Category: Drug War
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Vince Flores-Maldonado
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 Indigenous community leader, counselor, and artist, Vince […]
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Summit of the Americas highlights US disconnect with Latin America Fourteen leaders of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), followed by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Bolivian Luis Arce and Honduran Xiomara Castro, announced that they would not participate if Washington persisted in its drive to exclude other nations. #SummitoftheAmericas #Presidente #LatinAmerica #Politics 1 Killed, 30 Injured As Car […]
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Uvalde Police Didn’t Move to Save Lives Because That’s Not What Police Do THOSE OF US who have been calling for the defunding of police departments — indeed for police abolition in favor of real, collective public safety practices — have been treated by Democratic and Republican leaders and commentators alike as fanatical #massshooting #DefundThePolice #Texas Colombia presidential election: Leftist Petro and […]
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What About Black-on-black crime?
Black Lives Matter? I’ve heard it in person, online, and in the media. As a black man in America and being from Chicago. I’ve heard it from white, black, and all other races of people. “What about black-on-black crime?” When a black person is murdered or attacked by racist vigilantes or police officers. Obviously a hate crime. […]
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Siberian tigers are being hunted at night for their body parts To investigate the status of Amur tigers in Russia, Skidmore made two trips to Primorye, in 2019 and 2020, totaling five months. She interviewed more than a hundred hunters and 12 buyers of tiger parts. The talks ranged from 30-minute chats to “multiple-day informal […]
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Random Thoughts on Black Men: Part III
In 2017, I wrote a couple of pieces titled “Random Thoughts on Black Men.” In those articles, I questioned why some brothas fear dogs, why some brothas wear socks with sandals, some brothas feel the need to Hotep, or our colorism towards darker-skinned black women. I’m revisiting these thoughts once again. Today, I will give three random thoughts on […]
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The Week in Stories Across the Globe
Afghan central bank moves to stabilise collapsing currency The abrupt withdrawal of foreign aid following the Taliban victory in August has left Afghanistan’s fragile economy on the brink of collapse, with prices for food, fuel and other basic staples rising rapidly out of reach for many. #afghanistan #banking #AfghanistanCrisis Feds bust ‘modern-day slavery’ ring amid new immigration enforcement […]
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Cultural Revolutions If this theory strikes you as ridiculous, it is enough for now to bear in mind that no matter how different you believe China to be from the United States, there are lessons from Ai’s history that are uncomfortably easy to recognize: “If you try to understand your country,” he writes, “it’s enough […]
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Joe Biden Hates Black People
A Not so Brief History of Joe Biden’s Racism I can hear it now; how can Joe Biden hate black people? He has a ‘black’ friend named Obeezy and Jimmy CoonBurn of South Carolina. History has shown us that the current figurehead of the U.S. Empire has a long history of racism that directly impacted […]
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
BRAZIL’S INDIGENOUS GROUPS MOUNT UNPRECEDENTED PROTEST AGAINST DESTRUCTION OF THE AMAZON “The practices of these corporations like Cargill are fundamentally racist,” said Estes, who has contributed to The Intercept. “If more people understood how much Indigenous blood, how much Black blood, how much blood from Brazilians living on the land is spilt just for them to have […]
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