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Sponsor Refugees Now Before Trumps Ends Key Programs to Help

Sponsor Refugees Now Before Trumps Ends Key Programs to Help

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Over 100 million people around the world have been displaced by war, persecution, and natural disasters. The Welcome Corps, a U.S. Department of State program started during the Biden Administration, helps these refugees start a new safer life in the United States by sponsoring their resettlement. The program supports “newly arrived refugees by securing and preparing initial housing, greeting them at the airport, enrolling children in school, helping adults find employment and meet other needs to ensure they are prepared for life in the United States.” Trump has threatened to end various legal programs for refugees, asylum seekers, and even international students to come to the U.S., so our prompt action can help people while Welcome Corps is still operating. Several individual freethinkers—humanists, atheists, secularists—have contacted me and my assistant through the Humanist Chaplaincy at American University. We have been able to help one Pakistani humanist resettle in Canada and are now helping an Iraqi humanist and his family. Still in need of urgent help are an Afghan college student hiding in Pakistan and a …

Palace releases new portrait of King and Queen as their Samoa trip ends

Palace releases new portrait of King and Queen as their Samoa trip ends

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King Charles heckled by Australian senator: ‘Give us our land back’ Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Buckingham Palace has released a new portrait of the King and Queen as their Samoa trip draws to a close. King Charles III said: “As our visits to Australia and Samoa come to a close, my wife and I would like to thank both nations for the warmest of welcomes and for the countless fond memories we will carry in our hearts for many years to come. “Even when we are far apart in distance, the many close connections that unite us across the globe and through our Commonwealth family have been renewed, and will remain as profound as they are enduring.” It came after he acknowledged the “most painful aspects” of the Commonwealth’s past as he bid goodbye to Samoa after indirectly acknowledging growing calls for slavery reparations in Samoa. Charles and Queen Camilla ended their four-day state visit to Samoa …

Where Freedom Ends | Laurence H. Tribe

Where Freedom Ends | Laurence H. Tribe

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In Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, there is a pub named Grendel’s Den, after the monster in the Old English epic poem Beowulf. It prominently displays a comedic circular crest claiming that it was established in 1271. Long known for its microbrewed beer and convivial atmosphere, the modest bar and grill in fact opened seven hundred years later, in 1971. The story the forthcoming 2024 election brings vividly to mind began at that pub just a few years later, in 1976, when I was teaching a class about the separation of church and state in American law. I was talking about the connection between religion and the federal ban on mailing so-called obscene matter—including, as Congress viewed things a century earlier in 1873 when it passed the Comstock Act, not just printed materials but contraceptives and pregnancy-ending drugs or devices that some religious groups considered sinful.1 Named after the misogynist crusader Anthony Comstock, it outlawed, among other things, mail-order condoms, which were being delivered to men along with risqué photos that its sponsors saw as …

Here Are The Best Apple Deals You Can Still Get Before Amazon Prime Day Ends

Here Are The Best Apple Deals You Can Still Get Before Amazon Prime Day Ends

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Amazon Prime Day is coming to a close later today, so we’re quickly recapping all of the best Apple and Apple-related deals that are still live on Amazon right now. Since many of these products have been on sale for a few days, shipping may be delayed, but they’re all at some of the lowest prices we’ve ever seen. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. You will need an active Amazon Prime subscription to see these deals. You can get one month of Amazon Prime for free when signing up this week, and afterwards the service will renew at $14.99 per month or $139 per year. AirPods The best AirPods-related discounts this Prime Day are on the AirPods Pro 2 ($80 off) and both AirPods Max models (up to $155 off), and all of these are still available right now. Apple Watch Top Apple Watch deals during Prime Day include the …

Blake Lively was ‘surprised’ by backlash to It Ends With Us

Blake Lively was ‘surprised’ by backlash to It Ends With Us

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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Blake Lively was blindsided by the backlash to her latest film It Ends With Us, according to a report. In the last month, the 37-year-old has become embroiled in controversy as fans criticised Lively for her “tone-deaf” approach while promoting the movie, which focuses domestic violence and abuse. The film, directed by Justin Baldoni who also stars, is an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s 2016 bestselling novel of the same name. Amid the ongoing drama, one journalist shared her “nightmare” interview with the Gossip Girl star recorded in 2016, stating that the interaction – deemed “incredibly rude” by fans – made her “want to quit” her job. Lively is yet to directly address the criticism surrounding It Ends With Us, but is said to be “upset” and “surprised” by the negative reaction. The actor was “pretty surprised at the backlash and drama”, a …

