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Don’t tax menstrual pads as luxury goods, says activist : NPR

Don’t tax menstrual pads as luxury goods, says activist : NPR

Bushra Mahnoor, photographed at home in Attock, Pakistan, advocates for the menstrual health of girls in Pakistan. “It was a big taboo mentioning that you were on your period. But mentioning that you were on your period without access to a pad was just even more humiliating,” she says. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ben de la Cruz/NPR Growing up, Bushra Mahnoor dreaded getting her period. It meant shame, stigma and, often, missing school. As an adolescent in Pakistan with four sisters, she says there were never enough period supplies in her home. They’d ration pads — regularly using ones designed for eight hours for well over 24 hours — and sometimes they had to use a rag or a spare cloth that could easily leak. Others face a similar situation. According to a report from UNICEF, published in 2025, only about one in 10 girls and women in Pakistan use commercially manufactured products. “When I knew I might not have a pad and I had to rely on a cloth, those …

Renee Good’s former father-in-law speaks out

Renee Good’s former father-in-law speaks out

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An Artist Is Chanting Renee Good’s Last Words Outside ICE HQ

An Artist Is Chanting Renee Good’s Last Words Outside ICE HQ

“I’m not mad at you, dude,” Renee Nicole Good, a poet and mother living in Minneapolis, told her eventual killer, a masked ICE agent. Good’s death—captured on video—has made global headlines and added fuel to the ongoing mobilization of Minneapolis’s civilian population against ICE. Her last reported words, uttered moments before the agent opened fire into her SUV, have appeared at protests in Los Angeles, Washington, and Chicago—cities where President Donald Trump has ordered a crackdown on undocumented immigrants. Beginning at sunrise on Tuesday in New York City, another “sanctuary city” now beset by federal troops, an artist began repeating Good’s words outside the local ICE field office as an act of dissent. Related Articles “I stand with innocent people living under systemic violence. By speaking these words aloud in public, I invite passersby to reckon with what is too often unseen, unheard, or ignored,” reads a statement from Maria De Victoria, a performance artist who immigrated to the United States from Peru. (She is represented by Desnivel Gallery in New York’s East Village.) Wearing …

On the Sunday after Renee Good’s killing, Minnesotans grieve through worship and song

On the Sunday after Renee Good’s killing, Minnesotans grieve through worship and song

MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — About midway through her sermon at Calvary Lutheran Church on Sunday (Jan. 11), the Rev. Babette Chatman pivoted to a discussion of empire. The Israelites resisted the Egyptians, she said, which Chatman labeled as a kind of empire. The Roman empire killed Jesus. And now, she argued, the United States is a form of empire, too, and Christians should respond with a “prophetic word” that challenges those in power — including, she said, the thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers patrolling the streets of Minneapolis as part of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort. “I think the church is invited into imagining what kind of world we want,” said Chatman, who was serving as a guest preacher for the day. “We want a world where we don’t have to worry about people in brown uniforms with guns and gas spray and masks coming in our yard. We want a world where we don’t have to worry about not having our rights.” She added: “We want a world where people don’t get …

In Minneapolis, George Floyd-era faith networks reignite after Renee Good’s killing by ICE

In Minneapolis, George Floyd-era faith networks reignite after Renee Good’s killing by ICE

MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — As tens of thousands trekked over the snow and ice in Powderhorn Park on Saturday (Jan 10) to protest last week’s fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, the crowds were greeted by a group of faith leaders who called themselves “movement chaplains.” Wearing bright orange hats and vests emblazoned with the word “chaplain,” the group, made up of mostly pastors, was led by Shari Seifert, a member of Calvary Lutheran Church and a self-described “street theologian.” Seifert said movement chaplains — who seek to “tend to people’s spiritual needs” at protests and de-escalate tensions as they arise — were last heavily active during headline-marking demonstrations in the city following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in 2020. RELATED: ‘She could have been any of us’: Faith leaders mourn Renee Good in Minneapolis But looking out at the sprawling crowd, Seifert said the groundswell of outrage and organizing that has followed the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent has renewed the need …

Congress Is Debating the Possible Consequences for ICE and Even Noem After Renee Good’s Killing

Congress Is Debating the Possible Consequences for ICE and Even Noem After Renee Good’s Killing

“The situation that took place in Minnesota is a complete and total disgrace,” House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York said as details emerged. “And in the next few days, we will be having conversations about a strong and forceful and appropriate response by House Democrats.” Yet there is almost no consensus among the political parties in the aftermath of the death of Good, who was behind the wheel of an SUV after dropping off her 6-year-old at school when she was shot and killed by an ICE officer. The killing immediately drew dueling narratives. Trump and Noem said the ICE officer acted in self-defense, while Democratic officials said the Trump administration was lying and they urged the public to see the viral videos of the shooting for themselves. But Good’s killing, at least the fifth known death since the administration launched its mass deportation campaign, could change the political dynamic. “The videos I’ve seen from Minneapolis yesterday are deeply disturbing,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, in a statement. “As we mourn this loss …

“I’m not mad at you”: ICE officer’s video shows Renee Nicole Good’s last words

“I’m not mad at you”: ICE officer’s video shows Renee Nicole Good’s last words

A video recorded by the ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good shows her speaking to the officer before he opened fire. The video, recorded by ICE officer Jonathan Ross on his phone, according to CNN, was shared by Vice President JD Vance on Friday. “Watch this, as hard as it is. Many of you have been told this law enforcement officer wasn’t hit by a car, wasn’t being harassed, and murdered an innocent woman. The reality is that his life was endangered and he fired in self defense,” Vance wrote on X. Watch this, as hard as it is. Many of you have been told this law enforcement officer wasn’t hit by a car, wasn’t being harassed, and murdered an innocent woman. The reality is that his life was endangered and he fired in self defense. https://t.co/IfXAAxi9Ql — JD Vance (@JDVance) January 9, 2026 The video shows Ross silently recording Good and her wife, Becca, while her car is blocking part of the road. “That’s fine dude. I’m not mad at you,” Good says to …

Nomad Goods Promo Codes: 25% Off | January 2026

Nomad Goods Promo Codes: 25% Off | January 2026

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