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France politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 hours ago

A new generation of politicians of colour is emerging in France. The backlash speaks volumes

Bally Bagayoko's election as mayor of Saint-Denis marks a significant political shift, reflecting the city's diverse community and challenging national trends.
France news
fromwww.dw.com
3 days ago

France: Thousands join Paris suburb mayor to protest racism

A rally in Saint-Denis supported newly elected Black mayor Bally Bagayoko against racism and highlighted ongoing racial tensions in France.
France politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 hours ago

A new generation of politicians of colour is emerging in France. The backlash speaks volumes

Bally Bagayoko's election as mayor of Saint-Denis marks a significant political shift, reflecting the city's diverse community and challenging national trends.
France news
fromwww.dw.com
3 days ago

France: Thousands join Paris suburb mayor to protest racism

A rally in Saint-Denis supported newly elected Black mayor Bally Bagayoko against racism and highlighted ongoing racial tensions in France.
#lgbtq
fromPsychology Today
12 hours ago
Mental health

Beyond Inclusion: Liberating LGBTQ+ Athletes

LGBTQ+ athletes face unique stressors that impact their performance and well-being due to the need to manage their identities in sports environments.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
2 weeks ago

Could Heated Rivalry influence more 'bi-curious' folks to become 'bi-definitely'?

1 in 10 Americans identify as LGBTQ+, with over 25% of those aged 18-27 identifying as bisexual.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
12 hours ago

Beyond Inclusion: Liberating LGBTQ+ Athletes

LGBTQ+ athletes face unique stressors that impact their performance and well-being due to the need to manage their identities in sports environments.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
2 weeks ago

Could Heated Rivalry influence more 'bi-curious' folks to become 'bi-definitely'?

1 in 10 Americans identify as LGBTQ+, with over 25% of those aged 18-27 identifying as bisexual.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 day ago

New poll shows why it's important for everyone to speak up in favor of trans rights - LGBTQ Nation

Majority of Americans support trans rights, but polling wording significantly influences public opinion on specific issues like gender-affirming care.
New York City
fromJust The News
1 day ago

DOJ to probe NYC Mayor Mamdani's 'racial equity' plan

The U.S. Department of Justice will review New York City's racial equity plan due to potential conflicts with federal anti-discrimination laws.
fromGothamist
1 day ago

NYPD expands hate crime reporting following Gothamist story citing expert concerns

"The disclosure of both sets of numbers will enhance transparency and provide a clearer picture of hate crimes in the city, addressing concerns about the previous reporting method."
NYC politics
Washington DC
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 days ago

America has long been obsessed with war. But true patriots glorify peace. - LGBTQ Nation

The author reflects on the impact of war and military actions throughout their life, highlighting personal and historical tragedies associated with conflict.
fromThe Atlantic
4 days ago

How Some People Became So Averse to Hype

Anna Holmes defines 'hype aversion' as a reflex against being told what to like, suggesting that popularity can create pressure rather than signal quality. This feeling can lead to a deliberate choice to resist mainstream culture.
Media industry
NYC parents
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

Is Mandated Reporting Racist? What Families Must Know

Low reporting standards and systemic racism lead to unjust CPS reports, disproportionately affecting Black and Brown families.
NYC LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
4 days ago

What is the trans gaze? It's relief and recognition between strangers on a train

Trans women share a unique, unspoken connection on the New York City subway, recognized through brief, meaningful glances.
Right-wing politics
fromTruthout
4 days ago

No Kings Must Mean No War: Foreign Policy Is Least Democratic Space in Politics

The majority of Iranian Americans oppose the war on Iran, despite media portrayal of pro-monarchy sentiments.
#racism
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago
Social justice

I Always Thought I Was an Accepting Person. Then an Influx of Immigrants Moved In-and My Reaction Startled Me.

Real Madrid
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 days ago

Real Madrid coach insists Spain not racist' despite Islamophobic chant

Lamine Yamal condemns Islamophobic chants during Spain's match, emphasizing the need to eradicate racism in football and society.
France news
fromThe Local France
3 days ago

Thousands rally against racism in Paris suburb to defend mayor

Thousands marched in Paris to protest racism after Mayor Bally Bagayoko faced disparaging comments on social media and television.
France news
fromThe Local France
5 days ago

French mayor denounces 'increasingly racist society'

Racism is increasingly overt in France, necessitating stronger measures against discrimination, according to Bally Bagayoko, the new mayor of Saint-Denis.
Social justice
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

I Was Raised to Be Accepting. Yet, I Find Myself Battling Strange New Thoughts About Immigrants.