Passenger of nine-month cruise says it’s ‘bizarre’ to return to land as trip ends

Passenger of nine-month cruise says it’s ‘bizarre’ to return to land as trip ends

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Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more A passenger of the infamous nine-month cruise said it’ll be “bizarre” to return to land after the trip ends. In a TikTok video, Dr Jenny (@drjennytravels) has been chronicling her entire journey aboard a nine-month cruise around the world, gaining a loyal following in the process. With less than a week left of her trip, the doctor has been reflecting on her experience, noting how “bizarre” it will be to step on land after being at sea for so long. “Look at this,” she said in the video, pointing to a sign on a cabin door. “Seven days left. This is in my hall for the World Cruise and as you can see — look at all the luggage out here.” She then panned …

The Paula’s Choice Skincare Sale Ends Tonight: Save Up to 25% on Exfoliant, Moisturizer and More

The Paula’s Choice Skincare Sale Ends Tonight: Save Up to 25% on Exfoliant, Moisturizer and More

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You can never have enough skincare products in your life, but quality skincare does come at a price. Luckily, there’s a massive sale on cult-favorite products from Paula’s Choice happening until tonight. Loved by dermatologists and celebrities alike, Paula’s Choice is having a “Fall for Results” event with end-of-summer savings on all of the brand’s bestsellers. For one last day today, Paula’s Choice is offering 20% off sitewide, including the best-selling C15 Super Booster and the TikTok-viral Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant. Shoppers can also get 25% off purchases of $95 or more for even bigger savings and use the code GIFTS to get up to three full-size gifts. Shop the Paula’s Choice Sale Given the beauty brand formulates a broad range of serums, treatments, moisturizers and eye creams with high concentrations of clinically proven ingredients like retinol, vitamin C and ceramides, it’s rare that a deal this good comes along. No matter what you’re hoping to address, you can give your skin exactly what it needs to look smooth, firm and even-toned all season long. Paula’s Choice is rooted in refreshingly transparent ethos …

Woman Disgusted When She Uses Tracker to See Where Her Plastic Recycling Really Ends Up

Woman Disgusted When She Uses Tracker to See Where Her Plastic Recycling Really Ends Up

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“We want to know what was happening with this stuff.” Handy Device An environmentalist put a GPS tracker in with her recycling to see where it ended up — and the results were not confidence-inspiring. As Inside Climate News reports in an investigative collaboration with CBS, Houston activist and avid recycler Brandy Deason tossed an Apple Tag in with her bagged plastic waste to take to one of the city’s new recycling drop-off sites to see what really happens to recyclables. Deason dropped her secretly-tagged plastic bag off with the Houston Recycling Collaboration, a public-private partnership that launched with the help of Exxon nearly two years ago to address the city’s low recycling rates. Though the program was partially billed as being capable of melting any plastic down for reuse chemically, ICN and CBS found with the help of Deason that no such process has occurred in the 20 months since the project first began. In fact, the sorting plant that’s supposed to enact the so-called “advanced recycling” process still hasn’t opened — and won’t do so until …

Be frugal, have fun, stay focused: how to make ends meet as a student | The Guardian clearing hub

Be frugal, have fun, stay focused: how to make ends meet as a student | The Guardian clearing hub

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Being in your third year and having three part-time jobs may sound like a lot to juggle, but fine art student, Hassa Embalo, 21, couldn’t sound more upbeat if she tried. “I love what I do, and they’re literally all my favourite,” she laughs. Her main role is working as a wellbeing assistant at Liverpool Hope University. She gets free accommodation on campus and a salary of £600 a month. “The job is open to all third year students and postgraduates and involves looking after students at the university. So, for example, if anything goes wrong, say with our accommodation or with any mental health issues, my role is to guide them to the right people and get the help that they need.” Alongside this, she works as a student ambassador for four hours a week, and makes two social media videos each month as a content creator for the university. Embalo is not alone in working to fund her studies. Affordability is a huge issue for university students as the UK’s cost of living …