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The StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice (SCLJ) and two Jewish students filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), alleging that the university has violated the students’ rights under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by fostering an environment of antisemitism. The lawsuit, filed in the Massachusetts District Court, [...]

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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia filed two lawsuits Thursday against the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) on behalf of two transgender students challenging the department’s 2023 model policies. Virginia law authorizes VDOE to issue model policies regarding the treatment of transgender students, and the policies are required to reflect “evidence-based best practices” for [...]

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The Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City confirmed the death of transgender woman activist and politician Samantha Gómez Fonseca on Monday from gunshot wounds. According to Yaaj, an LGBTQ+ human rights organization in Mexico, Samantha’s killing was part of recent violence against trans women in the country. Transgender activist Miriam Nohemí Ríos also died in a [...]

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Several UK LGBTQIA+ and military organizations published a letter Monday to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak demanding the government address its commitment to discuss reparations owed to LGBTQIA+ veterans, days after the UK government announced that the planned debate in the House of Commons regarding the issue will no longer be going ahead. Previous Defence Minister, [...]

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The House Committee on Education and the Workforce opened a formal investigation on Thursday into three of the US’s top universities’ and their responses to increasing antisemitism on campuses. The presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology previously appeared before a congressional committee for a hearing on December [...]

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Former US President Donald Trump took the witness stand on Monday in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil fraud trial against the Trumps. Trump refuted the state’s claims that his business manipulated property valuations and financial statements for financial gain. During Trump’s testimony, the judge overseeing the case repeatedly admonished Trump—who is the current [...]

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Last month, the self-declared independent republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) lowered its flag, opting to dissolve all state institutions following a months-long blockade by Azerbaijani forces that brought about an acute humanitarian crisis among its predominantly ethnic Armenian population. The republic’s demise was the culmination of decades of tension and periods of conflict between Azerbaijan [...]

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