Brian Echevarria, a father in North Carolina seeking local political office, speaks at his school board meeting about parents taking back control. “I’m biracial. I’m bilingual. I’m multicultural. The fact is in America, in North Carolina, I can do anything I want and I teach that to my children. And the person who tells my…Continue Reading

The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes, will remain in jail until his seditious-conspiracy trial for allegedly helping plot the assault on the US Capitol, a US judge said, calling him a “clear and convincing danger”.The US district judge Amit Mehta said during a Friday court hearing that Rhodes spent thousands of dollars…Continue Reading

A year after a hunger strike brought national attention to a potentially toxic metal shredder in a majority Latino neighborhood in Chicago, the city has announced it will not issue the final permit necessary for the plant to open, calling it an “unacceptable risk”.“In an already vulnerable community, the findings from the [city’s health impact…Continue Reading

4.24pm EST 16:24 Afternoon summary Good afternoon. We’re closing our US politics liveblog a little earlier than normal today. Please turn to our Ukraine liveblog for the latest on the situation there. Here’s a look back at what’s happened so far today: The National Archives confirmed that it discovered classified material among the documents Donald…Continue Reading

A convenience store clerk who killed himself minutes after shooting a customer who refused to wear a mask and walked out without paying for three bags of chips would have faced criminal charges if he had survived, a police report said.The 6 February shootings on the north-west edge of Las Vegas came four days before…Continue Reading

भारत जैसे विविधता वाले देश में पहचान भी बहुरूप में है। कोई लड़की एक साथ मुसलिम भी है और आधुनिक ज्ञान-विज्ञान की छात्रा भी। उसकी कई पहचान है। आज का संकट यह है कि वर्चस्वादी राजनीति, बहुलता वाली राजनीति को दबाना चाहती है। हर व्यक्ति की बहु-पहचान को एकांगी पहचान में सीमित करना चाहती है।…Continue Reading

अनुरंजन झा (पत्रकार और लेखक) श्रुसबरी (इंग्लैंड) से बता रहे हैं क‍ि क‍िन पर‍िस्‍थ‍ित‍ियों में ऋषि सुनक तेजी से आगे बढ़े और कैसे कोरोना में लॉकडाउन का न‍ियम तोड़ने वाले मौजूदा पीएम बोर‍िस जॉनसन की कुर्सी खतरे में द‍िख रही है। ब्रेग्जिट के बाद से ब्रिटेन में न सिर्फ आर्थिक बल्कि राजनीतिक उथल-पुथल का दौर…Continue Reading