Category: Feminism
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Don Bramlett
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 college athlete, counselor, member of…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Illegal Immigration Does Not Increase Violent Crime, 4 Studies Show Michael Light, a criminologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, looked at whether the soaring increase in illegal immigration over the last three decades caused a commensurate jump in violent crimes: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. “Increased undocumented immigration since 1990 has not increased violent crime over that…
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Sounds About White?
The Trump Apologist The 2016 Election was a real shit show. America elected a reality TV star to the highest political office in the land. Soon after the election, many liberals went on the defensive about how Trump won. They blamed pro-wrestling, Russia, Facebook, and ‘the blacks.’ In fact, everything got blamed for the election…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Confederate flag-bearing trucks park outside Michigan school “If the motive was to intimidate, that was wrong,” he said. “Trying to intimidate by race, color, creed, political belief, or religious belief is wrong. We have to respond to that in the right way so that the right message gets out.” #Michigan#MidWest#Confederate#Bigots The Palestinian women at the forefront…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Trump is reinvigorating the American left We don’t yet know what the effects of all this activism will be in the long run. But I have zero doubt that in years to come there will be Democratic mayors, governors, senators and maybe even a president or two who will say, “Why did I get involved…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
In Canada, You Can Now Use Bills With a Black Woman on Them While Americans are still waiting to deposit Harriet Tubmans in their bank accounts, our neighbors to the north have just unveiled a new $10 bill that features their own civil rights pioneer Viola Desmond. #Canada#CivilRights#BlackGirlMagic#ViolaDesmond UN moves towards recognising human right…
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On Why Black Lives Matter
In this article, I will discuss the not-so-surprisingly controversial slogan and hashtag that sparked a modern-day civil rights movement, #BlackLivesMatter. I will explain the merits of the movement and why it matters now more than ever. Detractors and Neo-conservatives (Shout out to Fox News) have tried to undermine the statement ‘black lives matter” with the…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
A Murder Trial Stirs Emotions About Canada’s Relations With Its Indigenous Population “Saskatchewan is just beginning, I don’t even know if we have really started on reconciliation,” she said. “I’m not saying that Indian people deserve a break because we’ve been victimized. I’m saying that both sides have to take accountability and responsibility for what…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Black Lives Matter Flag Begins Flying Over Vermont School “We are proud to do this because it honors the reality that the experience of our … black students is not the same as the experience of our white students,” Superintendent Brian Ricca said. “And our goal has been to have a substantive conversation about this,…
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The Social Justice Warrior
What is a Social Justice Warrior? Social– relating to society or its organization. Justice– the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments meting out justice -social justice. Warrior– a person engaged or experienced in warfare; broadly: a person involved in some struggle or conflict -poverty warrior…
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