The United States has imposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, in a move that has sparked outrage among human rights advocates and international legal experts. Announced on July 9, the sanctions target Albanese over what the U.S. called[Read More…]

An internal review by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) raised serious doubts about a major Gaza aid effort just days before the State Department approved a $30 million grant to the group. The assessment, spanning 14 pages, pointed to significant problems with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s (GHF)[Read More…]

A new report has sparked controversy by claiming that former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and State Department officials are quietly turning their skills for overthrowing foreign dictators against President Donald Trump’s administration. According to an investigation by NOTUS, some former officials who worked on democracy promotion abroad[Read More…]

A recent federal operation at a popular Mexican restaurant in Oconee County, South Carolina, has sparked outrage and urgent calls for answers from immigrant rights advocates and community members. On June 18, agents with the Department of Homeland Security carried out a search warrant at the Puerto Nuevo restaurant. Officials[Read More…]

As the United States grapples with a falling birth rate, new research shows that most Americans don’t see having more babies as the answer. Instead, they want the government to make it easier to raise the children that families already have. A recent poll from The Associated Press–NORC Center for[Read More…]

In the small village of Sarworlor in central Liberia, Roseline Phay’s days have grown more difficult than ever. A mother of two and a farmer, she once relied on her local clinic for basic care and contraceptives. But when she walked miles along dusty roads to get birth control, she[Read More…]

A coalition of America’s most respected medical and public health organizations has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., challenging a controversial decision to stop recommending COVID-19 vaccinations for most children and pregnant women. The lawsuit[Read More…]

The United States has restored $6.8 million in funding to support Tibetan communities living in South Asia, reversing a cut that had left many programs struggling to survive. The U.S. State Department confirmed the decision to Reuters, bringing relief to Tibetan leaders who had described the earlier cuts as a[Read More…]

Planned Parenthood has launched a major legal battle against the Trump administration, filing a lawsuit Monday to challenge a new law that threatens to cut off Medicaid funding for its health centers nationwide. The complaint, filed in federal court in Boston, argues that the provision tucked into President Donald Trump’s[Read More…]

A Missouri judge has once again paused many of the state’s strict abortion restrictions, marking another dramatic turn in a years-long legal battle over reproductive rights. On Thursday, Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang issued a new preliminary injunction, finding that these laws likely violate the state constitutional right to[Read More…]