Acknowledging and confronting personal prejudices is a crucial step towards becoming a better ally and challenging racism.
Social justice
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

I Always Thought I Was an Accepting Person. Then an Influx of Immigrants Moved In-and My Reaction Startled Me.

Acknowledging and confronting personal prejudices is a crucial step towards becoming a better ally.
fromThe Conversation
6 days ago

AI's fluency in other languages hides a Western worldview that can mislead users a scholar of Indonesian society explains

The response was in Indonesian but shaped by values that centered individual autonomy over the consensus-building, social harmony and collective family dynamics that tend to matter more in Indonesian social life.
Philosophy
SF politics
fromStreetsblog USA
5 days ago

Talking Headways Podcast: Civil Rights, Civic Transport - Streetsblog USA

The Trump administration is moving to rescind regulations that protect civil rights in transportation projects.
fromThe Nation
6 days ago

What Made This Seder Different From Any Other Seder?

The event was once described by The New York Times as 'a cross between a Jewish summer camp in the Catskills and a progressive jazz concert.' Past incarnations have featured Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, Lou Reed.
NYC music
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
11 hours ago

Two generations are currently arguing about work ethic when what they're actually arguing about is whether suffering should be a prerequisite for dignity. One generation believes it is because that was the deal they were offered. The other is trying to renegotiate. - Silicon Canals

Generational differences in work ethic stem from a broken contract between Boomers and Gen Z regarding dignity and economic stability.
Writing
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

My Years-Long Fight to Say "They"

The author reflects on their journey of writing about their experiences as a Jehovah's Witness and the challenges faced in publishing.
Law
fromURL Media
1 week ago

For Asian Immigrants in NYC, Legal Help Remains Out of Reach With Life-Altering Consequences

Mohan's deportation highlights systemic issues in immigration legal services for Asian immigrants in New York City.
Social justice
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 day ago

Waiting for a hero to save us from Trump & MAGA? Here's where to look... - LGBTQ Nation

Heroes are often flawed mortals, and we must rely on ourselves for change rather than expecting saviors from above.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
1 day ago

Don't fall for WSJ's 'normal gay' whitewashing of queer life

Being gay does not equate to being queer; queerness is a broader ideological project that challenges norms.
NYC LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
6 days ago

Shocking video shows man attacking gay reality TV couple's vehicle in road rage incident - LGBTQ Nation

A road rage incident in West Hollywood involved a man attacking a gay couple's car while they were inside, fearing for their safety.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Social Malpractice in the Age of Cultural Compliance

Socially engaged art faces challenges in a world increasingly hostile to independent thought and public expression.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

This Theory Explains Why Neurodivergents Are Burning Out

Neurodivergent individuals experience higher burnout rates, necessitating accommodations to balance job demands and resources.
fromLGBTQ Nation
6 days ago

Freedom of speech can never trump liberation - LGBTQ Nation

A chief tenet of liberation is the freedom to define oneself while being accorded the rights and privileges established and guaranteed under law and social standing.
Social justice
LGBT
fromGothamist
3 days ago

NYC's LGBTQIA+ office leader poised to tackle 'entrenched disparities'

New York City opens its first office for LGBTQIA+ Affairs, led by civil rights attorney Taylor Brown, the highest-ranking openly trans person in city government.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

White Girls and the Global South

Spring offers a variety of art books to rejuvenate reading habits, featuring diverse themes and historical insights.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
1 week ago

Trans people are here to stay, no matter who tries to erase us

Understanding the gender spectrum and dismantling misconceptions about trans identities is crucial for acceptance and recognition of diverse gender experiences.
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

The Erasure That Altered Who "Counts" as Autistic

In 1925, Sukhareva clearly described older boys who were writing for a school newspaper in a great literary style, playing musical instruments, creating art, connecting deeply with nature and select individuals, and holding on to their ethical principles. They also had sensory sensitivities, limited motor coordination, intense idiosyncratic interests, and difficulties with socializing.
Writing
US politics
fromABC7 San Francisco
3 weeks ago

