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Newsom Lays Homeless Blame on Local Governments by Call for Ordinance Banning Encampments

LOS ANGELES (May 12, 2025) Housing advocates from AHF’s Housing Is A Human Right (HHR) division and National Coalition for the Homeless  blasted California Governor Gavin Newsom for his call earlier today on cities and towns across the state to ban homeless encampments —criminalizing many of their unhoused occupants in the process.

After two terms in office and despite allocating $24 billion in state funding to address the homeless crisis, Governor Newsom has little to nothing to show that he has meaningfully addressed homelessness in California. Worse, state officials under his watch cannot even account for how the $24 billion may have been spent. 

Protesters from across the country to converge in Dayton on May 25 to counter NATO Summit, demand peace and justice

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12pm noon - May 25, 2025
Deeds Point Metropark, 510 Weber St

On May 25, people from across the country will gather in Dayton to protest NATO’s assembly and hold a counter-summit -- the People's Assembly for Peace and Justice. For over 75 years, NATO has been a dealer of destruction in places like Afghanistan and Libya and threatened the entire world with devastating global conflict. The march and counter-summit will demand that our taxpayer dollars be used to meet the needs of working people instead of lining the pockets of executives at weapons manufacturers. 

Buses and carpools are being organized from as far away as New York City along with Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cleveland, Akron, Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Toledo, and Louisville.

May Green Drinks: Trolley Pub Cleanup Cruise

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Wednesday, May 14, 6-8pm, meet at 6pm at Trolly Pub Columbus, 152 N. Young St.

Our Third Annual Trolley Pub Litter Cleanup Cruise is here!

When: Wednesday, May 14, 6-8pm.

Where: Meet downtown at 152 N. Young St.

What: A litter cleanup on-the-go! The Trolley Pub will drop us off at a few locations around town to collect litter and we will enjoy drinks on board while pedaling to the next location!

Why: To prevent litter from entering our waterways and green spaces while making new friends and enjoying the spring weather.

Who: Open to the public, must be 21+.

How: Register at givepul.se/ezitvv.

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Hosted by Green Columbus and Trolley Pub Columbus.

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Afrikaners claiming refugee status is part of a legacy of U.S. anti-Black immigration policy that began with Haitian Independence

Article about white south African refugees

This week President Trump and his regime are welcoming Afrikaners - white South Africans who are part of an ethnic group that facilitated legal discriminatory violence against their Black and Indian counterparts for decades – into the U.S. as refugees. To many, it may seem odd – if not downright ridiculous – to classify full citizens of a first-world country in this way despite their having lived comfortable lives without the threat of persecution, war, or violence. Odd or not, it’s on-par with U.S. immigration policy since the eighteenth century.  

Speak out for the Monarch Butterfly

Monarch butterfly

The Monarch Butterfly is one of the most iconic species in North America. Each year, these remarkable creatures migrate from Canada and across the U.S. to gather by the thousands in overwintering forests of central Mexico and coastal California. However, Monarch numbers in North America continue to decline. We have the opportunity to protect these dear pollinators.

Africa’s Lost White Tribe

    ‘White farmers are being brutally killed in South Africa’ warned President Donald this week amid all the uproar and craziness over tariffs, world trade and kickoff of a campaign to force Big Pharma to lower its prices to consumers.
    Why would Trump target South Africa? First, because South Africa dared accuse Israel’s far right government of genocide and war crimes in its savage repression of Gaza’s Palestinians. An estimated 55,000 Palestinians, the majority women and children, have been killed by Israel in Gaza.

Marching Backwards? 60 years after Bloody Sunday

This March, we commemorated the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when voting rights leader John Lewis of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee was beaten nearly to death by cops and Klansmen on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.  

The youngest marcher, Lynda Blackmon Lowery, was beaten so badly she was put in a hearse to take to the morgue.

But when the unconscious Lynda woke up in the hearse, she jumped up, ran out, and ran straight across the bridge into the teargas and Klansmen.

Only in Gaza, children write their will!

Since the blockade began, humanitarian organizations like UNICEF have warned that children are at an increasing risk of starvation, illness, and death. Over 9,000 children have been admitted for treatment for acute malnutrition since the start of the year, highlighting the urgent need for food and medical assistance. The blockade has been described as a "silent killer," with families resorting to sharing minimal food supplies, such as a single can of beans among several members of one family according to Al Jazeera report.
 
Personal stories from families in Gaza illustrate the heartbreaking reality of this crisis. For instance, a mother described her five-year-old son, who has become emaciated and is suffering from severe malnutrition, stating that he hasn't eaten meat in months due to the unaffordability of food.

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