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On March 4th, 2021 a member of the Helmand shura council was shot by unknown gunmen in the street, part of a gathering wave of targeted killings that have terrorized Afghanistan. “Abdullah,” a veteran Afghan journalist based in Kabul who was covering the story for a major U.S. newspaper, would …

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent time with striking New York City grocery workers instead of participating in Joe Biden’s inauguration. But that important local cause wasn’t the only reason she chose to forgo the event. Fear for her safety around fellow lawmakers was also a motivating factor. “I think we also …

Early in 1967, America was mired in an escalating war in Vietnam, presided over by President Lyndon B. Johnson. A collection of liberal leaders including anti-war Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin, prominent socialist Norman Thomas and future Congressman Allard Lowenstein were determined to recruit a serious anti-war candidate to challenge …

There are so many questions that remain after yesterday’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. How could the Capitol Police have let this happen? How many people are going to lose their jobs because the law enforcement response was so terrible? Why did it take so long for the National …

House Democrats, with little help from Republicans, voted to raise the amount of the coronavirus relief stimulus checks to $2,000. But, although the president says he supports an increase from the $600 already allotted in the relief bill that he finally signed into law on Sunday, the new legislation’s chances …

President-elect Joe Biden will choose Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to be Secretary of the Interior, the Washington Post reported. If nominated and confirmed, Haaland, a member of Pueblo of Laguna, would be the first Native American to lead the department, which is charged with protecting America’s natural resources as well …

While Trump continues to whine about the way some of Fox News‘ anchors have covered him during the 2020 presidential election cycle, on Sunday one anchor called his claims of widespread voter fraud baseless, false and an “insult to thousands of election officials.” https://thisforall.net/brooklynmutt/status/1328090888556384256?s=20 As the Daily Beast’s Justin Baragona …

Last month, as infernos raged across the West Coast and President Trump countered scientific consensus on climate change, saying, “I don’t think science knows, actually,” Americans of various persuasions got a glimpse of the apocalypse. For many on the left, the firespresentedArmageddonin microcosm,proof of the destructive, ongoingprocesses that imperil humans …

Cathy Renna, the communications director for the National LGBTQ Task Force, has worked in queer rights for nearly 30 years, through three administrations and countless setbacks. But nothing was quite like the transfer of power to the Trump administration. “It’s like having really great parents for most of your life,” …

Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh interviewed President Trump on Friday in what Limbaugh called a “virtual rally.” During the two-hour-long mutual back rubbing segment, the president went after LeBron James and Black Lives Matter, blamed Fox News for his campaign failures, and much, much more. Discussing the California …