Recent gains for LGBTQ Ukrainians have been quickly eroded by Russia’s ongoing attack on Ukraine. This year’s KyivPride parade was moved to Poland.
Author: Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY
Online data, medical records could be used to put women in jail under new abortion laws
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‘Let’s drink to Ukraine!’ Odesa Jews celebrate a wartime Passover under curfew
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Famed federal women’s prison under investigation as 5th worker charged with sexual abuse of inmates
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This mentally ill man was pepper-sprayed, choked and hooded before dying in state prison
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US officials put Americans on alert for Russian cyberattacks as Ukraine war grows
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No-knock warrants: A growing legacy of controversy, revised laws, tragic deaths
Since March 2020, no-knock warrants have been banned or their use limited across the U.S., including Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and Minneapolis.
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