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‘I cannot guarantee complete confidentiality,’ VA therapists ordered to tell veterans
By Katia Riddle April 11, 2025 4:58 PM ET Panic, fear, uncertainty, and anger. Those are the emotions mental health clinicians who work for the US Department of Veterans Affairs describe as they prepare for the VA’s mandatory return-to-office directive. Some are being summoned to offices as soon as Monday, April 14. Representatives from the VA say they…
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G7 nations paper over differences on tariffs and Ukraine, agree to address ‘imbalances’
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Updated 4:43 PM CDT, May 22, 2025 BANFF, Alberta (AP) — Top finance officials from the world’s seven wealthiest democracies set aside stark differences on U.S. tariffs after two days of talks and agreed to counter global “economic imbalances,” a swipe at China’s trade practices. In a communiqué issued Thursday, the Group of…
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Cameroon: Deplorable life sentence handed to peace activist an “affront to justice”
The life sentence handed down to Anglophone peace activist Abdu Karim Ali is an affront to justice, and he should be released immediately, Amnesty International said today, after obtaining the judgment convicting him. 15 May 2025 Abdu Karim Ali, who was charged with “hostility against the homeland” and “secession”, was sentenced by the military Court…
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Kenya, Dominican Republic sign agreement to support security mission in Haiti
By Rédaction Africanews Last updated: 13/05 – 15:44 Kenya and the Dominican Republic signed an agreement on Monday that would bolster support for the Kenyan police deployed in Haiti. The deal was signed by the Dominican Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez and Kenya’s First Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Secretary, Musalia Mudavadi would see Kenyan police receive both…
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At least 22 killed in weekend attacks in Nigeria’s northeast
By Ahmed Kingimi April 28, 2025 5:23 AM CDT MAIDUGURI, April 28 (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist miltants killed at least 22 people and wounded several others in two separate attacks over the weekend in northeastern Nigeria, residents and police said, the latest incidents in a region plagued by armed violence. Nigeria has been grappling with a…
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Michigan advocates call for more state education funding as ‘devastating’ federal cuts are proposed
By Hannah Dellinger | May 7, 2025, 11:01pm CDT Advocates are calling on Michigan legislators to invest more state dollars into targeted funding for students living in poverty as the Trump administration’s efforts to slash federal education funding could have “devastating” impacts on the most vulnerable students. An analysis released Thursday by the research and advocacy group Education Trust-Midwest found…
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Trump cuts off most help for immigrants with mental illness or cognitive disabilities
The administration ended a legal program in all but three states for immigrants deemed mentally incompetent. Attorneys says they could be deported to persecution, torture and death. By Suzanne Gamboa May 6, 2025, 11:37 AM CDT The Trump administration has pulled the plug on a program that provides legal help to immigrants who are determined mentally…
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Escalating Anti-Homeless Policies Fall Hardest on Disabled People in the US
As legislative attacks on unhoused people ramp up, disabled people are on the front lines. By Marianne Dhenin Published May 9, 2025 The U.S. approach to addressing homelessness in the wake of a recent Supreme Court ruling will maim and kill people, housing rights advocates and experts tell Truthout. It will disproportionately harm disabled Americans, who comprise more…
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Trump Administration Retreats From 100% Withholding on Social Security Clawbacks
By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer April 28, 2025 The Social Security Administration is backing off a plan it announced in March to withhold 100% of many beneficiaries’ monthly payments to claw back money the government had allegedly overpaid them. Instead, the agency will default to withholding 50% of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits, the agency said…
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