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U.S. to destroy birth control meant for women overseas : Goats and Soda

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The U.S. is destroying $9.7 million in contraceptives. Is there another option?
This planned destruction of birth control devices is part of the dismantling of USAID services — and is linked to allegations by the government that cite abortion. Critics are speaking out.
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September 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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British ambassador to US is fired over Jeffrey Epstein revelations — Guardian US
The Foreign Office says the extent of Peter Mandelson's friendship with the sex offender was not disclosed when he was appointed
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September 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”
Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.
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August 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The World's Richest Woman Has Opened a Medical School — TIME
The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine is trying a new approach to medical education.
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July 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Is Public Health Dead?
This is one of the questions we tease out answers to in the Democratic Institutions Seminar I teach.
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July 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Hundreds rally in Boulder on May Day over federal science and labor cuts
On International Workers Day, demonstrators decry layoffs and threats to science under the Trump administration.
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May 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Elite Universities Form Private Collective to Resist Trump Administration — The Wall Street Journal
Separate from public dissent, group of school leaders strategize behind scenes about how to respond and push back against White House
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April 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Gov. Polis signs duo of Colorado reproductive rights bills into law • Colorado Newsline
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a pair of bills into law on Thursday that safeguard access to abortion and gender-affirming care.
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April 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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U.S. citizen wrongly detained by Border Patrol says government account is false
Jose Hermosillo was held in a detention facility for undocumented immigrants for 10 days. In his first media interview, he tells his story.
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April 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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The New York Times used data from Meta (Facebook) to analyze world migration—both immigration and emigration. Then they created these really interesting graphics to accompany the data.

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Opinion | To Understand Global Migration, You Have to See It First (Gift Article)
These estimates, drawn from the location data of three billion Facebook users, provide a view of human migration in extraordinary detail.
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April 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Know beforeyou go, be sure your ID is accepted to vote:
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April 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Trump administration contends it has no duty to return illegally deported man to US — POLITICO
The administration’s position suggests officials do not view the Supreme Court’s order as compelling them to seek Abrego Garcia’s return.
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April 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Cliff Schecter on Substack
This Is What I’m Talkin’ About
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April 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Boulder County NAACP says its disbanding - Boulder Weekly
County NAACP branch votes to disband, but the national organization claims it doesn't have the authority - Boulder Weekly
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April 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Trump Administration Reviews Billions in Federal Funds at Harvard — The Wall Street Journal
The effort follows a crackdown at Columbia
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March 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Wild Mushrooms!

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An amyotrophic lateral sclerosis hot spot in the French Alps associated with genotoxic fungi
Between 1990 and 2018, 14 cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) were diagnosed in residents of, and in visitors with second homes to, a mountainous hamlet in the French Alps. Systematic investi...
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March 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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State of emergency declared in Myanmar after huge earthquake - BBC News
The quake hit central Myanmar with strong tremors felt as far as south-west China and Thailand.
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March 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Sundance Institute Announces Boulder, Colorado, as the New Home for the Sundance Film Festival Beginning in 2027 - sundance.org
Boulder's Vibrant Community of Artists, Enthusiastic Audiences, and Breathtaking Rocky Mountains Will Provide the Setting for the Future of Independent Film Thursday, March 27, 2025 — After a thoughtf...
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March 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Postcards posted!
March 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Republicans silent after Trump reportedly slashes funds for Alzheimer’s center — MSNBC
If you’re looking for a poster child for something this administration is doing that has no apparent support from anyone, I think you’ve got your winner.
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February 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Attended Town Hall meeting and feeling hopeful that while it may feel slow/deflating/ineffective to rely on the courts, we must trust the system. We must persuade those who voted differently from us. Many Republicans didn’t sign up for this. We only need two to stand up. It’s how Democracy works.
February 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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February 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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A fired national park ranger lost his dream job. He says the public is losing more — NPR
Brian Gibbs was an environmental educator at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa. His job was among those nixed by the Trump administration as it pushes to shrink federal spending.
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February 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Kennedy Center staff describe climate of fear as events drop from calendar
Issa Rae became the first major artist to publicly cancel an upcoming show at the center after President Donald Trump took over its board and leadership.
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February 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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This is the list [part 2 of 2] of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:

Racial Identity
Sexuality
Stereotypes
Pronouns
Transgender
Equality
February 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM