Gov. Tate Reeves Proclaims April 2026 as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared April 2026 as Confederate Heritage Month with no mention of slavery, continuing a 33-year tradition.

Sorry, but I don't speak second place: Gov. Tate Reeves Proclaims April 2026 as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi www.mississippifreepress.org/gov-tate-ree...

Seriously, Bluesky? William Blake's illustration of Eve tempted by the serpent is "adult content?" What is wrong with you people?

Bookshelf - April 2026 How simultaneously glorious and terrifying it must be to stride the world beset by visions, as the British poet, painter and printmaker William Blake was during his lifetime.

On William Blake, a jihadist theoretician and the 1929 massacre of Jews in Hebron. 

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Les policiers consolident Séguin  - METROPOLE Les forces de l’ordre ont consolidé leur controle dans le grand quartier de Seguin ( Sud-est). Les autorités policières haïtiennes font état de violents affrontements hier, lundi 20 avril 2026, dans c...

Haiti police attempt to reestablish control of Séguin after gang clashes metropole.ht/les-policier...

Amenazan con cinco años de cárcel a una mujer por grabar un operativo policial en Cienfuegos Madeleiny Fuentes León, que nunca publicó el video, fue detenida por el Departamento Técnico de Investigaciones

Cuban woman threatened with five years in prison for recording police operation in Cienfuegos www.14ymedio.com/cuba/amenaza...

Des archivistes citoyens documentent les disparitions forcées au Burkina Faso Une plateforme participative permet de recenser anonymement les victimes d’arrestation ou de détention extrajudiciaires, afin d’accumuler des preuves et demander l’ouverture d’une enquête auprès de la...

Citizen archivists document enforced disappearances in Burkina Faso under dictator Ibrahim Traoré www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Les FARDC intensifient la traque contre la CRP de Thomas Lubanga à Djugu Les Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo (FARDC) ont intensifié, depuis le début de la semaine, leurs opérations militaires contre la milice Convention pour la Révolution Populaire (CR...

DR Congo army intensifies hunt for Thomas Lubanga's Convention pour la Révolution Populaire (CRP) rebels in Ituri's Djugu www.radiookapi.net/2026/04/22/a...

Révision constitutionnelle en RDC : l'opposition et la société civile dénoncent une « distraction » et une « rébellion » L’appel lancé lundi 20 avril par l’Union sacrée de la Nation (USN) pour recueillir des propositions en vue d'une réforme de la Constitution ne fait pas l'unanimité au sein de la classe politique congo...

DR Congo opposition & civil society call proposed constitutional reforms a "distraction" from country's urgent social and security crises www.radiookapi.net/2026/04/22/a...

Maykel Osorbo y Luis Manuel Otero, los presos políticos cubanos que más pesan en La Habana y Washington Los artistas, reconocidos internacionalmente, son parte de las negociaciones entre Cuba y Estados Unidos

Fate of Cuban political prisoners Maykel Osorbo and Luis Manuel Otero part of the negotiations between Cuba and the United States elpais.com/america/2026...

Peaceful Protesters Face Military Trial in DR Congo This week, a military court in the town of Bunia, in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, will hand down a verdict in the case against three members of the citizens’ movement Lutte pour ...

Peaceful Protesters Face Military Trial in DR Congo www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...

'How many beers have you had?' Flood evacuees claim racial profiling Flood evacuees from remote Northern Territory communities say they are being "treated like prisoners" by security guards working at their emergency accommodation centre.

This reflects very much the dynamic I saw with my own eyes in Australia when I briefly lived there now 18 years ago: "If you walk down to the store and come back, the first thing they ask you is 'How many beers have you had today?'" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Two Palestinians killed in Israeli settler raid on West Bank village, medics say The Violence in Al-Mughayyir Follows a Deadly Day Across the West Bank, With a Palestinian Teen Killed in a Separate Car Incident Near Hebron and Another Resident Dying of Wounds From a Prior Israeli ...

Two Palestinians Killed in Israeli Settler Raid on West Bank Village, Medics Say www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...

Florida’s Population Boom Fizzles as High Costs Drive Away Middle Class Orlando and other Florida cities are either losing domestic migrants or gaining them more slowly, threatening the state’s economic model.

I remember when Florida was a place where one, at very little cost, could drop out and/or reinvent oneself or just seek seaside peace and calm: Florida’s Population Boom Fizzles as High Costs Drive Away Middle Class www.wsj.com/economy/flor...

Burkina Faso: Crackdown on Civil Society Burkina Faso’s military government is intensifying its sweeping crackdown on civil society through restrictive legislation, administrative pressure, and punitive actions targeting domestic and interna...

"Burkina Faso’s military government is intensifying its sweeping crackdown on civil society through restrictive legislation, administrative pressure, and punitive actions targeting domestic and international organizations" www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...

Affrontements entre policiers et bandits à Seguin Des affrontements ont débuté à Seguin tôt dans la matinée du lundi 20 avril 2026, a rapporté Lionel Lazarre, ancien porte-parole de l’institution policière et originaire du Sud-Est, sur les ondes de M...

Gangs continue attempts to overrun southern Haiti's Seguin lenouvelliste.com/article/2664...

