The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, joined by 125 national, state, and local organizations, wrote to senators today expressing strong support for the confirmation of Adeel Mangi to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and condemning the baseless and bigoted attacks being waged against him.Continue Reading
Iran has vowed to retaliate after Israel bombed the Iranian Consulate in Damascus, Syria, killing at least seven people, including three senior Iranian commanders and at least four other Iranian officers. Among the dead is senior commander Mohammad Reza Zahedi, the highest-ranking Iranian military officer to be killed since theContinue Reading
Senders of more than 5K messages a day are in the crosshairs It was 20 years ago on Monday that Google unleashed Gmail on the world, and the chocolate factory is celebrating with new rules that just might, hopefully, cut down on the amount of spam users receive.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Commentary Religious-right leaders used the holiest days in the Christian calendar to spread lies about President Joe Biden and incite their followers to anger with deceptive claims of anti-Christian persecution. The episode is further evidence that the supposed guardians of truth have little actual regard for it. The manufactured outrageContinue Reading
The 2016 Democratic presidential candidate spoke about the upcoming election in an appearance on “The Tonight Show.”, Read MoreContinue Reading
The independent presidential candidate spewed “MAGA talking points,” the Democratic National Committee said., Read MoreContinue Reading
In an emotional short film, New York actor and activist Joslyn DeFreece is getting candid about the obstacles she faced on her journey to living her truth as a transgender woman. “Pieces of Me,” produced by PFLAG in honor of Transgender Day of Visibility, pairs present-day interviews with DeFreece andContinue Reading
I remember the moment it happened — the single spark that set my body aflame. Cecelia stood behind me on the Pilates reformer and pressed her legs into my back, her hands into my shoulders. The strength of her long, lean limbs drove me into submission. Her perfectly-highlighted blonde hairContinue Reading
The meaningless ceasefire resolution his administration allowed the UN Security Council to pass should not fool anyone., United States President Ronald Reagan’s order to Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to put an end to his “holocaust” in Lebanon is perhaps the best-known political anecdote from Israel’s 1982 invasion. Less known,Continue Reading
Commonly known as Diomaye, or ‘the honourable one’ in the local Serer language, Faye won election with 54% of the vote., Senegal has inaugurated Bassirou Diomaye Faye as its president, completing the previously little-known opposition figure’s dramatic ascent from prison to the palace in just weeks. The left-wing pan-Africanist wasContinue Reading
Image source, Getty Images By Jim Reed Health reporter More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with HIV and Hepatitis C after being given contaminated blood products during the 1970s and 1980s. A public inquiry into what has been called the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history willContinue Reading
Microsoft is currently testing a new AI-powered Xbox chatbot that can be used to automate support tasks. From a report: Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell The Verge that the software giant has been testing an “embodied AI character” that animates when responding to Xbox support queries. I understand thisContinue Reading
Middle Grade Winnie Nash is Not Your Sunshine by Nicole Melleby Winnifred “Winnie” Nash is not a senior citizen, despite what anyone thinks of her name. And she is definitely not excited to live with her grandma in New Jersey for the summer. Not only are they basically strangers, butContinue Reading