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“We’ve been here before, but this time we know that it is necessary to redefine public safety in order to save black lives.” by Julia Conley An estimated 50,000 people are expected to attend the “Get Your Knee Off Our Necks” March…

Navalny has been receiving treatment at Berlin’s Charite university hospital following a suspected poisoning. Doctors warned that it was still too soon “to gauge potential long-term effects.” The Berlin hospital where Russian activist Alexei Navalny is being treated for a suspected poisoning…

Swedish prosecutors said on Tuesday that they will not proceed with the investigation into a rape allegation made against Julian Assange in 2010. Prosecutors claim that the accusations made by the plaintiff against Assange were ‘credible’ but that too much…

Over a Thousand Still Stranded in Hellish Conditions on Greek Islands In recent days, France has welcomed 49 children flown in from the nightmarish situation in the camps on Greece’s Aegean islands, where thousands of asylum seekers and migrants are stranded in…

In Belarus, two opposition leaders were arrested Tuesday and ordered jailed for 10 days, as President Alexander Lukashenko continues to violently crack down on anti-government protesters. Massive mobilizations have gone on for over two weeks after the longtime authoritarian leader…

By Deseri Tsepetis Your favorite local businesses are reopening. Maybe even the local restaurant you’ve been ordering takeout from is finally allowing you to sit down and have your favorite meal. Americans have been impacted greatly by Covid-19, and the…

By Vijay Prashad Five years ago, I read the story of Dr. Félix Báez, a Cuban doctor who had worked in West Africa to stop the spread of Ebola. Dr. Báez was one of 165 Cuban doctors of the Henry…

“Big Oil has fallen. Our job is to make sure they don’t take us down with them.” By  Julia Conley Climate campaigners on Tuesday marked a major milestone in the fight to eliminate the use of fossil fuels and transition…

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers called in the National Guard Monday as protests continued in Kenosha for a second night following the police shooting on Sunday of Jacob Blake, an unarmed 29-year-old Black man. An officer shot Blake seven times in…

The political development unfolding in Minsk, with high possibility to spill over and spread throughout the former Soviet republic of Belarus is sensitive and delicate. As an ordinary observer from an obscured and remote rural village with inconsistent connectivity, I…