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The women’s soccer legend confirmed her return to the NJ/NY club after a successful stint with Chelsea—and has some unfinished business in the U.S.

Saturday's Pride march came a little more than a year after Orbán's nationalist-populist government passed legislation and a constitutional amendment to outlaw the event, drawing criticism from human ...

A threat to wipe out “a whole civilization” may amount to a threat of genocide.

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AMPLIFi is a media initiative of iACT designed with and for communities impacted by conflict. At its core, AMPLIFi seeks to break through the main barriers that prevent citizen journalism from reachin...

iACT stands with refugees. Unequivocally. Today, and always.

The Trump administration has issued a sweeping new order that could lead to the arrest of tens of thousands of refugees who are lawfully in the United States but do not yet have permanent residency.

Today is Tuesday, January 27th, 2026. I got gas for the first time this year by myself. The gas station was mostly empty. I drove into the station, heart thudding in my chest. I did everything as f…

SUPPORT COMMUNITY-LED CITIZEN JOURNALISMThe communities iACT partners with have consistently told us there are real barriers to citizen journalism. However, what team members do not lack is a desire t...

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One year into President Trump’s second administration, the United States of America is showing a recognizable pattern of authoritarian practices and erosion of human rights that Amnesty International ...

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The U.S. has pledged $2 billion in humanitarian aid to the United Nations, as part of a deal that will also overhaul how the U.S. funds foreign aid work going forward. The move comes after the U.S. pa...

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