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Texas bans trans people from changing the gender markers on their licenses
The policy could put trans Texans at risk of harassment and discrimination.
LGBTQ Nation
Miami is banking on immigrants to help with the city’s imminent teacher shortage
The Miami Dade College initiative helps people who already had a bachelor’s degree from another country and a work permit get a teaching license
The Latin Times
US teacher strikes were good, actually
New research finds labor stoppages raised wages without harming student learning.
Vox
FBI informant’s book predicts far-right violence: ‘we should be afraid’
Joe Moore, who for years investigated the Ku Klux Klan, issues a chilling warning for the 2024 election and beyond
The Guardian
Chicago Overcomes DNC Skeptics With Calm, Parties and Sun
For months, Chicago braced for 1968-style violence during the Democratic convention, while visitors were frequently reminded of the city’s reputation for crime.
What transpired was mostly peaceful protests, concerts by John Legend and The Killers, and four days of perfect weather.
Bloomberg
Here’s why everyone’s talking about the child tax credit
With each party trying to one-up the other on its family friendliness, the popular child tax credit has become a major point of rivalry in this year’s presidential election.
CNN
DNC criticized for featuring no trans speakers while shying away from trans issues
This is the first DNC since 2012 not to feature trans speakers, while trans Americans face unprecedented attacks.
LGBTQ Nation
16 Red States File Lawsuit Challenging Biden “Parole in Place” Program for Undocumented Immigrant Spouses of US Citizens
The lawsuit deserves to lose. But it may well lead to a prolonged legal battle.
Reason
How Kamala Harris is winning back California tech donors
As the Democratic nominee, the California tech world is returning to Kamala Harris’ side — if she can form a strong enough platform that speaks to their main concerns.
Politico
Robert F Kennedy Jr’s brother ‘heartbroken’ over Trump endorsement
In an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, Max Kennedy said “Trump was exactly the kind of arrogant, entitled bully” that his father, former US senator and attorney general Robert F Kennedy, stood against before he was assassinated in 1968 as he pursued the Democratic presidential nomination.
The Guardian
Harris’ lead over Trump among Latinos has more than tripled since becoming the candidate, poll shows
The poll by The Economist and YouGov also showed the vice-president has a 13-point lead over the ex-president among women
The Latin Times
Democrats hope to win over moderates using conservative values
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago, the landmark case guaranteeing a constitutional right to abortion, Democrats have been on an electoral win streak. Candidates on the left saw a boost attributed to reproductive rights rhetoric in the 2022 midterm elections, and voters have recently sided with measures favoring abortion access in a handful of state ballot referendums.
As Democrats continue to campaign on the charged issue, many are emphasizing liberty and limited government − values historically touted by more conservative politicians.
USA Today
Clarence Page: Tim Walz helps Democrats offer voters a better reflection of themselves
It remains to be seen whether the theme will attract enough new voters to bring a Democratic victory. But the chances have been helped by the former schoolteacher’s folksy charm and, from what we’ve learned about him, an admirable record of public service.
Chicago Tribune
Trans people are more likely to vote than cis people despite barriers to voting
Despite facing barriers to voting, trans people show up.
LGBTQ Nation
The World
Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested in France
The Russian, who is wanted in France, was taken into police custody at Le Bourget airport on Saturday evening after his arrival from Azerbaijan, the broadcasters TF1 and BFMTV reported, along with other French media, citing investigative circles.
dpa International
Egypt asks grand mufti to ratify death sentence of serial killer who targeted women
The fate of a convicted serial killer will finally be decided on 12 September after a Cairo criminal court has referred his case file to the country’s grand mufti, Dr Nazir Ayyad, for final review.
On Saturday 24 August, an Egyptian judge found Karim Selim, 37, guilty of murdering three women after drugging and torturing them to death, crimes that have sent shockwaves across the Arab World’s most populous country in recent months.
The New Arab
Mali drone strikes kill at least 21 in northern town, rebels say
At least 21 people, including 11 children, were killed by drone strikes on Sunday on the town of Tinzaouaten in north Mali, near where the army suffered a heavy blow last month, Tuareg rebels said.
Reuters
Venezuelan government again taps armed militias to quash protests against its electoral grab
Colombian guerrilla group ELN also played a role, reportedly pressuring residents into voting for Maduro
The Latin Times
‘A very hard night’: south Lebanon reels from Israel’s aerial barrage
People in towns close to border describe night of intense bombing as Israel claims pre-emptive attack on Hezbollah
The Guardian
British man killed in missile strike in Ukraine
A British national who was working in eastern Ukraine as part of a Reuters news team was killed in a missile strike on a hotel on Saturday, the agency has confirmed.
BBC
Chinese coast guard ships fire water cannons and block Philippine fisheries vessel in disputed sea
Chinese coast guard ships fired water cannons and blocked and rammed a Philippine fisheries vessel Sunday in the disputed South China Sea, where hostilities between the Asian neighbors have flared alarmingly at sea and spread into the air in recent weeks.
AP News
Israel and Hezbollah exchange heaviest cross-border fire in months before pulling back
Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah traded heavy fire early Sunday but backed off from sparking a widely feared all-out war, as both sides signaled their most intense exchange in months was over.
PBS
Syrian accused of German festival killings allegedly told police ‘I’m the one you’re looking for’
Fugitive asylum seeker reportedly hid for 24 hours before turning up at police station ‘in blood-stained clothes’
The Telegraph
Pope condemns Ukrainian ban on Orthodox Church over ties to Russia
Pope Francis has criticized Ukraine’s ban on the country’s Russia-linked Orthodox Church, in a sign of a growing rift between Kiev and the Vatican
dpa International
UN ‘concerned’ by Afghanistan morality law
The Taliban’s new vice and virtue laws that include a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public provide a “distressing vision” for Afghanistan’s future.
The New Arab
