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UCLA has allowed police snipers to set up and train their sights on students.

At UCLA as police move in to dispurse protestors and dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment.

For CalMatters

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators are marching through Saint Louis University in St. Louis. Little police presence reported. One demand is the private college divest from The Boeing Company amid the war in Gaza.

Stay tuned to St. Louis Public Radio for more journalism from our team.

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Police officers arresting an elderly demonstrator WMUR TV

The death penalty is racist and classist and it is a crime against humanity.

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The United Methodist Church's ban on gay clergy was overturned with 93 percent approval, alongside other legislation, by delegates at the church’s General Conference. buff.ly/44qTloc

NEW: Transgender Care Coverage Policies in North Carolina and West Virginia Are Discriminatory, Court Rules
propublica.org/article/transg… by Aliyya Swaby

'I watch my back': Spike in BBC World Service journalists working in exile

Jodie Ginsberg spoke to Stephanie Hegarty BBC News (World) about the 'near record number of journalists in jail [globally], the killing of journalists has reached a high not seen since 2015.'
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CW: Police violence

I’m home. I’m significantly bruised, in a lot of pain & my shoulder is sprained. I’ve been told to return to the hospital if certain things happen which might be signs of internal damage, esp from the strangulation which you can see briefly in the video here

Missourians for Healthy Families & Fair Wages is dropping off more than 210,000 signatures to the Missouri SOS Office’s office to ask voters later this year if all workers should receive paid sick leave and increase minimum wage to $13.75 starting in January and then $15 in 2026. #moleg

The power of an image.

Last night, students and workers protesting peacefully at UCLA for justice in Palestine were physically attacked by a group of 100+ counter protesters. UC’s failure to protect students and workers is an abdication of its responsibility. UAW 4811 members are mobilizing in response

The narratives around crime and free speech in the U.S.

Due to Tennessee’s abortion ban, Mayron Hollis was forced to continue a pregnancy that threatened her life. An emergency delivery left her without a uterus and her baby with medical issues. This is their first year in a post-Roe state. propub.li/4a0cHlB

The ACLU has put Wash U on blast for their response to student protests calling for the university to divest from their Boeing partnership this weekend

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Columbia's web page discussing its regret for calling in police to arrest students in 1968 is displaying a warning about limited access due to NYPD on campus arresting students.

May Columbia never live this down.

The Campaign to End Qualified Immunity in New York seeks to make New York the third state, after Colorado and New Mexico, to hold government officials accountable for violating people’s civil rights. Here's how you can help: bit.ly/3JuXMoH

SWAT AND SRG HAVE INVADED COLUMBIA’S CAMPUS AND ARE ENTERING HIND’S HALL. THEY HAVE FORCED OUT ALL PRESS TO PREVENT RECORDINGS OF THEIR BRUTALITY.