US Supreme Court bans affirmative action in university admissions
On 29 June, the US Supreme Court banned the use of race and ethnicity in university admissions. This dealt a ...
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Reports say Trump is target of classified documents probe, as Republicans fall into disarray
US prosecutors have told Republican former president Donald Trump's lawyers that he is the target of a probe into his ...
John Kerry’s misguided opinions on population growth are racist
John Kerry, US special climate envoy and one-time presidential candidate, has told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that the world's population will ...
For DeSantis and the American Right the chaos is the point
As we watch the many fronts of the culture wars play out, people ask why leaders like Ron DeSantis seem ...
Elon Musk’s Twitter is reactivating climate denier accounts, but troll-hunters are fighting back
For years, a band of science-loving "troll hunters" have hounded climate crisis deniers off Twitter. Elon Musk's takeover, however, has ...
DeSantis announces White House bid following long campaign of discrimination
On 24 May, Florida governor Ron DeSantis launched his 2024 presidential campaign. The Republican said in a video posted to Twitter: ...
We’re three years on from the murder of George Floyd, and not enough has changed
On 25 May 2020, a white police officer - Derek Chauvin - murdered unarmed Black man George Floyd in Minneapolis, ...
Florida’s DeSantis issues slew of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation ahead of presidential campaign
Republican governor Ron DeSantis recently passed a slew of legislation restricting the lives of trans people living in the state ...
Free speech doesn’t require platforming fascism
Last week’s CNN town hall with Donald Trump was a great example of all the things wrong with how centrists ...
‘Eternal’ Guantanamo prisoner tells of decades of US torture
This article contains graphic discussion of torture. Detained in Guantanamo for decades, Abu Zubaydah's art and diaries tell a grim ...
Trump found liable for sexual assault, as misogynists rush to defend him
Donald Trump has been found legally responsible for sexually assaulting magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll. The civil trial concluded in ...
The ending of the coronavirus US Public Health Emergency is a win for capital – but a loss for marginalised people
On 11 May, the US Department of Health and Human Services will allow the coronavirus (Covid-19) Public Health Emergency (PHE) ...
Writers Guild downs tools in protest against ‘uberization’ of their jobs in the streaming era
On 2 May, thousands of Writers Guild of America (WGA) workers downed tools and picketed studios in New York and ...
40 people die in a Ciudad Juárez detention centre fire, after guards refused to open the doors
40 people died after a fire broke out in a detention centre in Mexico. Prison guards refused to unlock the ...
Police murder of an Atlanta forest defender sparks even stronger resistance
This article was updated on Wednesday 26 January to add information on the Atlanta protest. Last week, police in Atlanta ...
EU countries call for ‘forever chemicals’ ban as US detects wildly high levels in fish
Eating one freshwater fish caught in a river or lake in the US is the equivalent of drinking a month's ...
The moral panic around drag makes even less sense in the UK’s pantomime season
The moral panic around drag queens currently sweeping America has arrived in Britain. Conservative and homo/transphobic reactionaries are working themselves ...
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