Category: History
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America gonna America.
“We have fought hard and long for integration, as I believe we should have, and I know that we will win. But I’ve come to believe we’re integrating into a burning house. I’m afraid that America may be losing what moral vision she may have had …. And I’m afraid that even as we integrate,…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Supreme Court Green-Lights Gerrymandering and Blocks Census Citizenship Question In a pair of decisions with vast implications for the American political landscape, the Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a victory to Republicans by ruling that federal courts are powerless to hear challenges to extreme partisan gerrymandering but gave a reprieve to Democrats by delaying the Trump administration’s efforts to…
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Straight Pride (or the Drive-Thru at Chick-fil-A)
I am a straight, cis-gendered black man in America. With that, I can wholeheartedly say that the proposed “Straight Pride” parade is hot garbage. It’s just a bunch of Alt-Lice, Proud Boy bigots coming together for a circle-jerk of heterosexism. Just listen to one of the right-wing founders and renowned Republican snowflake, John Hugo, explain…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
10 VERY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 10 VERY DIFFERENT RULES FOR LGBTQ+ INDIVIDUALS Around the world, LGBTQ+ rights are in flux, yet “what we are seeing in the world is, undoubtedly, momentum towards equality,” says Jean Freedberg, the Human Rights Campaign’s Director of Global Partnerships. To be clear, there’s still a lot of work to do to achieve that…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Massive protests draw apology from Hong Kong leadership Hong Kong citizens marched for hours Sunday in a massive protest that drew a late-in-the-day apology from the city’s top leader for her handling of legislation that has stoked fears of expanding control from Beijing in this former British colony. #HongKong #China #Protest #Revolution Golan Heights: Israel unveils ‘Trump Heights’…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
London bus attack: Arrests after gay couple who refused to kiss beaten Speaking about the attack, which happened in the early hours of 30 May, Ms Geymonat told BBC Radio 4’s World at One she had previously experienced “a lot of verbal violence”. But she said she had never before been physically attacked because of her sexuality.…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
The Philippines Is Fighting One Of The World’s Worst Measles Outbreaks “Over the last three months, health workers in the Philippines have vaccinated 5.5 million people against measles. The government hopes to inoculate a total of 20 million — one fifth of the population — by the end of September.” #Philippines #Measles #Vaccines THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Bollywood and the politics of hate If Bollywood does not stop and reconsider, it risks not only losing whatever creative independence it has so far enjoyed, but also going down in history as an industry that displayed remarkable sycophancy and cowardice in supporting a destructive ideology. #Bollywood #India #Politics #Election2019 Wall Street slides as U.S.-China trade fears…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
‘Save us from the Satans’: Survivors of Sri Lanka church attack pray Fourteen children, many of whom were having breakfast in the church portico, were killed and several dozen worshippers in this largely low-income congregation were wounded, according to Zion church officials. #Religion #Terrorism #SriLanka #Conflict 1 Million Animal And Plant Species Are At Risk Of…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
US successfully removes ‘sexual health’ references from UN resolution on sexual violence Under this policy, if foreign aid and medical groups promote or perform abortions, the US is cutting off funding for nearly all health assistance programs, including nutrition, malaria, tuberculosis, tropical diseases and maternal and child health, including water, sanitation, and hygiene programs. Aid…
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