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Conservative appeals court rips Trump for describing migrants as an invasion to justify mass deportations
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

J-WAFS welcomes Daniela Giardina as new executive director
The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) announced that Daniela Giardina has been named the new J-WAFS executive director. Giardina stepped into the role at the start of the fall semester, replacing founding executive director...

News: Tiny Library 2025 competition winners envision educational spaces on a small footprint
The latest edition of the Tiny Library Architecture Competition has published its winning entries, with participants from 45 countries tasked with designing a tiny library for 50 users. Organized by Volume Zero, the competition brief tasked...
Laurel Fish believes combined efforts of groups has power to influence
Alliance connects people to have impact Laurel Fish works with Spokane Alliance to strengthen institutions and leaders. By Mary Stamp Laurel Fish, senior organizer with the Spokane Alliance, knows that many solutions to issues people face are not...

An Excerpt From Bitcoin Circular Economies: The Impact
It is difficult to quantify the multiple dimensions in which the community has been affected since the project began, just as it is also difficult to anticipate the various ways in which Bitcoin is changing the lives of its users around the world....

Tiny Library 2025 competition results unveiled by Volume Zero
anchor Crossword by K Shashavindu The latest edition of the Tiny Library Architecture Competition has published its winning entries, with participants from 45 countries tasked with designing a tiny library for 50 users. Organized by Volume Zero,...

The paranoid politics of Nigel Farage
At the beginning of August, Nigel Farage launched a six-week campaign on law and order. Standing in front of a lectern emblazoned with the slogan “Britain is lawless”, the Reform leader painted a grim picture of social decline and a...

Archaeologists find ancient clay puppets with detachable heads that 'resemble modern toy dolls'
Archaeologists working in western El Salvador uncovered a group of ancient puppet-like figurines. Estimated to be around 2,400 years old, they oddly resemble modern toy dolls used in puppetry. Experts say the objects once had movable heads...
Ungoverning America
In the first seven months of his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has made unprecedented changes to the way the American government operates. He has launched an extraordinary and erratic tariff scheme, eliminated U.S. foreign aid programs,...

Imagining an Imperial Democratic President
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photos: Getty For the left, there is little more terrifying than an emboldened Donald Trump. Deep into the first year of his second term, he has behaved like an imperial president, thriving off new precedents set...

15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Fall
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Belize and Mexico Partner to Modernize Sugarcane Industry
The Government of Belize, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security & Enterprise, has announced a new partnership with Mexico’s “Sembrando Vida” program. This collaboration aims to modernize and improve Belize’s sugarcane industry by...

Stranded gas finds purpose in powering block reward mining
Homepage > News > Business > Stranded gas finds purpose in powering block reward mining In the oil fields of West Texas and the wells of North Dakota, an innovation is changing how energy and cryptocurrency interact. Waste natural gas, previously...

Democratic experience and authoritarian temptations in Latin America
At the end of July, El Salvador’s Congress, dominated by the ruling majority, approved indefinite reelection, extended the presidential term from 5 to 6 years, and established simultaneous elections without a runoff. In Ecuador, in mid-August,...

DOGE Falsely Targeted Him On Social Media. Then The Taliban Took His Family
from the shameful dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. It was early morning on April 1 when Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar, got a panicked message from his son....

MAGA sheriff fumes at ‘irritatingly high’ standard of care that migrants allegedly have in ICE facilities
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Trump's 'antiwar' pledge gave way to expanding militarism: Newsweek
A Newsweek opinion piece argues Trump’s second term has deepened US militarism abroad and at home, echoing research that post-9/11 wars have caused at least 4.5 million deaths worldwide. An opinion piece written by Azadeh Shahshahani and Khury...

Top 10 countries in APAC with the highest maternity pay
South Korea clinches first spot within the APAC region, followed by Singapore, Australia, Brunei, and New Zealand rounding up the top five. Maternity leave and pay policies differ greatly across the globe, influencing how organisations attract,...

Immigration Tracker: Updates on TPS, ICE arrests and more
Immigrants in San Francisco face mounting uncertainty as the Trump administration continues to roll back key protections and implements policies that legal advocates say restrict due process, leaving many in legal limbo. In August, President...

Bill Knight: Mama MAGA: Make it make sense
BILL KNIGHT As President Trump announced sending troops into Washington, D.C., to fight a nonexistent crime wave, he also took aim at Illinois’ bail reform, another action defying reality, commenting, “We’re going to end that in Chicago.”...