Serena Zehlius

Serena

Serena Zehlius is a passionate writer and Certified Human Rights Consultant. Her love for animals is matched only by her commitment to human rights and progressive values. When she’s not writing about politics, you’ll find her outside enjoying nature.
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“All the Violence Happens Where Nobody is Watching”: Flotilla Activists Describe Torture in Israeli Custody

Gaza flotilla activists detained by Israeli forces describe beatings, broken bones, sexual violence, and psychological torture — and say it…

America is Running Concentration Camps

ICE detention centers now meet scholars’ criteria for concentration camps. A look at CECOT, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the children at…

Judge Orders Trump to return President’s House slavery exhibit to Philadelphia

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore at least 45 national park signs on slavery, climate change, and…

The danger of the Iran war no one wants to talk about

As the Israel-Iran war re-escalates, only one of the countries has nuclear weapons. Learn more about the dangers few people…

Operation Epic Disaster: A multi-billion-dollar war for the deal Trump ripped up

Trump withdrew from the Iran Nuclear Deal, launched a multi-billion-dollar war, and now the U.S. is in the fight to…

This Response from Claude made me cry | Bonus: ChatGPT’s ‘Got Jokes’

This response from Claude made me cry. I got personal with Claude before I asked him what happens to AI…

Sam Abu Haikal, 7-months-old, shot and killed by IDF soldier in occupied West Bank

Footage released by Israeli rights group B’Tselem shows an Israeli soldier shooting 7-month-old Sam Abu Haikal in Hebron as his…

They spy on us, yet Section 622 of the Intelligence bill makes U.S. sharing secrets with Israel the law

A first-person editorial on Section 622 of the Senate intelligence bill, which would legally force the U.S. to expand secret-sharing…

A sex-trafficking scandal, managed like a PR crisis: Inside the White House Epstein ‘freakout’

New reporting from NYT journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan describes the Trump White House treating the Epstein files as…

Men only: Southern Baptists vote to ban churches with female pastors

The Southern Baptist Convention voted 6,028 to 2,026 to advance a constitutional amendment formally banning churches with female pastors, elders,…

The Commander wants a crown: Greg Bovino, face of Trump’s deadliest immigration surge, is “exploring” a 2028 run

Former Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, the face of Trump’s deadly Minneapolis immigration surge, has launched a 2028 exploratory presidential…

Trump-backed Republican Steve Hilton just made California Governor’s race a referendum on ICE and abortion

Trump-endorsed Republican, Steve Hilton, has advanced to the November California governor’s race against Democrat Xavier Becerra — putting the state’s…