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Neetu Chandak Activists sent coat hangers to Maine Sen. Susan Collins’s office to protest against confirming Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The Republican senator’s office received 3,000 coat hangers, which served as reminders of back-alley abortions, according to The Associated PressSaturday. Collins and Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who both support abortion rights, are considered as…

Sooo… due to a scheduling conflict, I double booked getting a cover up tattoo on my rib cage and a phone interview with a gubernatorial candidate. Some people might have taken that mistake and rescheduled, but I saw it as an opportunity to multitask and do what John Galt would. Specifically, I was in a…

Peter Hasson A Democratic congressional candidate in Arizona was booed at a debate Thursday after expressing support for U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE). Ann Kirkpatrick, one of several Democratic candidates in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, raised her hand Thursday when the debate moderator asked if any candidates “would have declared [their] support for ICE…

Gabrielle Okun A 10-year-old girl in Somalia died on July 14 after complications from female genital mutilation. Deeqa Dahir Nuur, the young girl from the village of Olol, bled to death after a traditional cutter in her town severed a vein causing hemorrhaging, according to The Guardian Friday. She was then taken to a hospital, where she died…

Eric Lieberman Someone in San Francisco purchased a full-page ad Friday telling city residents to “Watch your backs — nobody else is.” “As if stepping over used syringes and filth in Maiden Lane wasn’t bad enough,” reads the next part, which is paid for by the Fed Up Populace Campaign. The ad was first spotted by Business…