Category: Activism
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s “Evolved Man of the Week” profile. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous individual alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the hip-hop artist, author, and environmental activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez.…
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Five Ways Anti-Capitalist changed the U.S.
Be the Change! In the United States, we’ve been told since infancy that capitalism is the most remarkable economic system ever created. In reality, it’s a complete fallacy. In the U.S, at least every ten to eight years, there’s an economic downturn that ranges from a mild recession to Great Depression. In the United States, the source of…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
US launched 251 military interventions since 1991, and 469 since 1798 “The US has undertaken over 500 international military interventions since 1776, with nearly 60% undertaken between 1950 and 2017,” the project wrote. “What’s more, over one-third of these missions occurred after 1999.” #USForeignPolicy #Politics #international #interventions The queen was not a gentle figurehead for many in Britain’s…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Queen’s death intensifies criticism of British empire’s violent atrocities The death of Queen Elizabeth II revived longstanding criticism in the US over the monarchy’s enrichment from the British empire’s violent colonization of African, Asian and Caribbean nations and their diasporas. #TheQueen #colonialism #imperialism #britishempire Tropical Storm Kay dumps rain on Mexico’s Baja peninsula Hurricane Kay made landfall on a sparsely…
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Say Hello to the Bad Guy
The Bad Guy seems to be the type of man elevated by our society. These men’s legacy of being bad gives them infamy. The last two elected presidents of the United States both have credible accounts of misbehavior regarding sexual harassment and assault. Yet the American people still chose Trump and Biden, respectively, to be the figureheads…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Brazil’s firearm ownership booms, and gun laws loosen, under President Bolsonaro Mass shootings carried out by civilians in Brazil are rare. But rising gun ownership has led to more suicides and gun accidents involving children, says Langeani of the Sou da Paz think tank. In addition, he says drug-trafficking groups are recruiting civilians to legally purchase automatic…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Jose Antonio Vargas
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s “Evolved Man of the Week” profile. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous individual alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the journalist, filmmaker, best-selling author, and immigrant…
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The Week In Stories Around the Globe
After ceasefire, battered Palestinians recall Israeli ‘massacre’ “I was a mother of four children. Today my children have become three in the blink of an eye. My son was very obedient, kind-hearted and excelled in his studies despite our difficult circumstances,” she said. “Why are we in Gaza exposed to all this? We can lose…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Heat waves around the world are connected, scientists say Those topsy turvy undulations helped to cause both the 115-degree high temperature in Mangum, Oklahoma, on Tuesday and the U.K.’s breaking of its all-time record high temperature, with 104.36°F recorded in Coningsby, England, the same day, scientists tell Axios. #heatwave #Europe #unitedstates #climatechange Lula da Silva confirmed as Brazil party’s…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
NASA Triumphantly Unveils Full Set of Webb’s First Images “It’s like the difference between traveling three versus 300 miles per hour,” she says. “And now we’re going to actually take this thing out on the racetrack. So how deep, how far can we go when we crank it up and push it hard? I’m as…
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