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A supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange protests outside the Australian High Commission in central London on April 10, 2024, on the eve of the fifth anniversary of his arrest by British police. Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

‘Do the right thing,’ say Assange defenders as Biden mulls dropping case

by Brett Wilkins April 11, 2024April 11, 2024

“This would be the best decision Biden ever made,” said one supporter of the jailed WikiLeaks publisher.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 26, 2016. Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

‘AI will not scab us’: Post-Gazette newsroom decries use of artificial intelligence

by Brett Wilkins January 24, 2024March 13, 2024

Indian Writer and Activist, Arundhati Roy (C), attends a protest against the raids of homes of journalists and writers belonging a news portal in New Delhi, India on October 04, 2023. Photo by Kabir Jhangiani/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: International

‘Hands off Arundhati Roy!’: Progressive voices decry possible prosecution of Indian author

by Brett Wilkins October 11, 2023March 13, 2024

Michael Monfluery, 38, who has never been eligible to vote, stands in a courthouse corridor following special court hearing aimed at restoring the right to vote under Florida's amendment 4 in a Miami-Dade County courtroom on November 8, 2019, in Miami, Florida. Photo by ZAK BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images

Prisons and Policing

Federal court strikes down Mississippi’s ‘Jim Crow’ felon disenfranchisement law

by Brett Wilkins August 7, 2023August 7, 2023

Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivers remarks at the 2023 Christians United for Israel summit on July 17, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

DeSantis sued for ‘aggressive campaign’ against former felons seeking to restore voting rights

by Brett Wilkins July 20, 2023March 13, 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden is joined by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona as he announces new actions to protect borrowers after the Supreme Court struck down his student loan forgiveness plan in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on June 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

Biden accused of ‘stabbing student debtors in the back’ with response to SCOTUS ruling

by Brett Wilkins July 3, 2023March 13, 2024

Politics and Movements: International

Brazilian Indigenous activists join Peruvian comrades fighting ‘genocide bill’

by Brett Wilkins June 15, 2023March 14, 2024

Portrait shot of President Erdogan. He is wearing a dark suit and blue tie and has his right hand over his chest.

Politics and Movements: International

Turkey’s marginalized ‘deeply afraid’ as Erdoğan wins presidential runoff

by Brett Wilkins May 31, 2023May 31, 2023

A wastewater treatment plant is inundated by the Yazoo River floodwaters near Yazoo City May 22, 2011 in Yazoo County, Mississippi. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images

Federal judge throws ‘science under the bus’ with decision against EPA clean water rule

by Brett Wilkins April 13, 2023March 14, 2024

People gather around a makeshift memorial lined with flowers and candle at a vigil for Garrett Foster on July 26, 2020 in downtown Austin, Texas. Photo by Sergio Flores/Getty Images

‘Absolutely insane’: Greg Abbott seeks pardon for man convicted of murdering BLM protester

by Brett Wilkins April 10, 2023March 14, 2024