Hispanic Heritage Month: History, cultural significance, and how to celebrate

While the official and more common umbrella term, “Hispanic” is something that most of us are familiar with, this does not represent the diverse races, cultures, and Indigenous languages that encompass this large community. This is why you may also see this recognized as Latino Heritage Month, Latinx Heritage Month, or Latine Heritage Month.

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Trump was the subject of an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, the FBI says

Donald Trump was the target of what the FBI said “appears to be an attempted assassination” at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, just nine weeks after the Republican presidential nominee survived another attempt on his life. The former president said he was safe and well, and authorities held a man in custody.

AP News

Egg donations build dream families, but systemic racism in the industry has hints of eugenics

A new book, “Eggonomics,” explores the racism, economic exploitation and deceit in the egg donation industry

Salon

I read the full 900-page Project 2025 manifesto – here’s why it matters

Heritage Foundation blueprint describes an America poisoned by ‘wokeness’ and overtaken by lawlessness that only conservatives can save

The Guardian

Federal bill to force schools to out trans kids passes key committee vote

A House committee just passed a bill that would forcibly out trans students. It was introduced by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), who previously advocated for Uganda’s gay death law, the Anti-Homosexuality Act.

The bill, H.R. 736, also known as the “PROTECT Kids Act,” would require elementary and middle schools to forcibly out trans kids to their parents if they ask to go by new pronouns or a new name or use the facilities associated with their gender. If schools failed to comply, they would risk losing all federal funding.

LGBTQ Nation

Experts warn against vaccine skepticism

Thanks to all those shots in the arm, in the year 2000, measles in the United States was declared eliminated. But now, it’s coming back, with measles cases reported from California to Vermont.

One big reason: across the country in 2023, more families exempted their children from routine immunizations than ever before.

CBS News

New Lawsuit Alleges Mississippi County Discriminates Against Black Voters

A federal lawsuit alleges that among the five districts drawn to elect officials in Mississippi’s DeSoto County, all of them are discriminatory against Black Mississippians. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF), the ACLU of Mississippi, and Harvard Election Law are all plaintiffs in the lawsuit and the lawsuit was filed on behalf of two voters in the county as well as Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. The lawsuit was filed in the Northern District of Mississippi on Sept. 12.

Black Enterprise

Latino household wealth growth continued to outpace others but still remains far from Non-Hispanic Whites

Latinos are making big strides towards building more wealth, a new report showed

Latin Times

30 years later: Springfield residents continue to speak out against the 1994 Crime Bill

The Freedom Walk was held to recognize the bill’s 30th anniversary — it was signed into law Sept. 13, 1994, by President Bill Clinton — and to advocate for reform against what some have blamed for the mass incarceration of Blacks and Hispanics in the United States.

The State Journal Register

‘Springfield, Ohio, is caught in a political vortex, and it is a bit out of control’

Even some Trump-backing Republicans in Springfield, Ohio, are expressing frustration with the former president.

Politico

Long before gay marriage was popular, Kamala Harris was at the forefront of the equal rights battle

Two decades ago, when a Democratic presidential nominee wouldn’t dream of endorsing gay marriage, a newly elected district attorney named Kamala Harris was performing one of the first same-sex unions in the United States.

AP News

“We’re creating a story”: Vance admits he’s making up Haitian immigrant smears

In an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, Vance admitted the dog-eating stories were a fantasy

Salon

‘Go woke, go broke’ not true for brands, says global advertising study

Research shows ad campaigns that are more inclusive have a positive impact on profits, sales and brand worth

The Guardian

Manchin signals he could endorse Harris while Romney stays coy

Sen. Joe Manchin, the conservative Democrat-turned-independent who had toyed with a presidential run and has long been a thorn in the side of the left, has been mum about the candidate he’s backing in November.

But that could soon change.

In an interview with CNN, the veteran West Virginia senator signaled he may get off the sidelines. And he plans to speak to Vice President Kamala Harris soon.

CNN

Poland’s Gift to the American Republic

The part Poles played in the Revolutionary War illuminates an urgent lesson about the meaning of freedom today.

The Atlantic

Gender Liberation March Will Take To The Streets To Protest A Second Trump Presidency

Organizers across the country are sounding the alarm about the high stakes of the November presidential election and the looming threat of Project 2025, the conservative playbook for a second Trump presidency spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation. Project 2025 equates being transgender with pornography, calls for federal government to enforce sex discrimination protections based on the “binary biological meaning of ‘sex,’” and argues that educators and librarians who share materials about trans identity should have to register as sex offenders. 

