‘Everything is going up’: Americans struggle with affordability despite Trump’s claims US workers are finding it difficult to afford basic necessities as the president claims ‘the economy is roaring back’

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Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them Utilities are convincing lawmakers around the U.S. to delay bills that would allow people to buy solar panels, plug them into an outlet and begin generating electricity.

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In ‘Scarlet Girls,’ a Debut Feature Director Tackles the Fact That Abortion Is Still “Completely Criminalized” in the Dominican Republic Paula Cury discusses taking “the hard route” for her first feature film, premiering at Copenhagen doc fest CPH:DOX, finding “very brave” women to speak up, and the global backlash against women’s righ...

Five women reflect on their experiences with forced motherhood and clandestine abortions in the Dominican Republic in Paula Cury’s debut feature, Scarlet Girls. The Dominican Republic is still one of the few countries where abortion is criminalized without exception.

Blue states sue Trump administration over new race-based reporting requirements for colleges Seventeen Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over new race-based reporting requirements for universities targeting admissions, financial aid and student…

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“Killers of Roe”: Amy Littlefield Investigates the “Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights” in U.S. Killers of Roe is a new book by the reproductive rights journalist Amy Littlefield on what she describes as the death of abortion rights in the United States. The book is framed as a murder mystery, e...

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If Sony thinks "dynamic" pricing won't prompt me to shun new-gen consoles and go back to the PS1, it should think again I'd already rather play retro PlayStation consoles, so don't give me an excuse.

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Three abortion rights defenders share their stories of hope Activists from Burkina Faso, Poland and the US share their strategies to protect access to abortion and their hopes for the future.

Three courageous human rights defenders from Burkina Faso, Poland, and the United States share their strategies to protect access to abortion, their hopes for the future, and the reasons why they believe that, despite the many increasing challenges, humanity must always win.

Valve facing second, class-action lawsuit over loot boxes The consumer lawsuit comes just over a week after a similar suit filed by the state of New York.

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Scientists Have Just Uncovered That Plants Scream in Pain, Find Out What They Really ‘Say’ When They’re Hurt Could plants be in pain? Scientists have uncovered something unexpected about how plants may communicate with us.

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The Supreme Court orders Ayuso to open the registry of abortion objectors Justice backs the Ministry of Health's appeal and warns of the Madrid government's "passivity" in complying with the law

In Spain, the Madrid government is unwilling to provide a list of objectors - doctors who deny care based on their personal beliefs - so the federal gov't filed a lawsuit and the Supreme Court has ordered the registry. Shockingly, these lists are not made available to patients, who need it the most.

New Research Details 'Human and Economic Toll' of US Abortion Bans | Common Dreams A Monday report from the Center for Reproductive Rights features various profiles demonstrating "the human and economic toll" of US abortion bans.

"The Price of Safety: Stories of Abortions Denied, Careers Disrupted, and States Left Behind" details the human and economic toll of abortion bans. The anthology uses stories from patients, doctors, business leaders, and others to show the real-world consequences of abortion bans.

Rep. Summer Lee: The Fight for Environmental Justice Is Far From Over The Trump administration’s destructive environmental policies will cost us all. But we must not give up.

The Trump administration has rolled back federal environmental regulations to make it easier for the corporate polluters who bankrolled his reelection campaign to profit off our families, our public health, and our planet. (1/2)

How the blues brought musical journeyman Raphael Saadiq to the Oscars The singer-songwriter and producer has had one of the more distinguished and multifaceted careers in modern music. He talks about following an unconventional path from Tony! Toni! Toné! to Sinners.

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Making sense of the widening gender mental health gap: what teenage girls told us Girls said that visual platforms, such as Instagram and TikTok, particularly reiterate gendered expectations for girls on how they should present themselves.

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Playstation court case told Sony charged users unfair fees The console maker is accused of charging fans "excessive" fees to obtain software from its official store.

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In the Northwest, Polyamory Finds Something New: Legal Protection From big cities like Seattle and Portland, Ore., to small ones like Astoria, Ore., proponents of “nontraditional” romantic relationships are making headway in getting legal recognition.

A growing number of cities in the northwestern US are considering legislation that offers legal protections for persons in polyamorous relationships. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/pacific-northwest-polyamory-legal-protection.html?unlocked_article_code=1.R1A.F4MA.d10DpGAYL84K&smid=url-share

Analysis suggests US was responsible for deadly strike on Iranian elementary school | CNN The United States military was likely responsible for the strike on an elementary school in southern Iran that killed scores of children, the deadliest incident of civilian casualties in the US and Is...

Our tax dollars paid to blow up an elementary school in Iran, and Trump lied about it.

These are the real costs of war. The American people don't want another endless war and they don't want our military killing children.

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Nigerian Gen Zers can't afford the traditional table culture of clubs—and now rave culture is thriving | Fortune "What this says is that people don’t have the purchasing power to sustain a club lifestyle," says Oluwamayowa Idowu, founder of Culture Custodian.

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Freedom Over Fascism: Women Rise on International Women’s Day Human rights in the USA and immigrant rights are one fight. Stop the war, free the files, and end blank checks to ICE.

Freedom Over Fascism: Women Rise on International Women’s Day
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Five Iranian women’s soccer players safe with police after fleeing team as supporters plead for action in Australia | CNN Amid fears over their safety, five members of the Iranian women’s soccer squad have left the team’s hotel in Australia and are currently safe with police, a source told CNN.

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The week in pictures: War in the Middle East, Milan Cortina Paralympic Games and Holi celebrations From Israeli strikes on Lebanon and tributes to Iranian victims of the new war in the Middle East to celebrations of Purim in Israel, Holi in India, and the Paralympic Games' kickoff in Milan-Cortina,...

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Trump administration says it can't comply with order to start tariff refunds A trade court this week had ordered the government to begin reimbursing importers who paid for tariffs.

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Psychology says people who instinctively soften their language in emails and texts are not being polite. They are running a real-time calculation about how much honesty the relationship can survive. -... The instinct to hedge, soften, and pre-apologize in emails isn't simple politeness. It's a real-time psychological assessment of how much honesty a relationship can absorb before something breaks.

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ICE is using data from AI-based school surveillance to aid & abet mass deportation efforts.

If Microsoft is going to continue working with ICE, teachers are rightfully concerned about using Microsoft's AI tools in the classroom while students are deported. But Microsoft refuses to answer to them.

AI Use at Work Is Causing "Brain Fry," Researchers Find, Especially Among High Performers The increased speed and multitasking that AI allows at work is leading to many workers experiencing "brain fry," a new study found.

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Virginia passes legislation prohibiting schools from teaching falsehoods about Jan. 6 riot The bill passed by the Virginia legislature prohibits schools from teaching what it considers to be falsehoods about the U.S. Capitol riot, including portraying it "as peaceful protest."

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