Gen Z Activist Loses Arizona Primary Race: What We Know
Adelita Grijalva won the primary race for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District—a seat her father, the late Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva had previously held—beating out 25-year-old digital strategist Deja Foxx on Tuesday night. Newsweek reached out to Foxx via X, formerly Twitter. Why It Matters Observers considered the race an important signal of grassroots Democratic enthusiasm […]
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Imprisoned Activist Weighs Pardon After 20 month Disappearance
Imprisoned Belarusian opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova is considering asking for a pardon from President Alexander Lukashenko after more than four years in prison, her family said Wednesday. Her father, Alexander Kolesnikov, spoke to the media a day after seeing his daughter for the first time in 20 months. His daughter is serving an 11-year prison […]
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