After a month marked by celebration, political protest and reflection, the global WorldPride festival reached its rainbow-packed climax with New York’s annual Pride March on Sunday. Thousands of people, whether they identified somewhere on the L.G.B.T.Q. spectrum or as supportive allies, packed the streets […]
It’s the largest city in the US, with over 8.62 million inhabitants. The New York City Council passed the legislation Wednesday, calling for an immediate response to the global climate crises. The bill referenced several reports on the state of global warming and its […]
Conventional wisdom goes: The young will lead when it comes to matters of tolerance and acceptance regardless of race, color, creed — or sexual orientation. But according to GLAAD, that conventional wisdom has been turned on its head, and Donald Trump is to blame. […]
A new report published on Tuesday estimated that more than 120 million people could slip into poverty within the next decade because ofclimate change. As extreme weather events such as droughts, floods and hurricanes become more frequent, the world’s poorest people will be forced […]
The NYPD on Sunday amended the number of those arrested at protest from 70 arrests to 66, an NYPD spokesman said. All 66 have been charged with disorderly conduct, the NYPD said. The protesters were affiliated with a group called Extinction Rebellion, which describes […]
Under section 164 of Botswana’s Penal Code, “carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature,” was an offense that carried a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment. Section 167 made “acts of gross indecency” — whether in public or private — a punishable […]
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