Op-Ed: Why book bans and voter suppression go hand in hand
Voting is essential in any democracy. So is memory. That's why many states that enact restrictive voting rules also embrace book bans to suppress history and ideas.
Voting is essential in any democracy. So is memory. That's why many states that enact restrictive voting rules also embrace book bans to suppress history and ideas.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tuerk is urging Egyptian authorities to immediately release a rights activist whose life reportedly hangs by a thread after a seven-month hunger strike. British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has been a thorn in the side of the Egyptian authorities for more than a decade. He has been in and out of prison due to his defense of civil rights and protest against human rights violations by Egyptian security forces. Abdel Fattah currently... Читать дальше...
An ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) is deployed in 2001. The solar arrays are slowly being added to the space station to boost its available power. | Image: NASA
In the next few weeks, astronauts will be heading out of the airlock on the International Space Station (ISS) on a series of three spacewalks, part of a long-term plan to upgrade the space station’s aging power system.
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A Tyrannosaurus rex skull is expected to sell for $15 million or more at auction in New York next month (Nov. 8) (AP Video: Ted Shaffrey)
Dan McCafferty died on Tuesday, his former bandmate Pete Agnew said.
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First National Realty Partners announced that it acquired Tropicana Centre, a strip mall that spans more than 586,000 square feet.
The 53-year-old actor will portray the King’s relationship with Diana in the fifth season of The Crown.
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‘Who are rock and heavy metal’s next festival headliners?’ With the lineup for 2023’s Download festival now announced, it appears the festival organizers are finally getting around to answering this longstanding question, at least partially.
We are now facing not just a climate crisis, but also an inequality crisis. COP27 must address both challenges by financing a just climate transition.
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The latest salvo in a misguided war against a service that encourages efficient use of the city’s housing stock and allows New Yorkers to cope with escalating costs of all kinds.
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All librarians deserve applause like Fairfax gave On Oct. 30, the lovely new Fairfax Library garden was unveiled. About 100 people attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony. My favorite part was when all the librarians who work on the staff at this library were asked to come up to stand behind the ribbon and all received a […]
Across the country, Democrats running for office this election cycle have been underperforming, even after their Republican rivals were dismissed as beyond the pale.
Roach will compete in an exhibition showdown against Amy Schneider and Matt Amodio Tuesday before the “Tournament of Champions” semifinals officially begin on Wednesday.
NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks made a third day of gains on Tuesday despite the disruption of midterm elections to decide the fate of all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Represnetatives, and 35 of the 100-seats in the Senate.
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Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said operations launched in response to the activists ‘come at a cost’ after 16 arrests were made on Tuesday.