Noa Yachot

5 days ago | theguardian.com | Noa Yachot |Maya Yang

A federal judge in Vermont on Friday morning ordered the release on bail of a Tufts University student arrested in March for her political speech and now held in Louisiana in what she and her lawyers argue is a breach of her constitutional rights. The judge had ordered Rümeysa Öztürk’s return to Vermont, where she was briefly held after being grabbed on the street by masked immigration agents near Boston, for hearings.

Nov 6, 2024 | theguardian.com | Chris Stein |Léonie Chao-Fong |Sam Levin |David SMith |David Smith |Sam Levine | +17 more

Supporters react while watching returns come in during an election night watch party for Trump, left, and Harris supporters watch results. Composite: Chip Somodevilla/Getty/Charly Triballeau/AFPSupporters react while watching returns come in during an election night watch party for Trump, left, and Harris supporters watch results.

Nov 5, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Carter Sherman |Noa Yachot |Andrew Witherspoon

Americans in 10 US states are voting on Tuesday on whether to enshrine the right to abortion into their state constitutions. In some states, like Arizona and Florida, they have the opportunity to overturn bans that state legislatures passed after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in June 2022, doing away with the federal right to an abortion.

Nov 5, 2024 | theguardian.com | Carter Sherman |Noa Yachot |Andrew Witherspoon

Americans in 10 US states are voting on Tuesday on whether to enshrine the right to abortion into their state constitutions. In some states, like Arizona and Florida, they have the opportunity to overturn bans that state legislatures passed after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in June 2022, doing away with the federal right to an abortion.

Oct 20, 2023 | theguardian.com | Noa Yachot

Public opinion polls surveying Americans’ views on the Israel-Hamas conflict suggest support for the Palestinian cause has taken a hit as a result of the carnage unfolding in the Middle East. The recent wave of violence followed a period of significant improvement in US public opinion toward Palestinians, with Gallup polling earlier this year showing for the first time that Democrats expressed more sympathy for the Palestinians (49%) than the Israelis (38%).