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Chicago Sun-Times 

To have a child or not? Motherhood, IVF, abortion and fertility took center stage at DNC.

Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood, recalled a story about a woman in Georgia who was pregnant and didn’t want to be. But Georgia has a six-week abortion ban. The woman drove to South Carolina, only to arrive the day after their six-week ban. She flew to California to get an abortion. Each trip caused her to miss work.

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Chicago Sun-Times 

Chicago comes out a winner after hosting DNC

Sometimes it's good not to be the story.

Now that this past week's jubilant 2024 Democratic National Convention has ended, it's a sign of success that the convention — not Chicago itself, as in 1968 — was the story that dominated the news.

And an amazing story it was.

The Democrats' chosen presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, made history the moment she formally accepted the nomination. Harris, the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, became the first Black woman and... Читать дальше...

TheAtlantic.com 

What the Freshman Class Needs to Read

It is no small part of a liberal education to show students the broad range of meaningful lives they might aspire to lead.

Eurasia Review 

Nicaragua: Dictatorship Eliminates Tax Exemptions For Catholic And Evangelical Churches

By Walter Sánchez Silva

One day after canceling the legal status of1,500 NGOsin Nicaragua, the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, eliminated the income tax exemption for churches.

Lawyer and researcher Martha Patricia Molina considers the measure a “fiscal blow” that will end up “financially suffocating the (Catholic) Church so that it falls under its own weight.”

The official government newspaperLa Gacetapublished Law 1212 on Aug. Читать дальше...

Malawi Voice.com 

Ensuring Fairness in the National Registration Bureau: A Call for Multi-Party Representation

The importance of a fair and transparent National Registration Bureau (NRB) cannot be overstated, especially as we approach the critical 2025 elections. Currently, the NRB is under the control of appointees loyal to President Chakwera and the Malawi Congress Party (MCP). This one-sided leadership raises serious concerns about the impartiality of the institution, particularly when […]

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