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As boys shift to the right, we are seeing the rise of the ‘new chill girl’ | Naomi Beinart
Even in comparatively liberal spaces, such as my high school, girls who wince at locker room talk risk exclusion
 Male right-wing high school students have developed a social dynamic to make progressive female students hush up about politics, using hostile jokes. This is very dangerous because it could effectively impose hateful right-wing ideas on everyone in school, if not countered by progressives. It might to be useful to suggest that the boys bullying girls this way might beat you up if you go out with them.
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Opponents of Australia cutting emissions pointed to China’s lack of a target. That argument just got harder to make
With China accounting for nearly a third of the world’s total emissions, any cuts it achieves will make a substantial difference for the world ...
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China’s plans to cut emissions too weak to stave off global catastrophe, say experts
Xi suggested US not rising to the climate challenge in his UN speech, but critics say new cuts fall ‘far short’ of what is necessary
Glossary
 China has announced a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and says it is already implementing the plan. This will put the US to shame, just as the US is racing to become as unjust
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Trump’s war on science leaves US public health experts reeling: ‘There will be lasting damage’
Career experts warn of decades of progress lost as administration fires staff, slashes budgets and buries data
Glossary
 *Career experts warn of decades of progress lost as [saboteur in chief] fires staff, slashes budgets and buries data.*
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Image of Slavery Ordered Removed from National Parks
An earlier version of this essay was published in History News Network as a review of the 2022 movie Emancipation directed by Antoine Fuqua’s and...
Glossary
 *Image [showing the meaning of] Slavery Ordered Removed from National Parks.* The order was from the bully, who demands that wrongs done by the US, even in the past, be covered up and forgotten.
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West coast states band together to issue vaccine guidelines after CDC and HHS purge
California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii release recommendations in wake of firings at federal health agencies
 California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii release joint vaccine recommendations, to do one of the jobs of the now-perverted CDC.
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RFK Jr’s actions risk restricting children’s access to vaccines, say ousted CDC officials
Former officials testify before US Senate, saying the CDC under Kennedy is ‘supporting policies not based in science’
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RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine fight and US fear for public health: key moments from ousted CDC director’s testimony
Susan Monarez spoke alongside ex-chief medical officer Debra Houry about vaccines, Kennedy and threats to US health
 *Actions taken by Robert F Kennedy Jr ... have greatly diminished the ability of the US to respond to outbreaks and infectious disease threats, according to recently ousted officials with the [CDC].* More details.
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Sonia Sotomayor says Americans may not know difference between presidents and kings
Supreme court justice warns poor quality of civics education may lead to lack of understanding
 *[Justice] Sotomayor says Americans may not know difference between presidents and kings. ... poor quality of civics education may lead to lack of understanding.*
Tell Your Governor: Protect Mifepristone from Extremist Court Attacks
Mifepristone has been FDA-approved for over 20 years, with decades of evidence demonstrating its safety and effectiveness. It’s used in more than...
 US citizens: call on your state governor to keep mifepristone legal in your state.
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Lawyer who brought Hamas case claims he was unlawfully detained by police
Fahad Ansari launches legal action against UK home secretary after his phone is seized at Holyhead port
 British lawyer Fahad Ansari says the British government seems to be harassing him on account of the clients he has represented, including trying to breach lawyer-client confidentiality by copying conversations from his phone.
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