Chemicals factories founded or owned by some of Russia's wealthiest men are supplying ingredients to plants that manufacture explosives used by Moscow's military during the war in Ukraine, an analysis of railway and financial data shows. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-billionaires-whose-chemical-factories-fuel-russias-war-machine-2024-12-30/

The reporter said that officers also “tried to hold my phone up and biometrically use my face ID to open my phone. And I literally turned my head and said, ‘I do not consent.’” Officials took (and haven’t yet returned) his phone, along with his laptop, school notebooks, and a camera from the Daily. He was released late that night. https://www.cjr.org/getting-the-story/should-a-student-reporter-face-prosecution-for-embedding-with-protesters.php

"Orozco-Juarez says people who are skeptical about Trump's mass deportation promises and think it will only target violent criminals or be conducted in border towns have not lived through such a traumatic event." https://www.npr.org/2024/12/09/g-s1-35931/mississippi-ice-immigration-workplace-raid-deportation-poultry

Taliban policies regarding women have made it more challenging for nonprofits to work. It barred girls from school beyond sixth grade, prohibits women from traveling without a male guardian, and ordered NGOs and the U.N. to stop their Afghan female staff from working. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/famine-ngo-afghanistan/

“This is how these restrictions kill women,” said Dr. Dara Kass, a former regional director at the Department of Health and Human Services and an emergency room physician in New York. “It is never just one decision, it’s never just one doctor, it’s never just one nurse.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/nevaeh-crain-death-texas-abortion-ban-emtala

Florida Mother Forced To Carry Doomed Pregnancy To Term Speaks Out https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/deborah-dorbert-florida-abortion-amendment-4-1235141637/

"Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe said: "I don't know if you know this but there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it's called Puerto Rico."" https://www.axios.com/2024/10/27/trump-madison-square-garden-rally

The Very Real Scenario Where Trump Loses and Takes Power Anyway - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/10/20/trump-overturn-2024-election-plan-00184103

There’s No Such Thing As A Protest Vote: "Throwing away your vote on a message no one will hear, and which will change no outcome, is sometimes presented as ‘voting your conscience’, but that’s got it exactly backwards; your conscience is what keeps you from doing things that feel good to you but hurt other people." https://medium.com/@cshirky/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-protest-vote-c2fdacabd704