Civil rights group reports surge in anti-Muslim discrimination and rhetoric in 2025

Anti-Muslim discrimination in the United States has significantly increased during 2025, driven by anti-Muslim rhetoric from public officials and Trump administration policies targeting immigrants based on national origin.
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
4 weeks ago

Discrimination is a widespread phenomenon in Germany

One in eight people in Germany experienced discrimination in 2022, affecting approximately nine million individuals based on physical appearance alone.
Social justice
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

Op-Ed | The danger of normalizing hate | amNewYork

Anti-Muslim hate has surged during Ramadan, impacting community spirituality and highlighting the normalization of intolerance in society.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

We All Belong: A Perspective on People on the Outskirts

People with psychosis and mental health conditions often feel a profound sense of not belonging in society and psychiatric settings.
fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

Homophobia Is Back. It's Different Now.

LaBeouf hasn't anchored a box-office hit in more than a decade, and little of his 2020s art-house work has drawn buzz. The most notable thing he's starred in lately was a clip of him on a podcaster's couch, hunched and diminished, talking about his fear of gay people.
LGBT
Philosophy
Society exists as a real entity distinct from individuals, comparable to how organs form a brain; denying society's existence while acknowledging individuals is logically inconsistent.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 weeks ago

US civil rights group documents broad attack on Muslim life' in 2025

CAIR's annual report documents rising Islamophobia in the US government and society, warning that discriminatory policies and hate speech threaten constitutional rights for all Americans.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Are We Hard-Wired to Be Xenophobic?

Out-group animosity stems from both upbringing and evolutionary survival pressures, but can be managed through conscious awareness and behavioral control.
#hate-crime
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks ago

He beat a trans woman & said he hopes Trump kills all trans people. He's going away for a long time. - LGBTQ Nation

Andre Karlow received a seven-year prison sentence after conviction for violently attacking a trans woman in a hate crime.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks ago

He beat a trans woman & said he hopes Trump kills all trans people. He's going away for a long time. - LGBTQ Nation

Andre Karlow received a seven-year prison sentence after conviction for violently attacking a trans woman in a hate crime.
Education
fromTruthout
1 month ago

We Must Defend Black History - It Fuels Freedom Dreams of Students Under Attack

Teachers must transform curricula to eliminate biases and systems of domination while protecting vulnerable students, particularly Black students and students of color, from contemporary educational injustices.
Environment
fromNature
1 month ago

I will continue the fight for environmental justice in Black communities

Robert Bullard pioneered environmental justice by documenting pollution disparities in Black communities and converting research into policy action and legal challenges.
London politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Dining across the divide: Saying everyone who wants to reduce illegal migration is racist doesn't get us very far'

A retired local government manager and audio producer with different immigration perspectives share dinner, discussing fairness in migration policy and British values around queue-jumping.
#antisemitism
NYC politics
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Editorial | Fighting the darkness of hatred in NYC and beyond | amNewYork

Excessive hate permeates society, manifesting in hate crimes disproportionately targeting Jewish communities, requiring urgent action and accountability from leadership.
NYC politics
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Editorial | Fighting the darkness of hatred in NYC and beyond | amNewYork

Excessive hate permeates society, manifesting in hate crimes disproportionately targeting Jewish communities, requiring urgent action and accountability from leadership.
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Man who shouted n-word at Black actors wants you to know he also yelled "pedophile" at a bi actor - LGBTQ Nation

Davidson - who attended the awards ceremony as an executive producer for a biopic about his life with TS, I Swear, which was nominated for five BAFTA awards - recently told Variety that ceremony organizers assured him "that any swearing would be edited out of the broadcast," aired on a two-hour delay by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
Film
Social justice
fromFortune
4 weeks ago

AI is the most important civil and human rights issue of our time - HBCUs need to be in the driver's seat | Fortune

AI systems currently reproduce existing inequalities across hiring, healthcare, finance, and criminal justice, requiring diverse collaboration to build equitable technology that benefits all humanity.
Music
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

How Diversity Informs the Conversation

Shared attention and inclusive listening, not uniformity, enable social cohesion and allow diverse perspectives to form a coherent, exploratory collective voice.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

America Is Fraying, What Comes Next?

