Category: Feminism
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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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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Jerusalem: UN resolution rejects Trump’s declaration The votes for the resolution from powerful US allies, such as France, Germany and the UK, could be seen as a slap in the face for President Trump – but all would argue that they simply voted in line with the existing status quo at the UN. There was…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Defiant Donald Trump confirms US will recognise Jerusalem as capital of Israel Donald Trump has defied overwhelming global opposition by recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but insisted that the highly controversial move would not derail his own administration’s bid to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. #Trump#MiddleEast#Jerusalem#Politics#Conflict The Libyan Slave Trade Has Shocked the World. Here’s…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
TransCanada’s Keystone pipeline shut after 5,000-barrel leak in U.S. TransCanada Corp has shut part of its Keystone pipeline after 5,000 barrels of oil leaked in Amherst, South Dakota, the company said on Thursday, four days before the state of Nebraska is due to decide on an expansion of the system. #NoDAPL#ClimateChange#OilSpill#NorthDakota Zimbabwe’s Military, in Apparent…
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The Battle for Truth and Justice
In November 2017, I was one of thirty military veterans selected for the Veteran’s Organizing Institute. The following weekend would be a deep dive into grassroots organizing, political theory, bird-dogging, sharing, and telling our stories. The familiar tread throughout the week was that it has always been a military and veteran component at the forefront…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
How White Women Voted In The 2017 Election Proves They Haven’t Learned Their Lesson It’s worth noting that the data came from exit polls, which are often imperfect. However, they do show that race and gender remain key players in American elections. Perhaps the biggest takeaway from Tuesday night’s intense governor race is that womanhood is not always…
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