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Niniek Karmini

Niniek Karmini writes from Indonesia for Associated Press.

• New Indonesian law: No sex outside marriage, no abortion, no Marxism

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Peter Smith

Reporter covering religion and politics with AP's Global Religion team.

• Atheists and agnostics carrying more clout in progressive movements

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Jon Tait

Jon Tait is a former sports journalist and postal worker, now working for the U.K.'s largest public sector trade union.

• The games are great, the ticket process is not
• U.K. postal worker: Royal Mail in a race to the bottom

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Carl Wood

Carl Wood is the former National Representative at the Utility Workers Union of America, former Commissioner at California Public Utilities Commission, and former Electrician at Southern California Edison (SCE). He...

• Railroad struggle reminds us, interfering in the right to strike is never okay

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Bennett Shoop

Bennett Shoop is a Washington, D.C.-based activist for the LGBTQ+ community and the Claudia Jones School for Political Education. He is the author of Half The World, a story of...

• The left out left comes out in Aaron Lecklider’s ‘Love’s Next Meeting’
• D.C. Palestinians and allies demand Gaza ceasefire resolution from Council

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Maria Parazo Rose

Reporter and spatial data analyst at Grist focused on Indigenous affairs, ag, climate migration and resilience, and environmental justice.

• Biden propone nueva regla que reduce las emisiones de metano en tierras indígenas
• Biden administration proposes new rule targeting methane emissions on indigenous land

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Bibi van der Zee

Works at the environment desk at The Guardian. Author of "The Protester's Handbook."

• Tentative COP27 agreement fails to call for ‘phase-down’ of all fossil fuels

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Sandra Laville

Sandra Laville is environment correspondent for The Guardian.

• Tentative COP27 agreement fails to call for ‘phase-down’ of all fossil fuels

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Robert Downen

Writing for The Texas Tribune, Robert Downen is a reporter covering democracy and the threats to it, including extremism, disinformation, and conspiracies.

• Jewish Texans see surge in antisemitism as a precursor to fascism

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