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In Kenya, political elites across the spectrum are trying to sell off the country for themselves—capitulation is inevitable.

The people of Niger, facing a desperate situation, are threatened with the withdrawal of vital humanitarian aid from the country in response to the coup, a move tantamount to a punitive measure and essentially exploiting aid as leverage.

The 1870s laws passed by the Reconstruction Congress to enforce 14th Amendment rights and to protect Black voters, ignored for decades, are now being used against Trump.

The two-day poll, which closed before Trump's Thursday arraignment, asked respondents if they would vote for Trump for president if he were "convicted of a felony crime by a jury." Among Republicans, 45% said they would not; 35% said they would.

Ultimately, Trump is not the main danger. Trump was aided and abetted by millions of co-conspirators: the MAGA Republicans who bought his lies and still do.

A Florida Supreme Court decision is expected to trigger a six-week ban passed by the Republican-led state legislature. But an effort is now underway to enshrine the right to abortion in Florida's constitution up to the point of fetal viability.

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The future liberated and de-Zionised Palestine may look now as a fantasy, but unlike Fantasy Israel, it has the best chance to galvanize locally, regionally and globally every person with a modicum of decency.

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a group of fellow progressive Democrats are heading to South America later this month on a congressional trip that will also challenge Biden administration policy in the region.