Category: Equity
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#NotMeUs: On Why I’m Voting for Sanders
Feel the Bern The most progressive candidate in the race for the Democratic Presidential nominee is Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. His platforms are laid out brilliantly on his election campaign website. One of his premiere campaign proposals is to expand Medicare for all Americans, policies that, if enacted, would change the lives of countless people…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Unlike most millennials, Norway’s are rich High welfare payments and heavily subsidised health care also help when it comes to pitting Norwegian millennials’ prospects against those elsewhere in Europe. Unemployment benefits are generous: allowing many people to claim around 60% of their previous salary for two years, while they are looking for new work.…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Anthony Clark
Welcome to the Evolving Folks Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week, we will highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to a fellow Chicago native, teacher, Air Force…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Two newlywed Iranian Canadian couples among those killed in crash The couple, Siavash Ghafouri-Azar and Sara Mamani, was one of at least two pairs of newlyweds on board a Ukraine International Airlines jetliner when it went down shortly after takeoff from Tehran’s international airport early Wednesday, killing all 167 passengers and nine crew members.…
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The Week in the Stories Around the Globe
Killing Iran’s Qassem Soleimani changes the game in the Middle East The Soleimani killing and the targeting of pro-Iranian figures in Iraq is likely to be a pivotal moment for the United States in the region. How bloody the aftermath will be, and whether the United States can emerge stronger, will depend on whether…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Sergio Avila
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the Regional Outdoors Coordinator for the Sierra…
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A Decade of Reflection
Auld Lang Syne Four short years ago, I started the Evolving Man Project. To my delight and surprise, it’s grown tremendously since I published my first ever blog post. The year two thousand and nineteen has been our best year. I look forward to what the new year and decade will bring us. As I…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Denmark’s Shameful Ghetto Plan The ghetto plan also functions as a tool to advance a process of undermining public housing and “improving the business climate” for private landlords. The blatant racism of the ghetto plan is obfuscating the parallel, if not overriding, function of the legislation — namely to privatize public housing in a country…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
After the Obama disappointment, black voters want more than empty symbolism This familiarity may be enough for some black people. Her incremental reforms for black households could have been useful. Her messaging about black issues – such as segregation and voter suppression – was well-timed in debates that focus very little on them. But in…
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The Week In Stories Around the Globe
Colombian Unions, Students Plan Strike, Marches; Government Warns Against Violence Colombian unions and student groups are planning a strike on Thursday, with marches to insist the government maintain minimum wages for young people and the universal right to a pension. #Revolution #Colombia #Protest #Politics Debt Is Holding Black Americans Hostage Slavery and its aftermath continue to hurt…
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