Huffpost

Arkansas’ gov says Medicaid extension for new moms isn’t needed. Advisers disagree

When asked by reporters at the press conference about whether she would support expanding postpartum Medicaid to 12 months of coverage as other states have done, the answer was a firm “no.”

“I don’t believe creating a duplicative program just for the sake of creating a program is actually going to fix the issue,” she said. “We already have so many women who aren’t taking advantage of the coverage that exists. Creating more coverage doesn’t get more women to the doctor.”

NPR

Kamala Harris says she will cut degree requirements for certain federal jobs

“As president, I will get rid of the unnecessary degree requirements for federal jobs to increase jobs for folks without a four-year degree,” Harris said in her speech in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

More than 62% of Americans age 25 or older did not hold a bachelor’s degree, according to data released, opens new tab by the U.S. Census Bureau in early 2023. Americans without college degrees made up three out of five voters in 2020.

Reuters

Israeli military says 3 hostages were ‘most likely’ killed in November strike

The Israeli military says that three Israeli hostages whose bodies were recovered from Gaza in December were “most likely” killed as a result of an Israeli airstrike.

The hostages were two soldiers – Corporal Nick Beiser and Sergeant Ron Sherman – and and civilian man, Eliya Toledano.

CNN

How Georgia’s election could deliver a major blow to Putin — or the US

The country of Georgia is headed to a pivotal election at the end of October, a contest the U.S. and pro-democracy forces see as the last chance to stand up to aspiring autocrats inspired by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Hill

As medical strike drags on in South Korea, patients are on edge

As the standoff between the government and striking doctors continues, there are now signs that South Korea’s health care system is buckling under the strain.

NPR

34 Iran women prisoners on hunger strike: jailed Nobel peace laureate

Thirty-four women prisoners went on hunger strike in an Iranian prison Sunday to mark two years since protests erupted against clerical authorities, the foundation of Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi said.

“Today, on the 15th September 2024, 34 female political prisoners in Evin Prison have gone on a hunger strike in commemoration of the second anniversary of the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ movement and the killing of Mahsa (Jina) Amini,” it said.

The New Arab

Italian Deputy PM Matteo Salvini to face kidnapping charges over migrant ship case

Prosecutors in Sicily have accused Salvini of alleged kidnapping after he decided to leave a migrant rescue ship stranded at sea for 19 days.

Euronews

‘Barely any room for a lifeguard chair’: Spain’s disappearing beaches

The phenomenon isn’t unique to Spain, with beaches disappearing in coastal regions from California and Florida to Turkey, Brazil and Australia’s Gold Coast.

Driven by climate change, “sea-level rise and coastal shifts could wipe out nearly half of Earth’s sandy seashores by the end of the century,” according to a study published in the Nature Climate Change journal.

dpa

Netanyahu tells Houthis they will pay ‘heavy price’ as missile hits Israel

Rebel group claims what would be first missile to have landed in Israel from Yemen, but no reports of casualties

The Guardian

Death toll rises as torrential rain and flooding force mass evacuations across Central Europe

The death toll was rising in Central European countries on Sunday after days of heavy rains caused widespread flooding and forced mass evacuations.
Several Central European nations have already been hit by severe flooding, including Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania. Slovakia and Hungary might come next as a result of a low pressure system from northern Italy dumping record rainfall in the region since Thursday.

AP News

Starmer to discuss migrant boat crossings with Meloni in Italy

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he is “interested” in learning about Italy’s scheme to send migrants rescued at sea to Albania to process their asylum claims, ahead of his first official visit to Rome.

BBC

‘We no longer study.’ Gaza’s children lose out on school, as Israel’s war disrupts a year of education

Israel’s bombing campaign has destroyed 123 schools and universities in Gaza, according to the Government Media Office (GMO) there. At least 11,500 students aged up to 18 and 750 teachers have been killed, the GMO reported on Monday.

CNN

Morocco blocks mass migration attempt into Spain’s Ceuta enclave

Moroccan authorities on Sunday prevented dozens of migrants from storming a border fence to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, after calls on social media for a mass migration attempt.

The New Arab