California May End Travel Ban to States With Anti-LGBT Laws

When North Carolina in 2016 banned transgender people from using the bathroom of their gender identity in public buildings, California retaliated by banning state-funded travel to that state and any other state with laws it deemed discriminatory against LGBTQ people.Seven…

Senate Passes Repeal of Iraq War Authorizations

Senators advanced cross-party legislation on Wednesday to repeal authorizations for the wars in Iraq, 20 years after American forces invaded the country to remove Saddam Hussein from power.

Burma Junta Dissolves 40 Political Parties, Including Suu Kyi’s NLD

Read More The Burmese military junta said on March 28 that it had dissolved 40 political parties, including the party led by deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ahead of an election the junta intends to hold later this year. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party and the other 39 parties were dissolved […]

Covid inquiry under fire for giving Wales and Northern Ireland three weeks each

Read More Bereaved families have strongly criticised proposals by the UK Covid-19 inquiry to set aside only three weeks each for its public hearings on the responses to the pandemic in Wales and Northern Ireland. Members of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru argued that the Labour-led Welsh government would escape proper scrutiny unless […]

Plans for rail pass for UK staycationers axed over cost concerns

Read More Plans to boost domestic tourism by introducing a rail pass for British staycationers have been axed, the Guardian can reveal. The idea was initially heralded by the government as a way to help struggling businesses get back on their feet as the final Covid restrictions were being lifted in the summer of 2021, […]