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In a stunning announcement, former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan ends his bid for Michigan governor, citing a shifting political landscape.

Dr. Beth Garcia, a professor of education at West Texas A&M University, was announced as WT’s third Twanna M. Powell Fellow at Friday’s commencement. The award allows Garcia to develop an AI-incorporated coaching system with participating Canyon ISD teachers. Garcia said around 10 to 12 teachers will voluntarily participate, and the research begins in September. […] The post Don’t Miss: West Texas A&M University’s Beth Garcia awarded fellowship to research AI teacher coaching appeared first on Amarillo Tribune.

Amarillo Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s help in identifying two suspects involved in a theft from the Home Depot at 2410 S Georgia St. on May 6. If you have any information on this case or know who the suspects are, call Amarillo Crime Stoppers at 806-374-4400, or submit an anonymous tip at […] The post In Brief: May 21, 2026 appeared first on Amarillo Tribune.

Держсекретар США Марко Рубіо 21 травня зустрінеться із союзниками по НАТО під час дискусій про майбутню роль США в Європі

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د ملګرو ملتونو د کډوالو نړیواله اداره وايي، افغانستان لا هم د بشري او بې ځایه کېدو له ژور کړکېچ سره مخ دی، ځکه چې میلیونونه افغانان له ګاونډیو هېوادونو څخه په ورځ تر بلې سختو شرایطو کې خپل هېواد ته ستنېږي.

“Në mënyrë që drita të ndritë kaq shkëlqyeshëm, errësira duhet të jetë e pranishme”  –Frensis Bekoni

A new report from The New Lede found that a “nonpartisan” nonprofit pushing against California’s Proposition 12 is being led by a top pork industry lobbyist. The post WATCH: Inside the campaign to overturn state animal welfare laws appeared first on The New Lede.

Nearly a year after the International Court of Justice declared that states have legal obligations to combat climate change, the United Nations General Assembly has thrown its political weight behind the opinion – reinforcing a growing push to turn climate promises into legal accountability.

OPINION – In California, even limited efforts to revisit medical exemption policy face steep resistance. This year’s SB 1377 (Jones) made one thing unmistakably clear: advancing even modest reforms to the state’s medical exemption system is extraordinarily difficult.Continue reading the full article: Capitol WeeklyOriginal article: http://capitolweekly.net/sb-1377-revealed-the-reality-of-health-policy-in-california/

