Category: Equity
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
New Zealand Shooting Live Updates: Attack on Christchurch Mosques Leaves 49 Dead “Nobody’s answering their phones,” she said. “We don’t know if they’re at the hospital or out of reach. Some have posted that they are safe, but others have not.” #HateCrime #MassShootings #NewZealand Political incivility, racial hostility roil U.S. high schools, study finds To bolster their…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Leland Melvin
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 former NFL wide receiver, author, engineer, and…
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I’m Not Racist But…
Online Klan Rally Social media has solidified what I’ve always known: that racists, come in all shapes and sizes. You have liberal bigots, wealthy bigots, conservative bigots, poor ones, lady bigots, Republicans, Democrats, socialists, and everything else under the sun. Also, you realize thanks to social media that #WhiteFragility is always on and poppin’. I…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
6 Civilians and 2 Soldiers Killed as Tensions Rise Between India and Pakistan Over Kashmir “Tensions have been running high since Indian aircraft crossed into Pakistan this past Tuesday, carrying out what India called a pre-emptive strike against militants blamed for a Feb. 14 suicide bombing in Indian-controlled Kashmir that killed 40 Indian troops. Pakistan…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Bobby Seale
Welcome to the “Black History Month” edition of the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week in February, we will highlight a historical black male figure that embodies what it meant to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Trump ‘fear-mongering’ fuels rise of U.S. hate groups to record: watchdog “The words and imagery coming out of the Trump administration and from Trump himself are heightening these fears,” Heidi Beirich, director of the SPLC’s Intelligence Project, told reporters on a conference call. “These images of foreign scary invaders threatening diseases, massive refugee caravans coming…
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Where Inclusiveness Goes to Die
Inclusivity in Trump’s America Since the Trump election, the media has played an elaborate game of mental gymnastics in defending Trump and his stunch supporters. At the same time, they have made half-assed attempts to critique the bigotry and hate surrounding the Forty-Fifth President. From the Trump propaganda network known as Fox News to the…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.
Welcome to the “Black History Month” edition of the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week in February, we will highlight a historical black male figure who embodied what it meant to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Palestinian teen shot dead after alleged stabbing attack The Israeli police relaxed its open-fire regulations in December 2015, permitting officers to open fire with live ammunition on those throwing stones or firebombs as an initial option, without having to use non-lethal weapons first. #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #MiddleEast Venezuela Is Not Trump’s ‘First’ Intervention Trump escalated every war…
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The Long Voyage Home
Anchors Aweigh It seems like a lifetime ago. I was only seventeen and had recently graduated from high school. I had my whole life ahead of me. I made the decision to join the United States Navy. During that time, I came of age during that four-year enlistment. Through my travels, I saw parts of…
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