New York City The author is a transgender veteran, retired from the Veterans Administration. Virginia psychologist Dr. Mary Brinkmeyer, who coordinated care for transgender, non-binary and other LGBTQIA2S+ plus veterans at the Hampton Veterans Administration hospital in Hampton, Virginia, resigned in protest on Feb. 12, calling the agency’s recent directives on transgender veterans’ health care…

Home » U.S. and Canada » Sit-ins target Starbucks Starbucks Workers United is keeping the pressure on the company to agree to a decent contract. Workers in Seattle, Chicago and Pittsburgh held sit-ins on March 11, shutting the stores down. Seattle Starbucks workers (above) and supporters blocked the street in front of the store. –…

The following statement was issued March 5, 2025, by the Cleveland-based Cuyahoga County Jail Coalition. It is with deep frustration and sadness that we are informing you that yet another community member has died in our County Jail. At around 4:00 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25, Jennifer Wade, 41, was found unresponsive in her cell…

• The current crisis and threat to peace and security in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a direct result of the verdict announced by a Bosniak judge (former officer in the wartime Bosniak army) convicting the democratically elected President of the Republic of Srpska, Milorad Dodik and as such represents a direct breach of the Dayton…