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After Refugee Directive Sparks Backlash, White House Vows to Increase Cap in May
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki removes her face covering as she arrives for the daily press briefing at the White House on March 29, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
End of an Era as Raúl Castro Steps Down as Cuba's Leader
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Raúl Castro, seen here in 2016, announced on April 16, 2021 that he will step down from his post as first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The longtime first secretary's resignation means Cuba will be led by someone whose name is not Castro for the first time in over 60 years.
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'This Is Crazy': Jamaal Bowman Excoriates NYPD DigiDog Robotic K-9
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) has joined colleague and fellow "Squad" member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in condemning the New York Police Department's use of a Boston Dynamics "Spot" robotic dog, which the department calls "DigiDog." (Photo: FNTV/YouTube screen grab)
"We need police reform. We need racial justice. We need economic justice," said...
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As Biden Plans Withdrawal, Analysis Shows Afghan War Cost At Least 241,000 Lives and $2.26 Trillion
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Since the 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the war has cost trillions of dollars and nearly a quarter-million lives. (Photo: Veronique de Viguerie/Edit by Getty Images)
"Ending the war as soon as possible is the only rational and humane thing to do...
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Demonstrators at a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in Miami, Florida on June 6, 2020. (Photo: LightRocket/Getty Images)
'Racist, Unconstitutional, and Anti-Democratic': Florida Senate Passes GOP Anti-Protest Bill
A group of five Palestinian children ages 8 to 13 were gathering wild vegetable near the illegal Jewish settlement of Havat Maon when they were arrested by Israeli troops. (Photo: Nasser Nawaj'ah/B'Tselem/Twitter)
Jewish Voice for Peace Action Endorses McCollum Bill Placing Conditions on US Aid to Israel
Health justice advocates demonstrated outside Pfizer's headquarters in Manhattan on March 11, 2021. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)
60% of US Voters Want Biden to Support Patent Waiver for Covid Vaccines: Poll
President Joe Biden speaks at Pfizer's largest manufacturing facility on February 19, 2021, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Public Health Coalition Urges Biden to Create Vaccine 'Manufacturing Operation for the World'
Storage tanks for contaminated water stand at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Feb. 3, 2020 in Okuma, Japan. (Photo: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images)
Greenpeace Says Japan's Plan to Contaminate Pacific Ocean With Fukushima Water Would Violate International Law
Foot race for women at the Kentucky Relays at the University of Kentucky with outdoor track and field. (Photo: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Amid Attacks, NCAA Leadership 'Unequivocally' Supports Transgender Athletes
Members of the Guatemalan army walk past a group of Honduran migrants, part of a U.S.-bound migrant caravan, outside a migrant shelter in the municipality of San Marcos, Guatemala, on October 3, 2020.
Rights Advocates Concerned Over Biden Push to Increase Militarization of Borders in Central America
Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clarke speaks during a press conference after he joined ISNAD, the defence committee of toppled Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, 28 December 2004 in Amman. (Photo: KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images)
Ramsey Clark, Human Rights Lawyer and Critic of US Empire, Dies at Age 93
U.S. Army Lt. Caron Nazario filed a lawsuit against the two Windsor, Virginia police officers—one of whom has been fired—for allegedly violating his constitutional rights by illegally assaulting, detaining, and searching him. (Photo: Windsor Police body camera screen grab)
Virginia Cop Who Pepper-Sprayed Army Officer Fired After Damning Video Released
A protester holds a sign showing the worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic outside Pfizer's headquarters in New York City on March 11, 2021. (Photo: Erick McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Amnesty International's Annual Global Human Rights Report Details Harm—and Heroism—Amid Pandemic
People take part in rally outside the Stonewall Inn, a landmark of the gay rights movement, on February 23, 2017 in the Greenwich Village area of New York City, demanding equal rights for transgender and gender non-conforming people. (Photo: Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)
'This Victory Belongs to Trans Youth': Arkansas Gov. Vetoes Bill That Would Deny Gender-Affirming Care
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is the first Palestinian American and one of the first two Muslim women elected to the U.S. Congress. (Photo: Nic Antaya/Getty Images)
Rashida Tlaib Hails Shift in House Dems' Views on Palestinian Human Rights

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