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May 12, 2024

Sunday Science: Playing With the Kids Is Important Work for Chimpanzee Mothers

Zarin Machanda, Kris Sabbi The Conversation

So on this Mother’s Day, consider raising a glass to also celebrate these amazing – and tired – chimpanzee moms.

May 11, 2024

Why So Many Young Asian Americans Stand With Palestine

Cathi Choi Yes! Magazine

If we are to make meaning out of “Asian America” this AAPI Heritage Month, we must root ourselves in intersectional principles, draw threads across global and local struggles, and forge paths toward a world free from U.S. militarism and forever wars.

May 11, 2024

Groups Look To Bail Out Black Mothers, Caregivers in Pretrial Detention for Mother’s Day

Ralph Chapoco Alabama Reflector

“We don’t look at the crime. We are looking at predetention when you have not been convicted of a crime. We didn’t make the system. The system says, ‘You are innocent until proven guilty.’”

May 11, 2024

Will the Palestinian Groups Create a New Palestinian Political Project?

Vijay Prashad People's Dispatch

The first task is to prevent the attack on Rafah and end the genocide. However, soon thereafter, the political malaise that has befallen the Palestinian people must be overcome.

May 11, 2024