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Australia’s Labor Party wins reelection thanks to anti-Trump bump
Australia’s center-left government convincingly won reelection Saturday in a remarkable turnaround driven partly by anger over…
Month: May 2025
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Crackdown on diversity programs reshapes college graduations
As a first-generation college student, Austin Kissinger was looking forward to celebrating graduation with others of similar…
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Rio readies for Lady Gaga’s return as fans flock to Copacabana
American pop icon Lady Gaga takes the stage on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach on Saturday night in a free concert that is expected to…
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DEI is winning with Costco, Apple and Levi’s shareholders
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) has been losing with corporate America, with one big exception: the people who actually own the companies…
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15 top picks from Lonely Planet’s new LGBT travel guide
Lonely Planet’s The LGBTQ+ Travel Guide by queer neurodivergent travel writer Alicia Valenski is a first queercentric offering from the travel guide publisher…
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Trump signs order to end federal funding for NPR and PBS
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for America’s two…
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Kim Davis to appeal gay marriage license case to Supreme Court
The former Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples almost a decade ago is still appealing her case — this time to the…