Sanjana Karanth

3 days ago | huffpost.com | Sanjana Karanth

In what activists say is a landmark decision for Puerto Rico, a federal judge issued a ruling on Monday allowing nonbinary, intersex and gender-fluid individuals in the territory to adjust their birth certificate so that it accurately reflects their gender identity. Judge MarĂa Antongiorgi Jordán, of the Federal District of Puerto Rico, ordered the Demographic Registry to amend a form so that people can select “X” as a gender marker on their birth certificate. Gov.

3 days ago | huffpost.com | Sanjana Karanth

Former State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller says that he personally believes Israel has been committing war crimes against the Palestinian people — including during his tenure in the Biden administration, where, as a major voice of U.S. foreign policy, he daily defended Israel’s flattening of Gaza to the American public.

5 days ago | huffpost.com | Sanjana Karanth

Activists from seven different countries set sail on Sunday for Gaza in hopes of breaking Israel’s blockade on the ravaged territory and delivering desperately needed humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people. Organized by the grassroots Freedom Flotilla Coalition, the small sailboat named “Madleen” launched from the Sicilian port of Catania and will journey across international waters in an effort to reach Gaza’s ports, with some aid and 12 activists in tow.

1 week ago | huffpost.com | Sanjana Karanth

President Donald Trump’s decision this week to pardon reality show stars Todd and Julie Chrisley of fraud and tax evasion brought excitement and relief to their adult children, including daughter Savannah Chrisley, who had lobbied for their release via social media, a podcast and a Republican National Convention speech. The president issued full pardons on Wednesday for the couple, whose show “Chrisley Knows Best” followed the lavish lifestyle of real estate mogul Todd Chrisley and his family.

2 weeks ago | huffpost.com | Sanjana Karanth

Columbia University’s acting president has now faced a massive chorus of boos from this year’s graduating class for the second day in a row, receiving a particular wave of anger on Wednesday while noting the absence of Mahmoud Khalil — a student who would have graduated this week if federal immigration agents had not detained him for peacefully protesting on campus against Israel’s ongoing destruction of Gaza.