'She did it!': Mom of trans teen celebrates championship amid protests

Despite negative headlines across far-right media, a 17-year-old California girl walked away a state champion, with two gold medals around her neck.

Just days after graduating high school in Jarupa out transgender teen AB Hernandez won the girls' high jump and triple jump in the CIF track and field state championships. Saturday’s wins at the Clovis meet marked her second consecutive year…

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Virginia voters near decision on high-stakes redistricting vote

Virginia voters are just days away from deciding on a high-profile redistricting measure that could reshape the state’s congressional map and carry national political implications. With early voting already underway, turnout in key regions may play a decisive role in the outcome.

The proposal has drawn national attention, with both parties closely watching what could become a pivotal moment in…

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You Know That Ecuadorian Drug Lab We Bombed?

It was a dairy farm.

Why am I not surprised?

As President Trump prepared to welcome conservative Latin American leaders to a summit in Florida in early March, U.S. officials released a video of a massive explosion — capturing the destruction of what they said was a drug trafficker’s training camp in rural Ecuador.

The video was meant to show that the U.S. military, which for months has…

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Iran between Repression, Co-optation, and War: Three Waves of Counterrevolution

In the following analysis, Somayeh Rostampour shows how the repression that the Iranian government has carried out to crush protests, the monarchist attempt to co-opt opposition movements and push them to the right, and the military assault that the US and Israel are currently carrying out against Iran are all different fronts within a single counterrevolution, reinforcing each other and…

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