Category: Activism
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Holding Space for the Revolution: 5 Tips for Becoming a Better Leader in 2021
COVID-19. The social uprising. The Capitol riot. Ongoing police violence. The kids are still in cages, and Biden’s probably going to finish Trump’s border wall. The Derek Chauvin trial. Candace Owens’ edges are still struggling. To say the least, there’s a lot going on. If you’re feeling like your inner revolutionary wants to take action…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Righteous Keitt
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 University of North Carolina at Chapel…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
U.S. Government Turns Somalia Into Failed State to Steal Its Oil for Shell and Exxon-Mobil Instead of promoting what it claims to—peace, stability, “nation-building”—the U.S. government, Ingiriis elaborates, keeps Somalia “wartorn,” a “failed state.” The Somali people pay the cost—the ultimate cost, in thousands upon thousands of cases—as a result. But not everyone loses. #ForeignPolicy #Somalia #oil #bloodmoney…
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For All My Short Kings
I’m a Grown “Lil’ Man In the summer of 2018, (Oh, the Pre-COVID era) comedian Jaboukie Young-White coined the term “Short King” to shout out all the men out there who can’t imagine what it’s like to be six foot or taller but still have swagger. #TheStruggleIsReal. Young-White’s paeans to short kings encourage us to…
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The Series Finale of the United States of America
Coronavirus! Coronavirus! Coronavirus! The United States has become the leper colony of the world as the global COVID19 pandemic rages on. A quarter of the world’s infected resided in the U.S. Despite all this, Congress is still debating how to give its fellow citizens the least amount of COVID relief possible. Despite the massive loss…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Nelson Martinez de los Santos
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 immigrants rights activists, co-chair of the Latin American…
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The Week In Stories Around the Globe
A Chapter In U.S. History Often Ignored: The Flight Of Runaway Slaves To Mexico “The thing that really caught my eye was that African Americans were going to another country and actually treated better, knowing we had freedoms in Mexico that we didn’t have in the United States,” says Duntavian Thomas, a 24-year-old kinesiology major…
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The O.G. Files ‘Black History Month’ Edition: Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Welcome the Evolving Man Project’s “Black History Month” edition of the O. G. profiles. The O.G. profiles will highlight women from diverse backgrounds and how they embody the values of what it means to be an evolved person. While uplifting their contributions to making a fairer and more just society. Today we will profile Ida…
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My Top Five Anti-Capitalist Hip-Hop Songs
Hip-hop has a long and storied history, from its humble beginnings in the hood to its current stronghold on global mainstream culture today. These days hip-hop is so mainstream that the Mighty Mighty Roots Crew is the Tonight Show’s house band with Jimmy Fallon. Who knew a music genre created by working-class black and brown…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Myanmar coup: Week of Feb.1 to Feb. 21, EU action in focus as foreign ministers set to meet Activists call for a major protest on Monday to mourn the dead. They dub it 22222 based on the date, Feb. 22. The number is an allusion to 8888 — Aug. 8, 1988 — the date a…
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