Category: International
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Global life expectancy climbs, but preventable deaths remain high Adolescents and young adults are facing risks that earlier generations escaped. In North America and Latin America, deaths among people aged 20 to 39 are increasing. Drugs, alcohol, and suicide are taking more lives each year. Sub-Saharan Africa faces a different struggle, where infectious diseases and unintentional…
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The Evolved Woman of the Week: Cee Cee Lyles
Welcome to the Evolving Folks Project’s “Evolved Woman of the Week” profile. Each week, we will highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the flight attendant and hero, Cee Cee Lyles.…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
From Madagascar to Morocco: Gen Z protests shake Africa “I joined the protests because enough is enough. We’ve lost our most basic rights, corruption is everywhere, injustice is everywhere, public services are collapsing,” she says. “In my house for instance we haven’t had running water for six years, and yet we’re still paying the bills.”…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
What we know about the hanging deaths of two men in Mississippi Investigations into both deaths are ongoing. Rumors and speculation about the incidents have spread on social media, likely fueled by Mississippi’s painful history of racist violence in the Jim Crow era, The Associated Press reports. #DeltaStateUniversity #Mississippi #BlackLivesMatter #RacismInAmerica Thirsty and starving, Gazans face…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Deadly Nepal protests reflect a wider pattern of Gen Z political activism across Asia Despite the challenges ahead, the uprising has provided a historic opportunity to fix Nepal’s broken government system. But real change depends on how power shifts from the old guard to new leaders, and whether they can address the structural and systemic issues…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Shinya Yamanaka
Welcome to the Evolving Folks Project’s “Evolved Man of the Week” profile. Each week, we will highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous individuals alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the Japanese stem cell researcher and a Nobel Prize laureate, Shinya…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Liberia has a new plan to protect its rainforests. Can it work? Around half of West Africa’s remaining rainforests are in the small coastal nation of Liberia. They’re home to species like western chimpanzees and pygmy hippos, valuable stands of hardwood — and hundreds of thousands of people. Despite years of logging reforms backed by foreign aid, Liberia lost…
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Three Big Thoughts on Social Work
Socialist Workers Unite! I’m a licensed social worker with over 15 years of experience in the field. I’ve worked for schools, school districts, and major non-profit organizations. Volunteered as a mentor to youth, provided food to people experiencing homelessness, delivered meals to the elderly, and built homes for those in need. My clients have included…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
US-led mediators ‘appalled’ by humanitarian crisis in war-torn Sudan The plea for Sudan comes as the US faces global criticism for its support of Israel in the genocidal war on Gaza, which is also facing an Israeli-induced famine. #SudanWar #sudan_war_updates #GazaGenocide #Famine How the US army is using influencers to recruit a new generation: ‘Promise…
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A Tale of Colorism in 90s TV Shows
The 90s were a wild time in American history, but it was no doubt the golden age of black television. With sitcoms, black-led TV shows were used to build TV networks like NBC, The WB, Fox, and UPN. This was the heyday of black television. Unfortunately, issues of colorism found its way into some of…
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