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Ketanji Brown Jackson Dismantles SCOTUS Conservatives in Blistering Dissent

Liberal Justices Blast Supreme Court Ruling Striking Down Affirmative Action

EU leaders agree to cut reliance on China

Supreme Court rules businesses can refuse service to LGBTQ+ customers

Finland economy minister resigns over Nazi comments

Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s student loan relief plan

Brazil court votes to bar Bolsonaro from office until 2030

US progressives call for urgent actions after court blocks student debt relief

Iraqi protesters storm Sweden's embassy as Muslim world denounces Koran burning

Influencer Dylan Mulvaney condemns Bud Light’s response to transphobia

France police shooting: violence erupts for a third consecutive night

Wife's Oil and Gas Leasing Deal Raises New Ethics Concerns About Justice Alito

Biden on affirmative action decision: ‘This is not a normal court’

Justice Jackson rips Supreme Court’s ‘ostrich-like’ logic on affirmative action

Big Oil Is Fueling Fires. We Must Stop Funding New Fossil Fuel Pipelines

Smoke continues to cover large swathes of US as Canada fires rage

US top court bans colleges from considering race in admissions

Over 6,000 gather with Nahel’s family in Paris suburb to honour teen killed by police

Democratic Maine Gov. Vetoes Offshore Wind Bill Over Fair Labor Rules

Sen. Warren Slams Mergers Making 'Too-Big-to-Fail' Banks Even Bigger

Fighting rages in Sudan’s capital on eve of Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha

Central Park Five’s Yusef Salaam declares victory in city council primary

US retail workers are being forced to stand up during breaks

Trump classified documents trial could be delayed until spring 2024

France braces for protests as Macron slams ‘unforgivable’ police shooting of teen driver

Canada's wildfire smoke emissions break records

'I hurt for my France': Footballers speak out after deadly police shooting of teenager

Historic New Law Should Improve the Lives of Pregnant Workers

Israeli complicity in Sri Lanka war crimes must be investigated

Nuns and Native women heal polluted New York waters using kelp

Ugandans sue TotalEnergies in France for reparations

Systemic Racism and the US War Machine

James Meredith turns 90, urges people to press onward

Disbelief and anger among Greek shipwreck victims’ relatives as millions spent on Titan rescue effort

US navy accused of cover-up over radioactive shipyard waste

Elderly survivors of the Tulsa race massacre push for justice

World Bank approves $700 million for Mexico to boost women's economic opportunities

Kremlin drops charges against Wagner boss who led uprising

Japan's 'evaporated': Why do some people choose to disappear?

Israel Intensifies Effort to “Completely Take Over Palestine”

Rebel Russian mercenaries barrel towards Moscow

‘We’re going to keep fighting’: delivery workers stand up to Amazon

Workers at over 150 US Starbucks stores to strike over Pride decorations

Rep. Omar Slams Continued US Military Aid for Israel Amid Settler Violence

Facebook to end news sharing in Canada as parliament passes bill to compel payment

AI Encoding Further Promotes Structural Racism & Sexism

Justice Barrett's Real Estate Deal Grows the List of Supreme Court Ethics Scandals

Rare combination of tornadoes and softball-sized hail leads to deaths in Texas

Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in Colorado River case

France presses EU to threaten trade war against China

US Supreme Court Justice Alito faces questions over donor-financed trip

Italy puts brakes on Pirelli’s Chinese shareholder

Biden labels China’s Xi Jinping a dictator

Minnesota Democrats Use Supermajority to Pass Abortion, Voting, Labor, Tenant Reforms

FTC claims Amazon tricked millions into Prime subscriptions

Brennan Center for Justice on Supreme Court Term Limits

Unlimited Campaign Spending by Corporations and Billionaires Has Destroyed Democracy

