group

As UNICEF faces steep funding cuts, at least six sex ed guides flagged by US conservative group C-Fam were removed from its website. Staff say the move could set a troubling precedent.

RFK Jr's war on vaccines is about shaming women, not helping kids The MAHA movement regards all childhood ailments as a sign that moms are failing

Looking at RFK's recent moves, including an attack on the hepatitis B vaccine and on painkillers for pregnant women.

The common theme: That all children's health problems are due to "bad" mothers.

This isn't about making kids healthy. It's misogyny.

www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...

It’s almost like they’ve never been on the receiving end of an interrogation by people who hold all the power and have 0 accountability

“indiscriminate” is a helluva way to say discriminatory

IME: You're a young Latina woman with lawful status at home with young kids. You hear ICE agents, having just arrested your neighbor with a warrant, demand to enter your home. You ask to see a warrant. They say this is not how things work and kick down your door. Kids start crying, your dog barking.

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

Project 2026: Trump's plan to rig the next election From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favo...

SCOTUS allowing ICE to racially profile will embolden Trump to use ICE & military against his political opponents, potentially demanding citizenship checks at polls & intimidating Dem voters in 2026. Already seeing such tactics with occupation of LA, DC & Chicago www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to resume arresting immigrants in Los Angeles Los Angeles reacts to the Supreme Court's decision to uphold President Trump's immigration raids.

"The Government, and now the concurrence, has all but
declared that all Latinos, U. S. citizens or not, who work
low wage jobs are fair game to be seized at any time, taken
away from work, and held until they provide proof of their
legal status to the agents’ satisfaction." - J. Sotomayor

US denies visas for Palestinian officials before UN assembly State Dept cites Palestinian appeals to ICC and ICJ over Israeli abuses in occupied territory in justifying move.

This level of absolute pettiness

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

Opinion | The Border Is Invading America

“That instinct — to protect the Democratic Party over the people it claims to champion — turned the border loose on innocent people”

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...