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By Jim Salter and Summer Ballentine On September 12, 2023 ST. LOUIS (AP) — At least two Missouri health care centers have stopped prescribing puberty blockers and hormones to minors for the purpose of gender transition, citing a new state law that one clinic says “creates unsustainable liability” for health care workers. Washington University Transgender Center at…

Unofficial figures point to a mental health crisis amid severe restrictions on Afghan women’s lives By Zahra Nader and Zan Times reporters On August 28, 2023 First, her dreams of becoming a doctor were dashed by the Taliban’s ban on education. Then her family set up a forced marriage to her cousin, a heroin addict.…

Rights groups say churchgoers were killed and wounded as they marched in order to rid the area of gang members t least seven people were killed in Haiti, a rights group said, after a powerful gang that controls a northern suburb of the capital, Port-au-Prince, opened fire with machine guns on a protest organised by a…

By Rayhan Demytrie On August 30, 2023 They call it the Road of Life, as it is the only route connecting 120,000 ethnic Armenians living in Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region with the Republic of Armenia. But for nearly nine months the Lachin Corridor has been blocked by Azerbaijani authorities, resulting in severe shortages of food, medication,…

The country’s third repatriation was carried out with the help of the US, the UN and the Red Cross. On August 30, 2023 The government of Kyrgyzstan has said 95 wives and children of ISIL (ISIS) fighters have been repatriated from internment camps in Syria. “The humanitarian mission on August 30, was carried out to…

By William J. Ford On September 15, 2023 Common Cause Maryland is encouraging local officials to allow more young people to vote in local elections. The nonprofit advocacy organization, based in Annapolis, posed a question in a recent mass email: “Do you agree with lowering the voting age to 16 for local elections so young…

Experts urge big tech companies to ensure their platforms are equipped to protect democracy in 2024 votes By Hibaq Farah On September 15, 2023 Social media companies are not ready to tackle misinformation during elections due to take place around the world in 2024 because of language barriers, experts warn. Global Coalition for Tech Justice,…

On September 14, 2023 YouTube channels that use AI to make videos containing false “scientific” information are being recommended to children as “educational content”. Investigative BBC journalists working in a team that analyses disinformation, information that is deliberately misleading and false, found more than 50 channels in more than 20 languages spreading disinformation disguised as…

The West Dallas site is one of several Dallas County lynching locations according to historians By Ken Kalthoff On August 24, 2023 Dallas City Council Members Wednesday approved the location for a monument to the lynching of an African American man 139 years ago. According to historical records, the murder of William Allen Taylor occurred…

By Olga Akselrod On August 23, 2023 If you applied for a new job in the last few years, chances are an artificial intelligence (AI) tool was used to make decisions impacting whether or not you got the job. Long before ChatGPT and generative AI ushered in a flood of public discussion about the dangers…