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(AP) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo argued Thursday for a more limited U.S. view of global human rights advocacy based on the principals laid out by America’s Founding Fathers, a suggestion critics assumed meant stepping away from more modern concepts such as support for women and the LGBQT communities around the world. Pompeo, speaking in Philadelphia, singled out property … [Read more...] about Pompeo Says Us Should Limit Which Human Rights It Defends

(Fox News) A legally armed man shot and killed a gunman in Brownsburg, Ind., this week after a fatal unprovoked shooting, saving a second victim's life in the process. The 22-year-old suspect, Joshua Christopher Hayes, allegedly attacked two men as they were working in the Brownsburg Cemetery Tuesday afternoon, Indianapolis-based WISH-TV reported. Without … [Read more...] about Legally Armed Driver Shoots, Kills Gunman to Stop Fatal Shooting Spree in Indiana

(CNN) John Robert Lewis, the son of sharecroppers who survived a brutal beating by police during a landmark 1965 march in Selma, Alabama, to become a towering figure of the civil rights movement and a longtime US congressman, has died after a six-month battle with cancer. He was 80. "It is with inconsolable grief and enduring sadness that we announce the passing of U.S. Rep. … [Read more...] about Civil Rights Legend Rep. John Lewis Dead at 80

(Yahoo) Not that you need an excuse to eat ice cream in the dead of summer, but just in case you're looking for one, you'll be happy to know National Ice Cream Day falls on July 19 this year. President Reagan made National Ice Cream Day fall on every third Sunday of July, and it's been celebrated ever since 1984. Despite the fact that the world looks a little different this … [Read more...] about (GOOD NEWS) National Ice Cream Day 2020 Is Here And There Are Free Desserts Up For Grabs

(Relevant) Emily Benfer is the chair of the American Bar Association’s Task Force Committee on Eviction and the co-creator of the COVID-19 Housing Policy Scorecard with the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. She’s a leading expert on evictions in the U.S., and she’s sounding the alarm. In an interview with CNBC, Benfer said the nation needs to brace for an explosion in the … [Read more...] about Pandemic Evictions in the U.S. Could Lead to a Homeless Population Explosion of 28 Million