内容摘要：Zelenskyy said Russian missiles and drones hit more than 30 cities and villages, and

Zelenskyy said Russian missiles and drones hit more than 30 cities and villages, and

Miranda urged Pride events to have direct calls to action and take a more political approach this year, including by looking to the 2026 elections.Susan Appleton, professor of women, gender. and sexuality studies at the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, said the nation’s culture and society, “including law,”

. But, she said, “I think we’re in a very unusual time when the targets have become very explicit and when for many years we haven’t seen the lack of empathy that we see now.”“But I do think it’s encouraging to me to see that there is a vigorous resistance,” she said. “I don’t know whether it will accomplish anything, but I think it is important to make sure that all voices are heard.”That people are facing multiple grievances, she said, now shows “it’s not sufficient to look at race alone or gender alone or sexuality alone but all those factors.” They intersect and “create unique vectors of oppression.”

People at the intersections between the Latino community and immigrant communities “face attacks from all sides,” said Dee Tum-Monge, a board member for the Latinx History Project, the steering organization for Latinx Pride. World Pride is aiming “to create spaces focused around community care and political organizing while still celebrating our joy,” they say.The focus, Tum-Monge said, is shifting away from just voting and federal action to work that attendees can do at local levels. Amid mounting threats to immigrants and the LGBTQ+ community, Tum-Monge said organizers are particularly concerned about security and will be watching for international participants who may face obstacles traveling.

Although official events are kicking off now, programs that have begun suggest how diverse activities will be. The scene last week was almost solemn as people walked along the National Mall in sight of the Capitol, reading messages on some of the hundreds of quilts made by transgender people from around the country.

The “Freedom to Be” quilt project was there to raise awareness of the transgender community, which has been under fire from“He had made some mistakes that cost him some years of his life,” said Ronnie Lillard, a friend and rapper who performs under the name Reconcile. “And when he got out of that, I think the Lord greatly impacted his heart.”

Floyd was born in North Carolina. But his mother, a single parent, moved the family to Houston when he was 2, to search for work. They settled in the Cuney Homes, a low-slung warren of more than 500 apartments south of downtown nicknamed “The Bricks.”Brent Williams plays basketball in Houston’s Third Ward on Sunday, June 7, 2020, where George Floyd grew up. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Brent Williams plays basketball in Houston’s Third Ward on Sunday, June 7, 2020, where George Floyd grew up. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)The neighborhood, for decades a cornerstone of Houston’s Black community, has gentrified in recent years. Texas Southern University, a historically Black campus directly across the street from the projects, has long held itself out as a launchpad for those willing to strive. But many residents struggle, with incomes about half the city average and unemployment nearly four times higher, even before the recent economic collapse.