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Voice of America faces drastic shift under OAN takeover
In 1938, a voice crackled through American radios describing an unthinkable scene — that Martians were landing in New Jersey and annihilating cities. Humanity was…
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Texas House votes to erase trans people from state records
Dozens of trans people and their allies gathered in the outdoor Capitol rotunda Friday, chanting at the top of their lungs…
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LifeWise Bible classes spark controversy in public schools
When you think about Bible study, images might pop into your head of kids learning principles like forgiveness or loving thy neighbor, and that’s just what…
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White House considers suspending Writ of Habeas Corpus
Stephen Miller—the White House Deputy Chief of Staff and ideological architect of some of the most extreme immigration and…
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Judge pauses much of Trump’s downsizing of federal agencies
The Trump administration must halt much of its dramatic downsizing of the federal workforce, a California judge ordered Friday…
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Trump’s DOJ arrests mayor for protesting ICE facility in district
Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka (D) has been arrested by federal authorities under the Trump administration after a confrontation…
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1.2 million LGBT kids have called a soon to be cut suicide hotline
I remember reading a story late last year about a nonbinary 16-year-old in Alabama who dialed the LGBTQ crisis line instead of following through on a suicide pact he…