Poor People Rally for Universal Public Goods on Capitol Hill

NY Dems Pass Medical Debt Relief

Firefighters battle blaze in central Paris after reported explosion

A Mass Worker Exodus in Florida

USA, Estonia sign agreement for new American Embassy

Estonia becomes first central European country to allow same-sex marriage

Senate to probe Amazon over "dangerous and illegal" work conditions

Ex New York police sergeant convicted of acting as Chinese agent in 'Fox Hunt' trial

At least 41 dead following reported riot in women's prison in Honduras

Sixth Palestinian dies after Israeli raid on Jenin refugee camp

‘The youth will fight’: why children have joined Senegal protests

Joe Biden’s son Hunter agrees to plead guilty to federal charges

Thousands of Early-Career NIH Researchers Forming Union for First Time

Tom Watson says PGA Tour has ignored ‘moral issue’ in deal with LIV

Native Americans Are Major Victims of Minneapolis Police Racism

Architects Are Starting To See Themselves As Workers — And Organizing Unions

Shoppers trade fast fashion for clothing swaps

Well-funded Christian group behind US effort to roll back LGBTQ+ rights

Barr calls Trump's defense in classified documents case "absurd"

Criminalized Survivors Face Judgement and Abuse From Their Own Defense Attorneys

Racial Trauma Could Be Factor in the 80 Percent of Black Women With Fibroids

Juneteenth puts focus on preserving enslavement sites

Historian Clint Smith on Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

'War Made Invisible' Exposes and Repudiates Collusion With War Makers

Connecticut Leads the Way Forward for Racial Economic Equality

We cannot allow China’s assault on America’s farmland to continue

Swiss voters approve global minimum corporate tax, climate goals

Bringing the Absent Dads Home for Father’s Day

Workers sue secretive elite club Bohemian Grove for wage theft

Rare 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits large parts of western France

At least 38 people shot, including two fatally, at weekend in US

The best way to raise cows sustainably? Set them free

War in Ukraine must stop, South Africa’s Ramaphosa tells Putin

Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg Dies at 92

‘A sense of betrayal’: liberal dismay as Muslim-led US city bans Pride flags

Missouri student loan provider baffled by inclusion in supreme court debt relief challenge

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Has Vetoed Over 100 GOP Bills Since Start of the Year

'A Clear Message': 97% of UPS Teamsters Vote to Authorize Nationwide Strike

BMI metric has caused "historical harm," American Medical Association says

US restricts Ugandan officials travel in wake of anti-LGBTQ law

Fox News producer behind Biden ‘wannabe dictator’ chyron resigns

Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower dies at 92

Bud Light is launching a new effort to regain market dominance

Waiving US visas for Israelis would be a mistake

Germany accuses China of ‘aggressively’ claiming supremacy in Asia

Activists push for referendum to put ‘Cop City’ on ballot in Atlanta

White gold? Lithium boom comes to Brazil's 'misery valley'

‘She clung to the children’: Nigeria boat tragedy survivors mourn

Southern Baptist Convention upholds expulsion of churches over female pastors

Former Marine indicted in New York subway death of Jordan Neely

Over 500 dolphins killed in Faroe Islands since hunt resumed in May

EU Advances AI Rules Restricting Facial Recognition

Nigeria ends almost 50 years of fuel subsidies

Thousands lose Medicaid in Arkansas: Is this America’s future?

EU regulator orders Google to sell part of ad-tech business

Starbucks Pride decorations removed because of new policy

Who’s that busker on the streets of Nairobi? Only the world-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma!

Eritrea rejoins East Africa bloc after exit 16 years ago

Nine injured in Denver shooting after Nuggets win NBA title

New York police chief Keechant Sewell quits after 18 months

Southern Iraq’s toxic skies are a colonial legacy

Sahara salt diggers struggle to maintain centuries-old trade

Germany’s anti-Palestinianism is escalating

Romania recalls ambassador who allegedly compared monkey to African diplomats

Silvio Berlusconi, master populist who dominated Italian politics, dies at 86

Israel to announce plans for thousands of new settlement units in West Bank

John Bolton: Trump indictment ‘devastating’

Barbara Lee says ‘When we tell the truth, healing occurs’

Brittney Griner, teammates confronted at airport by ‘provocateur,’ WNBA says

‘The hate never went away’: US schools face violent Pride backlash

US pride celebrations forced to scale back amid growing backlash

EPA sued over pesticide-coated seeds’ ‘devastating impacts’ on US wildlife

San Francisco shooting leaves nine wounded after ‘targeted’ incident

‘We deserve more’: hotel workers vote to authorize strike in California

Can You Guess Why The Little Mermaid Is a Huge Hit But Not In China?

