| Pop Culture & Art | (2024-07-14). Kanye West and Consequence team up for bold new track 'No Apologies'. tribune.com.pk Kanye West has re-emerged in the music scene with a new track alongside frequent collaborator Consequence titled "No Apologies." Released on Friday (July 12), the song marks West's latest appearance, though he doesn't rap but instead speaks on the intro and harmonizes with Consequence on the chorus. Consequence takes the lead with two verses. | The song includes lines like, "I go Rich Paul in the room with Adele/ And this bitch call him in the pool with Michelle/ And her top's off like she cool with Janelle/ And if it pop off, I'm kicked out the hotel," showcasing Consequence's signature style. | "No Apologies…

Lyn Neeley (2024-07-13). Portland police force Muslim woman to remove her hijab. workers.org Male cops escort Serine Abuelhawa to jail where she was forced to remove her Hijab, Portland, Oregon, June 8, 2024. Portland, Oregon Serine Abuelhawa, a leading Palestinian activist, was arrested at Portland's Grand Floral Parade on June 8 for protesting the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza. Abuelhawa said she was . . . |

tn.ai (2024-07-12). Int'l Organizations Demand Unrestricted Media Access to Gaza Amid Ongoing Genocidal War. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Over 70 international media and civil society organizations have called on Israeli regime for unrestricted media access to Gaza, which has been under a near-total media blackout amid the ongoing genocidal war.

Peter Crimmins (2024-07-12). A 2020 Black Lives Matter protest is revived as a neighborhood celebration in Mantua. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Iquail Shaeed, founder of the modern dance company Dance Iquail!, pulled together a protest rally and performance showcase in June 2020. | Part of the widespread social unrest that summer following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the "Art Thrives from Black Lives" rally was a march from the Community Education Center (CEC) on Lancaster Avenue to Miles Mack playground, followed by a program of mostly drill and drumline teams from the neighborhood and the Dance Iquai…

Staff (2024-07-11). How Trump's Proposed Radical Expansion of Executive Power Will Impact Our Freedoms. aclu.org Donald Trump's four years in office were marked by gross abuses of executive power, including efforts to trample protest and dissent — key freedoms at the heart of our participatory democracy. | He deployed federal agents and surveillance to silence Black Lives Matter protesters or anyone he deemed to oppose his policies, threatened to use his power as president to punish his political enemies, and attacked journalists who criticized him. If elected to a second term, we expect the Trump administration to double down on attempts to further limit our First Amendment rights and use the power of the federal…