Category Archives: Social
‘She knows where she comes from’: Mary Simon seen as humble, professional leader
Growing up in northern Quebec, Mary Simon was taught by her grandmother to respect elders and to always be kind. Raised in a family of eight children — four brothers and four sisters — Simon experienced harsh living conditions, her brother,
Eric Adams wins Democratic primary in NYC’s mayoral race
NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City after appealing to the political center and promising to strike the right balance between fighting crime and ending racial injustice
Defendants involved in Massachusetts standoff in court
MEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Some of the 11 people charged in connection with an armed standoff along a Massachusetts highway last weekend, including the purported leader of the group, refused to cooperate with court authorities during their arraignments Tues...
Kahnawake’s first female, LGBTQ grand chief wants to focus on healing, unity
MONTREAL — The Kahnawake Mohawk community south of Montreal has a long tradition of female leadership but has never had a female grand chief — until now. Over the weekend, Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer, 41, became the first woman and first person who
Rittenhouse attorney wants to show victim was sex offender
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse's attorney wants a judge to allow him to argue that one of the men his client fatally shot during a Wisconsin protest was a sex offender, saying it supports a defense theory that he
Mexico rights organizer killed, 3rd activist to die in month
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An Indigenous rights activist has been killed by a gunman on a motorcycle in southern Mexico, the third organizer to be killed in Mexico in the space of about one month.
Union will defend teachers in ‘critical race theory’ fights
One of the nation’s largest teachers unions on Tuesday vowed to defend members who are punished for teaching an “honest history” of the United States, a measure that’s intended to counter the wave of states seeking to limit classroom discussion
Tucson to ignore Arizona’s ‘Second Amendment sanctuary’ law
TUCSON, Ariz, (AP) — Officials in the city of Tucson plan to ignore Arizona's new “Second Amendment sanctuary” law that bars state and local governments from enforcing certain federal gun regulations, possibly setting up a court fight as a growing
EXPLAINER: Who runs the Vatican while pope is hospitalized?
ROME (AP) — The Vatican has detailed laws, rituals and roles to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns. But none of them apply when he is sick or even unconscious, and there are no specific
UK seeks new powers to curb cross-Channel migrant arrivals
LONDON (AP) — The British government plans to give itself powers to turn asylum-seekers back at sea or send them abroad while their applications for protection are processed, a move intended to deter migrants from making perilous journeys across the