Trump indicted on 37 charges, including violations of Espionage Act

US bank executive Hafize Erkan named Turkey central bank boss

“World’s Deadliest Wars Go Unreported”: Journalist Anjan Sundaram

Trump-appointed judge to oversee initial Florida court appearance

UN joins US in suspending food aid to Ethiopia over diversion of supplies

Binance.US to halt dollar deposits after SEC crackdown

‘Europeans are almost not coming to the UK any more’

Trump faces federal charges in classified documents case

France strong-arms big food firms into cutting prices

Trump says he’s been indicted in classified documents probe

Edward Snowden Says Today's Surveillance Technology Makes 2013 Look Like 'Child's Play'

Tens of millions now breathing toxic air from raging Canadian fires

Germany considering action blocking former pilots from sharing information with China

China reportedly reaches secret deal with Cuba to host spy base on island

Alabama discriminated against Black voters, US supreme court rules

Pat Robertson obituary

Miami coastline losing ground to rising sea levels

Victims fight for their lives after French Alps knife attack

A graduating senior and his stepfather were killed in Richmond mass shooting

UK Prime Minister Sunak talks trade, AI and Ukraine on US trip

CNN ousts CEO Chris Licht after Trump town hall, tumultuous tenure

Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin

US schools cancel recess, skylines vanish behind Canada wildfire smoke

Outrage as anti-LGBTQ+ protest at California school board turns violent

Conservatives revolt against GOP leaders on House floor

Human Rights Campaign declares state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people

US judge in Florida blocks enforcement of state ban on gender-affirming care

Ukrainian dam collapse is a "monumental" catastrophe, UN chief says

Black woman in Florida shot dead through front door by white neighbor

Texas sheriff files criminal case over DeSantis flights to Martha’s Vineyard

Astrud Gilberto, bossa nova singer of The Girl from Ipanema, dies aged 83

Inside the world's first ‘nuclear graveyard'

Congolese living near a foundry say they are being poisoned

Atlanta approves funding to build ‘Cop City’ despite fierce opposition

SEC sues crypto giant Binance and its CEO

Cornel West announces he’s running for president

Sonic boom in D.C. as F-16 fighter aircraft move to intercept Cessna

Russian police arrest more than 100 Navalny supporters

Of Course It's Greedflation—and Here's How We Stop It

Exclusive: Walt Disney's Pixar targets 'Lightyear' execs among 75 job cuts

Hong Kong police detain eight people on eve of Tiananmen anniversary

More than 280 dead, some 900 injured in India train crash

Churchill Downs suspends races after a dozen horse deaths

British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful promoted to new role

‘Cop City’ protest lawyers challenge use of domestic terrorism statute

The multinational companies that industrialised the Amazon rainforest

Underwear Model and Insurrectionist Was Just Sentenced to 32 Months in Prison

Syngenta Docs Show Company Tried to Hide Pesticide's Link to Parkinson's

Georgia gun shop owner to close store as US reels from mass killings

MAGA takes Manhattan

Pentagon cracks down on drag shows at military bases

French NGOs sue government over alleged negligence in pesticide regulation

Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules Two GOP Abortion Bans Are Unconstitutional

US Supreme Court deals blow to organised labour in new ruling

With HQ Walkout, Amazon Workers Say 'Hell No' to Climate Failures and Return-to-Office Mandate

French parliament expected to pass law regulating 'jungle' of social media influencers

Gannett journalists plan workers strike

Firms withheld pesticide toxicity data from EU