格雷罗（Guerrero，音译）曾开着一辆面包车从事送餐工作四年，每天工作12到14小时，到手的工资却还不到最低工资标准。当他终于鼓起勇气要求加薪时，老板却对他说，“用同样的工资，我可以雇两个移民。”出于担心遭到报复，格雷罗要求在报道中仅使用他的姓氏。 这句话促使格雷罗聘请律师，并向雇主发出了起诉意向通知。格雷罗表示，当他老板听说此事后，对方派人威胁他，要求他撤案。“他跟我说要打电话给移民局（ICE）举报我，”格雷罗说。 纽约移民记事网（Documented）采访了多名移民工人，他们在试图向纽约市的雇主追讨因严重受伤或所声称的工资被克扣而应得的赔偿时，但对方却以遣返相威胁。其中一些人在提出投诉后甚至被递解出境。 这些案例反映了一个不断增长的趋势：工人针对雇主提出基于移民身份歧视的投诉数量正在攀升，而这一趋势似乎在2025年特朗普开始第二任期后有所加剧。案例显示，特朗普政府对移民群体的打压，正在被一些雇主利用。他们通过遣返威胁来控制工人，从而逃避他们在经济和身体上剥削雇员而应承担的责任。 纽约州人权局（DHR）证实，基于公民身份或移民身份的就业歧视举报数量，从2023年的163起上升到2025年的371起，增长了一倍多。纽约州总检察长办公室也表示，收到越来越多员工投诉称，雇主以移民身份相威胁。 工人和倡导者指出，面对这种威胁的无证移民工人，不仅失去了应得的赔偿，还要承受随时可能被拘留和遣返的心理压力。 根据纽约州2021年通过的一项法律，以举报移民身份作为威胁或报复手段，可能构成A级轻罪，最高可判364天监禁和1000美元罚款。在纽约市五大区内，威胁向ICE举报他人还可能面临最高25万美元的罚款。 然而，曼哈顿地区检察官白艾荣（Alvin Bragg）表示，对被遣返的恐惧，可能成为工人举报工资盗窃的重要障碍。自2023年以来，他的劳工保护部门已提起12起诉讼，并通过定罪和和解追回了240万美元被拖欠的工资。但在过去一年中，通过工资盗窃热线收到的投诉有所下降。 白艾荣说：“我们最近看到打来的热线电话数量下降了。我认为人们可能不敢站出来。一直以来，大家都担心遭到雇主报复。我们不会询问移民身份，但现在人们对移民问题的担忧可能更强了。” 司法障碍 数十年来，对被遣返的恐惧一直是移民维护自身合法权益的障碍。 2008年，全国就业法项目（National Employment Law Project）对纽约、芝加哥和洛杉矶607名低收入受伤工人进行的一项研究发现，普遍存在工伤未被报告的情况。只有9%的受访者申请了工伤赔偿。而在向雇主报告受伤的工人中，有一半表示遭遇了某种形式的报复，包括被举报给移民执法机构。 这种恐惧可以追溯到更早之前。1986年，时任总统里根（Ronald Reagan，音译）签署了《移民改革与控制法案》，将雇佣无合法身份工人定为违法行为。 国家移民法律中心（National Immigration Law Center）劳工与就业政策高级法律顾问哈恩（Jessie Hahn，音译）表示，该法案实际上让雇主成为“准移民执法人员”，要求雇主必须核查员工是否有工作许可，否则将面临处罚。她说：“那些不规范或不道德的雇主，会利用工人没有工作许可这一点来进行胁迫。” 在特朗普第二任期开始后，这种环境变得更加复杂。在前总统拜登（Joe Biden，音译）执政期间，美国职业安全与健康管理局（OSHA）被赋予权力，可以向在协助刑事调查中举报安全或劳动权益受侵害的工人提供U签证或T签证。 但如今，根据美国公民及移民服务局（USCIS）的数据，U签证申请数量大幅下降。像洗衣工人中心（Laundry Workers Center）这样为低收入移民工人发声的组织表示，他们已建议成员不要申请这类签证，因为担心联邦机构会借此启动遣返程序。 在纽约，基于移民身份的歧视是违法的，但州法律并未明确禁止雇主以遣返威胁来报复申请工伤赔偿的员工。去年，纽约州参议员康布里（Leroy Comrie，音译）提出一项法案，拟将出于报复目的举报工人移民身份的行为定为犯罪。 康布里在接受纽约移民记事网采访时表示。“提出S.2558法案，是为了应对一个真实且持续存在的问题，工人仅仅因为试图获得法律赋予的工伤保障，就被威胁遣返。任何人都不应该在个人安全和生计之间做选择。” 他说：“现在尤为紧迫。在纽约各地，劳工倡导者和法律服务机构时常记录到移民工人因被恐吓而不敢发声的案例。”康布里表示，正是这些故事促使他推动该立法。 “他们太害怕而不敢采取任何行动。” 三位接受纽约移民记事网采访的人身伤害律师表示，自2025年1月特朗普上任以来，他们看到越来越多客户在提起诉讼后遭到遣返威胁。 纽约市人身伤害律师里亚卡丝（Nicholas Liakas，音译）说：“西班牙裔建筑工人一旦因工受伤，移民执法就被用来作为对付他们的工具。非工会承包商招募并剥削这些工人，当不安全的工作环境导致他们受伤后，就将他们抛弃、去人化。” 倡导者表示，在这种法律环境下叠加特朗普政府对移民的打压，使移民工人的处境更加艰难。尽管他们有权通过民事法庭索赔，但被遣返的风险真实存在。 人身伤害律师格拉耶（Christopher Gorayeb，音译）表示，他的一名客户在赢得简易判决后不久，就被ICE拘留。该客户曾因工作受伤导致多处脊椎损伤。他怀疑是雇主向ICE举报了他。 格拉耶说：“现在他被关押，极有可能被遣返。这对雇主来说是省下几百万美元的好办法。在工地上，也有人被威胁说如果他们请律师，就会被逮捕并遣返。” 格拉耶表示，对遣返的恐惧对一些考虑起诉的工人产生了寒蝉效应。他说：“人们害怕引起注意，甚至不敢聘请律师。他们太害怕而不敢采取任何行动。” 另一位律师维塞尔（Charles Wisell，音译）则表示，在去年6月的一起案件中，对方律师曾暗示ICE会出现在庭审现场。他说：“这是在威胁我，说ICE会在庭审中拘留或遣返我们的客户。他们这么做是为了吓阻客户出庭。” 尽管法律在理论上保护移民工人免受基于移民身份的报复，哈恩表示，许多工人仍然因为害怕而不敢举报雇主的报复行为。她说：“这种情况本来就很难统计。比如你不一定会看到报复投诉数量上升，因为正是人们对报复的恐惧，而不敢去投诉。” 对格雷罗来说，这段经历动摇了他对他人的信任。曾经关系亲密的老板，在他提出加薪后态度骤变。他已经辞去了那份工作。他说：“我们曾经像朋友，甚至像兄弟一样。现在彼此之间一点尊重都没有了。” 在被威胁举报给ICE后，出生于墨西哥、从小在美国长大的格雷罗表示，他如今生活在持续的恐惧中。他说：“他们随时都有可能突然来敲你的门。” The post 特朗普第二任期内纽约歧视移民投诉激增 appeared first on Documented.

