Russia Targets Ukrainian Civilian Areas in Shift to Demoralize Resistance
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Moscow says it will strike intelligence and communications facilities in central Kyiv Russian forces, frustrated in plans for a quick...
Wyoming Senate votes to end funding for university gender studies program
“I think we’ll hear complaints about how we’re interfering in the internals of the university, but I think what we’re really doing is...
As Russia invades Ukraine, Iraqis remember painful war memories
Ukraine’s invasion is a painful reminder for many Iraqis who have lost their hopes and dreams due to conflict. The air assaults and...
The Nigerian students caught in the Russia-Ukraine war
Students scramble to leave Ukraine as the conflict intensifies, reaching new cities. Lolade Lawal’s life has been turned upside down in a...
The antisemitism animating Putin’s claim to ‘denazify’ Ukraine
The Russian leader’s pretext for invasion recasts Ukraine’s Jewish president as a Nazi and Russian Christians as true victims of the...
HRC Applauds President Biden’s Historic Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson...to the SCOTUS
HRC celebrates first Black woman to be nominated to the nation’s highest court Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s...
Human Rights Activists in Ukraine Call for Swift Response
Human rights activists in Ukraine are telling Human Rights First about the immediate impact on them of the Russian invasion, and what...
"You're on your own": African students stuck in Ukraine seek refuge or escape route
When Percy Ohene-Yeboah peered down from his high-rise apartment in the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine on Thursday morning, the...
Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to sit on Supreme Court
President Joe Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Friday, setting in motion a historic confirmation process for...
Thousands join anti-war protests in Russia after Ukraine invasion
Police make more than 1,700 arrests as protesters take to the streets in cities across country Vladimir Putin has said there is broad...
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