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🪧 President Trump deployed 2,000 California National Guard members to Los Angeles over the weekend amidst protests against the federal government’s immigration raids in the city — the first time since 1965 a state’s National Guard was activated without a request from its governor. The state is planning to sue the administration over its “unlawful” actions.
🇺🇸 On Friday, veterans gathered in over 100 locations around the U.S. on D-Day to protest the Trump administration’s cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as to staff and programs throughout the government.
In a medical breakthrough, researchers just got closer to a cure for HIV by finding a way to force the virus out of hiding inside cells
HIV’s ability to conceal itself inside certain white blood cells has been a key challenge in finding a cure. Now, researchers in Australia have found a way to make that “hidden” virus visible, so it can be fully cleared from the body.
The method is based on mRNA technology, which they found can be delivered into cells where HIV is hiding, and then tell the cells to reveal the virus.
“Previously thought impossible,” the results “overwhelmed” researchers, who initially thought they were too good to be true.
Why is this good news? There are nearly 40 million people living with HIV globally, who currently have to take medication for the rest of their lives to suppress the virus and ensure they don’t develop symptoms or transmit it to others. And the virus is still deadly; UNAIDS estimated that one person died of HIV every minute in 2023.
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A blind skateboarder created the world’s first adaptive skatepark
Dan Mancina has been a skateboarder since the age of seven, but when he was 13, he was diagnosed with rhinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease that rendered him almost completely blind by 22.
After giving up skateboarding for a couple of years, he returned to the sport with a white cane to shred more confidently, learning to find his way with tactile markers like cracks in the asphalt and pre-mapped courses.
Wanting a better experience for fellow visually impaired skateboarders — and those wanting to try out the sport — he created the world’s first adaptive skatepark in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan.
The 5,000-square-foot skatepark is completely accessible and welcoming for both seasoned skateboarding enthusiasts and newcomers alike.
Megan here — I was privileged enough to spend a lot of the weekend taking a bit of a news break and getting some screen-free time.
But make no mistake: I wasn’t putting my head in the sand and just tuning all the bad out. It was an intentional, mindful break so that I can be at my best to show up for the people and problems I care about.
Because the privilege of experiencing tragedy through the news rather than first-hand comes with the responsibility to use that privilege for good.
And there is no shortage of tragedy right now. So...
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