(The Center Square) – Illinois House Republicans say Governor J.B. Pritzker’s housing proposals will give local control to state politicians, but the governor says decisions will still be made by local government units. The governor’s Building Up Illinois Developments plan consists of at least five bills aiming to address housing supply and affordability issues. State Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro, R-Hanover Park, said the plan would take zoning decisions away from local communities and move them to Springfield. “That means decisions about what gets built in our neighborhoods could be made by politicians who don’t live in or even know our area,” Sanalitro said during a press conference at the Illinois Capitol on Wednesday. Sanalitro said Addison, Elk Grove Village, Hanover Park and Schaumburg are suburbs in her district that formally opposed the governor’s BUILD plan. The Hanover Park Republican said the plan would not lower property taxes or reduce construction costs. Pritzker said in Chicago earlier this week that his proposal is a very light change. “The reality is that there is still all of the local control about the height restrictions, about how close the setback could be to this, to the street, all of those other things. The decisions about that get made by local plan commissions and local city councils,” the governor said. Pritzker said most of the BUILD plan would not cost taxpayers anything, but he said it did include $250 million to spur development and help people afford housing. State Rep. Jason Bunting, R-Emington, said Pritzker signed legislation in 2023 that took local control away from counties for the siting of wind and solar projects. “Increasingly, residents of rural areas are seeing a green energy agenda forced on them while the local leaders have their voices silenced,” Bunting said. Bunting said House Bill 1201 would return local control to energy projects. “Local governments deserve a say in the policies which directly impact their communities,” Bunting said. State Rep. Martin McLaughlin, R-Barrington Hills, said the state has shorted local communities about $1.3 billion in Local Government Distributive Fund revenue from state income taxes. “I understand we’ve got a rainy day fund which is about $2.5 to $3 billion. I don’t know how much rainier it needs to get in some of these communities like Harvey and others. Let’s restore that money to these communities,” McLaughlin said.

The fire erupted for unknown reasons at about 1 p.m. Tuesday off the 37000 block of Tusil Road, just north of Interstate 8 in Boulevard.

This week, synagogues and community centers around the country will abound with opportunities for a festive scoop of ice cream. To heck with the lactose intolerant among us; it’s Shavuot, a festival that for many is as synonymous with all things dairy as Passover is with all things matzot. In my childhood Ashkenazi home, Shavuot... The post Despite what (Ashkenazi) tradition says, not everyone eats dairy on Shavuot appeared first on The Forward.

The singer, songwriter and actress also performed the anthem before the 2015 and 2024 races. The post Grammy-nominated Jordin Sparks selected to sing the national anthem at the Indianapolis 500 appeared first on Mirror Indy.

Planet Detroit received three awards from the Society of Professional Journalists Detroit Chapter for its environmental and health reporting, including first place for a series on Michigan's food waste crisis.

The post ‘A leap of faith’: Santa Fe’s The Life Link set to move, expand services appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico. "It'll just allow us to do more of what we do," The Life Link CEO Michael DeBernardi said of the move to St. Michael's Drive. The post ‘A leap of faith’: Santa Fe’s The Life Link set to move, expand services appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico.

LABen arabera, Araba, Bizkai eta Gipuzkoako ikastoletako «hamar langiletik zortzik» bat egin dute gaurko ordubeteko lanuztearekin. 2023an izenpetutako akordioan jasotako neurri asko garatzeko daudela salatzeko egin dute.

21 мая – день солидарности с белорусскими политзаключенными. Пять лет назад в шкловской колонии погиб активист Витольд Ашурок. В память о нем и чтобы помочь таким же осужденным за критику властей, в Литве проводят третий Конгресс по политзаключенным

Dans le contexte d'épidémie d'Ebola, les États-Unis interdisent depuis le 18 mai l'entrée sur leur territoire à tout ressortissant étranger, sans passeport américain, ayant séjourné ces trois dernières semaines 21 jours en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), en Ouganda et au Soudan du Sud, quel que soit leur pays d'origine. Mercredi 20 mai, un avion à destination des États-Unis a été dérouté, le temps de débarquer au Canada un passager congolais.