Affrontements entre gangs dans la plaine du Cul-de-Sac, la population civile prise en étau Jusqu’à 7h du soir ce lundi 20 avril 2026, la situation était toujours tendue au niveau de la plaine du Cul-de-Sac.

Civilians caught in crossfire as gangs clash in Haiti's Plaine du Cul-de-Sac lenouvelliste.com/article/2664...

U.N. report accuses Nicaragua’s Ortega regime of targeting exiles abroad, including in Florida A new United Nations report finds Nicaragua’s government is expanding transnational repression by harassing critics overseas, including in South Florida, where activists say they and their families ha...

U.N. report accuses Nicaragua’s Ortega regime of targeting exiles abroad, including in Florida www.cbsnews.com/miami/video/...

« J’étais tellement épuisée que j’ai commencé à me frapper. Eux riaient » : quatre Cubains demandeurs d’asile racontent leur calvaire aux frontières de l’Europe La Cour européenne des droits de l’homme doit se prononcer dans les prochaines semaines sur les refoulements subis par quatre Cubains à la frontière entre la Lituanie et la Biélorussie, dans un contex...

Four Cuban asylum seekers recount the violence they experienced at Europe’s borders www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Arévalo se anota su mayor triunfo político con el fin del mandato de la fiscal general en Guatemala Consuelo Porras, denunciada por perseguir a jueces y fiscales anticorrupción, no ha sido electa en la lista de candidatos para ocupar el cargo. Arévalo elegirá nuevo fiscal en mayo

The fact that Consuelo Porras, who is the crystallization of all that is wrong with Guatemala's corrupt political system, lost her bid for reelection as the country's Attorney General should bring joy to all those who care about democracy and transparency in the country elpais.com/america/2026...

The Jackson estate can't hide Leaving Neverland from those who've already seen it A suppressive legal battle turned the moving Sundance documentary Leaving Neverland into a ghost haunting the Michael Jackson biopic.

One cannot watch "Leaving Neverland" and come away with any conclusion other than that Michael Jackson was an organized, predatory pedophile. The fact that his "estate" has succeeded in suppressing it for so long in exchange for lie-filled hagiography is a disgrace. www.avclub.com/leaving-neve...

Leon Botstein Must Go The Bard College President's Extensive Relationship with the Sexual Predator Jeffrey Epstein - And More - Makes His Position Untenable

As he appears to be setting himself up to skate past his ongoing relationship with sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, I wanted to re-share this to remind everyone why Leon Botstein is unfit to continue serving as president of my alma mater, Bard College michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/leon-botst...

Reprise des combats M23-Wazalendo à Masisi après quelques jours d’accalmie De violents affrontements ont repris depuis dimanche 19 avril dans le territoire de Masisi, au Nord-Kivu, opposant les rebelles de l’AFC-M23 à une coalition de combattants Wazalendo, partaniares des F...

So much for the "peace plan": Reprise des combats M23-Wazalendo à Masisi après quelques jours d’accalmie www.radiookapi.net/2026/04/20/a...

Will see you in a few weeks, Guayaquil. I hope I can bring to the world some of the reality of what you are experiencing at this difficult moment.

With no end in sight to their deployment, National Guard troops roam Washington Eight months after President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation’s capital and called up the National Guard, more than 2,500 troops remain.

Ruling by emergency decree is a hallmark of authoritarian governments from Egypt to El Salvador and we shouldn't for a moment get used to it: With no end in sight to their deployment, National Guard troops roam Washington apnews.com/article/nati...

Democratic Republic of Congo: “There Is Definitely a Strong Sense of Fear” A Discussion with Journalist Emmet Livingstone and Clementine de Montjoye of Human Rights Watch.

Today on @notesfromtheworld.bsky.social, a discussion about the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo with journalist Emmet Livingstone and Clementine de Montjoye of Human Rights Watch. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/democratic...

Nicaragüenses en Costa Rica recuerdan con una misa a las víctimas de abril de 2018 El culto incluyó tanto bailes regionales como espacios para que los familiares de las víctimas tomasen la palabra

Nicaraguans in Costa Rica pay tribute to victims of April 2018 regime violence confidencial.digital/nacion/nicar...

Israel condemns soldier's desecration of crucifix in south Lebanon Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, foreign minister and military on Monday condemned the desecration of a crucifix smashed by an Israeli soldier ​in a southern Lebanese village home to Christ...

The IDF behave more like ISIS every day: Israel condemns soldier's desecration of crucifix in south Lebanon www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Nicaraguan Exiles Demand Justice on Eighth Anniversary of 2018 Protests : The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate Nicaraguan exiles in Costa Rica and the United States commemorated the eighth anniversary of the 2018 protests, demanding justice

Who wrote this garbled AFP report on Nicaragua? "Nicaraguans living in exile in Costa Rica & the United States gathered this weekend to demand justice for victims of the 2018 protests?" No, they demanded justice for the violence with which the regime responded to them. ticotimes.net/2026/04/19/n...

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México transita hacia una autocracia electoral bajo Morena, alertan académicos Académicos internacionales advierten que México vive un retroceso democrático sin precedentes, con instituciones debilitadas y un sistema político híbrido entre autocracia y democracia.

Mexico is moving towards "electoral autocracy" under ruling Morena party, academics warn www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/202...