Israel has killed more than 33,000 Palestinians since October 2023 with bombings, shootings, and deliberate starvation. The UN reported on April 15 that more than 14,500 Palestinian children have been killed by Israel in the last six months. Since October, Israel has killed 203 aid workers and 95 journalists. These are the most killings of aid workers and journalists ever recorded by a single country since global tracking began. Please consider donating to Doctors Without Borders (MSF), whose humanitarian workers are doing everything they can to save lives despite having 5 of their own killed by the IDF since the genocide started.
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From the federal government to local law enforcement, advocacy groups to the legal system, these stories focus on American politics and how these systems affect the rights of the people who live here.
The Fate of Margaret Morgan in Prigg V. Pennsylvania
How Ruben Salazar Gave Voice to Chicanos in Los Angeles
Corporations Embolden Hate When They Cave to Anti-LGBTQ Fury
What Daughters of Bilitis Achieved for Lesbian Rights in the U.S.
Reckless Eyeballing: How Matt Ingram’s Story Reveals Fear of Black Sexuality
Wheelchairs & Airlines: Why Is Flying So Risky for Those With Disabilities?
Why Is Bisexuality an Invisible Majority in the LGBTQ Community?
Lack of U.S. Latino Representation in TV Shows & Films
Enietra Washington: Only Confirmed Survivor Of The Grim Sleeper
America Has The Highest Maternal Mortality Rate Among Western Nations
These Corporations Don a Rainbow Flag & Donate to Anti-LGBTQ Lawmakers
27 School Shootings In The First Half of 2022
Yuri Kochiyama at Intersection of Black Power & Asian Movements
John Mitchell Jr.’s Relentless Fight For Justice At The Richmond Planet
Jovita Idár’s Fight for Mexican-American Rights in Texas
California’s History of Anti-Asian Laws & Riots
What Chicago’s Support of Iraqi Refugees Means For Afghans
Carmelo Pizarro Jr: 22-Year-Old Shot To Death By Los Angeles Sheriffs in 2019
Daniel Canizales: Shot 16 Times By South Gate Police in 2019
Francisco Garcia: Killed by LASD Deputy Luke Liu in 2016
Jose Chavez: Killed By LAPD in South LA in 2018
Armando Garcia-Muro: Teenager Killed By LA Sheriffs As They Shot A Dog
Daniel Rivera: Killed By LAPD In Arleta On Body Cam Footage in 2020
Nicholas Burgos: Hospital Patient Shot To Death by LASD in 2020
Eric Rivera: Shot to Death and Run Over By LAPD Patrol Car
Alvaro Duran Venegas: Killed By Santa Clarita Sheriffs in 2019
Melyda Corado: Trader Joe’s Employee Killed By LAPD Gunfire in 2018
David Coborubio: Killed in Nighttime FBI Raid, Was Not The Target
Cesar Antonio Rodriguez: Killed By Long Beach Police Over $1.75 Fare
Why Are So Many Bisexual Women Sexually Assaulted?
Prison Gerrymandering Is A Modern 3/5 Compromise
When Martha Mitchell Was Right About Watergate
The Anti-Filipino Watsonville Riots of 1930 in California
George Washington’s Fight for Smallpox Inoculation in the Revolutionary War
How SSI $2,000 Limit Keeps Those with Disabilities in Poverty
Marshall Sherman’s Capture of Virginia Battle Flag at Gettysburg
The Triumphs of Edward Gardner at the 1928 Bunion Derby
Otherside Lounge: The 1997 Bombing of Lesbian Bar in Atlanta
How to Help the Navajo Nation During COVID-19 in 2021
David Eastman: AK Lawmaker at Pro-Trump Capitol Attack Jan. 6
Terri Lynn Weaver: TN Lawmaker at Pro-Trump Capitol Attack Jan. 6
Justin Hill: MO Lawmaker at Pro-Trump DC Capitol Attack Jan. 6
Amanda Chase: VA Lawmaker at Pro-Trump Capitol Attack Jan. 6
Federal & Police Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Protesters in 2020
How Trump’s Attacks on Mail-In Voting Set Stage For Declaring 2020 Election Stolen
Rigged Elections: A Study of Trump’s Attacks on Elections When He Dislikes the Results
El Negro Matapacos & the Riot Dogs Who Protect Protesters
The Cruelty of U.S. Migrant Detention Facilities in 2020
Living Statues of Trump’s Worst Moments in 2020
The Lives of Ferguson & Black Lives Matter Activists Cut Short
Police Killings of Unarmed Black People: Why The ‘Bad Apples’ Defense Falls Apart
Minneapolis Police Brutality Against Journalists
Coronavirus Vs Swine Flu: Comparing Trump & Obama Responses to Pandemic – PT 2
COVID-19 Vs H1N1: A Comparison of Trump’s & Obama’s Responses to Pandemic
How School Portables Became Permanent Classrooms
Whitewashing In Hollywood Movies: 2000 – 2019
Hatpin Panic: How Hat Pins Upended Gender Politics in 20th Century America
How Isaac Wright Jr. Overturned Life Sentence in PrisonÂ
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