The air feels heavier. And the struggles are changing shape. Beyond my office walls, the world is shifting, and my clients sense the tremors. The things they once trusted, global order, democratic norms, and even their own personal safety, no longer feel solid. They feel brittle, as if one strong wind could bring it all down. And what they're sensing isn't imagined.
Relationships
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

The US Department of Hate

Escalating state violence, deportations, and suppression of critics mirror Orwellian authoritarianism and demand urgent collective resistance.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

New EU anti-racism strategy misses the point, say NGOs

The EU's 2026–2030 Anti-Racism Strategy faces criticism for being watered down amid concerns about growing far-right influence in Europe and recent US DEI rollbacks.
fromTruthout
2 months ago

"This Is Not America" Is the Most Dangerous Lie We Keep Telling Ourselves

As authoritarianism accelerates - as government-sanctioned violence becomes more overt in immigration enforcement, in policing, in the open deployment of federal force against civilians, and in the steady erosion of civil rights - people are scrambling for reference points. But instead of reckoning with the long and violent architecture of U.S. history, much of this searching collapses into racialized tropes and xenophobic reassurance: This isn't Afghanistan. This isn't Iran or China. This is America. We have rights. This is a democracy. This isn't who we are.
US politics
Psychology
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Upside of Not Fitting In

Feeling like an outsider often signals growth potential and builds resilience, creativity, and original thinking through discomfort rather than indicating failure.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Colorism: An Underrecognized Mental Health Issue

Colorism systematically privileges lighter skin and profoundly influences mental health, identity, relationships, education, employment, and health outcomes worldwide.
#ice
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

What ICE is doing to America is familiar to me as a Palestinian

Today Americans are getting a taste of what Palestinians have experienced for decades: state terror. The escalation of state violence in the United States has been unprecedented. In the span of three weeks, two people were shot dead in Minneapolis during anti-immigration raids. Both were branded domestic terrorists. Meanwhile last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents used five-year-old Liam Ramos as bait to get his asylum-seeking father to come out of their home;
US politics
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

What Does 'Care' Mean During Times of Social Instability?

Care is fluid and adaptive; emotional signals like anger, numbness, and fatigue indicate needs and limits, and individual care requires collective support for survival.
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

White people are increasingly protesting oppression. The interest convergence theory explains why. - LGBTQ Nation

An armed, masked ICE officer in Minneapolis fatally shot Renee Nicole Good at point-blank range as she moved her car away from an ICE operation.
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

As cynicism takes over the world, Alex Pretti could teach us all about hope - LGBTQ Nation

One political conversation with a gay friend that I'll never forget occurred the night before Election Day in 2016, where my friend told me that he hoped Donald Trump would win so that "The Revolution" would finally happen. The idea, I suppose, was that Trump would make things so bad that it would finally wake up the proletariat of the world, and it would unite in the ultimate class war to overthrow the messed-up liberal world order,
US politics
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Politics of Looking Away

Like us, you may feel paralyzed in the face of the relentless images of violence we see every day. Suffering children, military occupations, the devastated neighborhoods, the cries of parents mourning their dead-these scenes haunt us. Whether it is happening in Palestine or Minneapolis, we are witnesses to suffering, and that witnessing takes a heavy toll. Clearly, the devastating situations in the West Bank and Gaza and in Minneapolis differ
Social justice
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

Just show up: How to join the fight for LGBTQ+ rights when you don't have a queer loved one - LGBTQ Nation

Allies and families must actively engage with school policymakers to ensure LGBTQ+ students are included in safety and anti-bullying policies.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

Poorer LGBTQ+ people are hit harder by anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes in their countries, study finds - LGBTQ Nation

Economic precarity amplifies the negative impact of anti-LGBTQ+ prejudice on LGBTQ+ people's emotional well-being, with family rejection being most damaging.
Social justice
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Living Under a Concentration Camp Regime - and Fighting Back

Mass detention systems expand through legal 'end runs' and normalization; rapid U.S. detention infrastructure growth signals a dangerous escalation requiring organized resistance.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

Family of queer woman killed by ICE agent requests non-violence for "meaningful change" - LGBTQ Nation

Renee Good's family requests privacy, protection, and care for her three children and urges nonviolence while calling for meaningful change.
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