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‘Adiós, Milwaukee’: A family uprooted, a hole left behind
The 19th News
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July 1, 2025
Photos and additional reporting from Milwaukee by Jamie Kelter Davis. Yessenia Ruano’s home in Milwaukee is in a state of limbo. Some of the family’s belongings have been sold. Some were gifted, out of necessity, to friends and family, including...
Mystery of lost civilization revealed by ancient temple ruin discovery
New Atlas
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July 6, 2025
Long before the Inka (commonly known as Inca in English) rose to power, a mysterious civilization bloomed on the edge of Lake Titicaca. Known as Tiwanaku, it began as a humble farming village in the Bolivian highlands and, by around 500 BCE, grew...
Arizona governor discusses vouchers, water law, D’backs, vetoes, divided government
Daily Independent - Arizona
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PHOENIX - The way Katie Hobbs sees it, the just completed legislative session was the best that could be hoped for in a divided government. In a wide-ranging interview with Capitol Media Services, she noted the $17.6 billion budget that eventually...
North Carolina teenager suffers unimaginable horror while sunbathing at the beach
Daily Mail
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July 16, 2025
A 15-year-old girl was hospitalized after a pickup truck performing beach survey work ran over her legs while she was sunbathing on a public beach in Oak Island, authorities confirmed. The incident occurred around 2:11 p.m. on July 14 when Oak...
Dangerous ‘Influencers’: Organized crime on social media
Latinoamerica21
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July 14, 2025
Criminal gangs have learned to move fluidly across social media. With TikTok as their new territory of conquest, their recruitment strategies target emotions, symbols, and systemic voids. Can our public policies keep up with the speed of the...
Pinal County cotton farmers are among nation's leaders
AZ Central - Arizona
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Pinal County cotton farmers are in the top 1% of cotton producers in the United States as measured by yield, even amid drought and heat. A University of Arizona study found that cotton growers here have reduced the use of pesticides and water in...
At Hague Group Emergency Summit, 30+ Nations Seek to 'Halt the Genocide in Gaza'
Common Dreams
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July 15, 2025
Ministerial delegates from more than 30 nations gathered in the Colombian capital Bogotá Tuesday for an emergency summit focused on "concrete measures" to end Israel's U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza and other crimes against occupied Palestine. The...
From Guatemala to Gaza, genocide denial thwarts justice
The Electronic Intifada
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July 10, 2025
Ana Maria Monjardino The Electronic Intifada 10 July 2025 A poster in Guatemala City shows a Guatemalan and Palestinian woman holding hands. It reads “Stop the genocide. Solidarity with Palestine.” CPR UrbanaDistorting the historical narrative is...
Sarah Porter: The future of Arizona’s water policy
Arizona Capitol Times
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July 6, 2025
Sarah Porter’s fondest memories of growing up in Phoenix include spending time with her family camping, hiking, and fishing. So when Porter saw an opportunity to transition from her career as a lawyer working in complex commercial litigation to...
BRICS+ membership: A crossroads for Nigeria’s non-aligned stance
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 16, 2025
As global power dynamics continue to shift and traditional alliances face increasing scrutiny, Nigeria finds itself at a critical juncture, torn between its historical ties to the West and emerging opportunities in the Global South. Opinions are...
The Espartaco group: stolen masterpieces and public murals
Meer
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July 15, 2025
On September 18, 2018, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner recorded a video after her house in El Calafate (in southern Argentina) was raided. In it, she denounced that, among other things, two paintings by Nora Patrich and Mario Mollari—two artists...
Why A Wealth Tax Is No Longer Radical But Necessary
Friday Times
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July 15, 2025
As the G20 leaders prepare to convene in South Africa, a powerful civil society movement has emerged, calling for a 2 percent annual wealth tax on the world’s richest 3,000 billionaires. The proposal, which could generate an estimated 250 billion...
LeGrand Benjamin Smith, 98, of Yorktown
Williamsburg Yorktown Daily - Virginia
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June 30, 2025
LeGrand Benjamin Smith died peacefully in his sleep on June 19, 2025, one month and one day after the passing of his beloved wife, Jayne. June 20 would have been Jayne and LeGrand’s 76th wedding anniversary. His granddaughter Maia remembers...
Native American teens kayak major US river to celebrate removal of dams and return of salmon
95.5 WSB - Georgia
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July 15, 2025
KLAMATH, Calif. — (AP) — As bright-colored kayaks push through a thick wall of fog, voices and the beats of drums build as kayakers approach a crowd that has formed on the beach. Applause erupts as the boats land on the sandy spit that partially...
Over 20 countries join emergency summit in Colombia over Israel's alleged international law violations
Ynet
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July 15, 2025
Official representatives from over 20 countries, including Qatar, Spain, China and Ireland, are convening Tuesday and Wednesday in Bogotá, Colombia, for an emergency summit aimed at formulating concrete legal and diplomatic measures against Israel...
Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 7.2.25
Florida Politics
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July 2, 2025
Good Wednesday morning. Less than two years into his first term as a state lawmaker, Miami Rep. Mike Redondo has cemented his spot in line to lead the Legislature’s lower chamber. All 22 members of the House GOP first-year class voted for Redondo...
Riverine Communities in Brazil's Pantanal Face Precarious Access to Healthcare and Suffer from Wildfire Aftermath
Folha de Sao Paulo
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July 14, 2025
"Everyone was badly affected, traumatized by the fire," says Rosemari Gomes de Souza, 24, a resident of a riverine community on the banks of the Paraguay River in Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, in Brazil’s Central-West region. The area was hit by...
Meet Chatter magazine’s 20 Under 40 Class of 2025, some of Chattanooga’s young and fabulous
Chatter Magazine - Tennessee
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July 1, 2025
Meet the 20 Under 40 Class of 2025. Everyone here brings something different to the table. Or the board meeting. Or the nonprofit fundraiser. But they're all equally impressive. These honorees are selected for being awesome in any number of ways...
PAHO and Global Affairs Canada initiative strengthens the health of women and adolescents in situations of vulnerability in six countries of the Americas
Pan American Health Organization
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July 2, 2025
Washington, D.C., July 2 2025 — A joint project by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Global Affairs Canada is transforming health outcomes for populations in situations of vulnerability in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras...
History imposes a burden on us to speak out in defence of the Palestinians
Daily Maverick
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July 4, 2025
President Nelson Mandela said in December 1997: “We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.” These words are more than the rhetoric of solidarity, and are not merely a statement of fact. They are also...