Lesbian couple beaten in homophobic attack

  One of the victims, Melania Geymonat, posted a photo on Facebook of herself and her girlfriend, Chris, covered in blood, along with a detailed account of the assault in English and Spanish. The incident happened in the early hours of on May 30 on […]

Racist, Violent Posts By Police: Departments Investigating

  Police departments in at least five states are investigating, and in some cases condemning, their officers’ social media feeds after the weekend publication of a database that appears to catalog thousands of bigoted or violent posts by active-duty and former cops. The posts were […]

Canadian Inquiry Calls Killings of Indigenous Women Genocide

GATINEAU, Quebec — Indigenous people from across Canada cheered, and raised fists and eagle feathers, as the leader of a national inquiry into widespread violence against Indigenous women and girls announced on Monday the inquiry’s finding, equating that violence with genocide and holding Canada itself […]

In Syria, Even the Hospitals Are Not Safe

  After eight brutal years, it is hard to find anything shocking about the Syrian civil war. But somehow, the government forces under President Bashar al-Assad always find a way. On May 15, Syrian bombs destroyed the Tarmala Maternity and Children’s Hospital in Idlib, the […]