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More than 500 protest Trump, policies in Richmond's 'No Kings' rally
Palladium-Item - Indiana
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Hundreds protested the Trump administration in Richmond as part of a nationwide "No Kings" movement. Protesters voiced concerns about Trump's policies on immigration, health care and environmental protection, arguing he disregards the...
A Cuban dad did time for a marijuana bust 40 years ago. He died in ICE custody Thursday.
Orlando Sentinel - Florida
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July 1, 2025
Isidro Pérez spent his life by the sea: first, during his childhood in Cuba, and at the end, on a house-boat off the coast of Key Largo with his dogs. He arrived in the U.S. in 1966 at the age of 16 and worked as a mechanic and fisherman. In the...
Hit by suspension of U.S. funds, Latin American news outlets turn to new survival strategies
LatAm Journalism Review
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June 14, 2025
When El Toque, an independent outlet that serves Cubans from exile, lost significant support after the suspension of U.S. international cooperation in January, its leaders launched an effort to diversify revenue sources. They increased advertising...
Farewell to USAID: Reflections on the agency that President Trump dismantled
Alabama Public Radio
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July 1, 2025
A storied US agency, one that began under President Kennedy in 1961 with the aim of providing global stability through a wide array of humanitarian aid and development programs, has now formally closed. Since January, the Trump administration has...
Defracted Universes, Memory Divers, and Darkest Academia: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
Literary Hub
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June 30, 2025
I’m compiling this month’s SFF list in the lead-up to the summer solstice; by the time you read it, the days will already have begun shortening, even incrementally. But summer has only just begun, and July brings a bevy of exciting reads for...
New horizons for cooperation
Beijing Review
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Participants at the 17th China-Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Business Summit in Managua, Nicaragua, on November 18, 2024. The event drew over 500 participants from China and LAC countries (XINHUA) As an old Brazilian saying goes, we know...
‘The Regime Seeks to Consolidate Absolute Control by Eliminating All External Oversight’
Inter Press Service
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June 9, 2025
Active Citizens, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Education, Headlines, Human Rights, Labour, Latin America & the Caribbean, Press Freedom, TerraViva United Nations Jun 9 2025 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses Nicaragua’s withdrawal from the United Nations...
Gov. Ron DeSantis confirms Trump to tour Alligator Alcatraz, the Everglades detention center
Naples Daily News - Florida
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A VIP Movement Notification was issued by the FAA for Ochopee, Florida, suggesting a possible presidential visit. The notification indicates a 30/10 NMR, the protective radius reserved for the U.S. President. Ochopee is the location of a planned...
Is Trump’s Use of Executive Power Really So Different?
Foreign Policy
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The Founding Fathers of the United States were terrified of monarchy. They designed a constitution that separated and fragmented power, hoping that no single individual would ever amass the kind of authority that Britain’s king had enjoyed....
Yes, You Could Be Both Openly Gay and Conservative in the '80s
Reason Magazine
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June 30, 2025
The Very Heart of It: New York Diaries, 1983–1994, by Thomas Mallon, Knopf, 592 pages, $40 Writing in 1985, arguably the worst year of the AIDS crisis, the leftist columnist Christopher Hitchens attacked closeted gays who preached right-wing...
Will Trump visit 'Alligator Alcatraz'?
USA Today - Virginia
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A VIP Movement Notification was issued by the FAA for Ochopee, Florida, suggesting a possible presidential visit. The notification indicates a 30/10 NMR, the protective radius reserved for the U.S. President. Ochopee is the location of a planned...
More than just a Squid Game: Gaza’s aid trap
Mada Masr
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June 30, 2025
Shortly after midnight on June 17, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) announced that its aid distribution center in Khan Younis would open at 10 am. But Tarek al-Borayem from Gaza had already learned how things really worked in the two weeks...
U.S. Homeland Security Revokes Humanitarian Parole: Trump’s Xenophobic Immigration Agenda in Action
teleSUR
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U.S. ends CHNV parole program, marking shift toward restrictive and anti-immigrant policies.Photo:EFE. June 12, 2025 Hour: 5:18 pm The U.S. Department of Homeland Security cancels parole and work permits for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua,...
Interactive Map Reveals Ocean Pathways Vital For 109 Species
ScienceAlert
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May 8, 2025
Earth's oceans may seem like an expanse of the same water to us, but try telling that to a sea turtle or a whale shark. To trace the invisible routes that more than 100 migratory marine species regularly take across international lines, scientists...
Trump team sends removal notices to more than half a million migrants allowed into the country under Biden program
The Independent
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June 12, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Courts are overstepping their authority on the TPS program
Washington Examiner
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May 8, 2025
The Temporary Protected Status program, established under the Immigration Act of 1990, was designed as a humanitarian mechanism to provide temporary refuge for nationals of countries facing extraordinary conditions, such as armed conflict or...
Criminal Threat Convergence Must Be Elevated as a National Security Urgency
Small Wars Journal
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June 25, 2025
We must move with greater urgency to confront criminal threat convergence. The cartels and some TCOs in Latin America have greater power and political influence through market diversification, networked-alliances, and coercive aggression in the...
The Supreme Court Made 1 Thing Clear In Its First Term Under Trump 2.0
HuffPost
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June 30, 2025
The Supreme Court is not going to stop President Donald Trump. Anyone still holding their breath for the court to emerge as meaningful resistance to an increasingly autocratic president should stop before they succumb to autoasphyxiation. This...
FAA notice suggests Trump might visit Alligator Alcatraz on July 1
The Palm Beach Post - Florida
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A VIP Movement Notification was issued by the FAA for Ochopee, Florida, suggesting a possible presidential visit. The notification indicates a 30/10 NMR, the protective radius reserved for the U.S. President. Ochopee is the location of a planned...
Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla handcuffed and forcibly removed from Kristi Noem’s immigration press conference
The Independent
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June 12, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...