Category: Nature
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
‘Life’s so tough’: Never-ending misery for crisis-hit Zimbabweans “By the day, the cards are stacked against him deeper and deeper,” he argued, suggesting that “a concerted action is at play to dissociate him from the good grace of the citizenry. This has the makings of an end game.” #Zimbabwe #economy #Africa Stimulus checks, back-to-work bonuses,…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Project Force: What is behind China’s naval ambitions? “In areas like the South China Sea, where China’s military power has grown to such an extent (and rate) that its deterrence has also grown, (this) … means that the chances of military engagement have decreased.” #China #Navy #War #Military The EU plans to ban US travelers indefinitely after…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
With Monuments Falling All Over Europe, We Asked Historians and Artists to Weigh in on How They Should Be Replaced “If the community wants [monuments] to be removed, then they should be removed, but they should remain in public view, by creating museums for them, as a reminder so that we don’t make the same…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Why The Small Protests In Small Towns Across America Matter These protests cut across demographics and geographic spaces. They’re happening in places with little in the way of a protest tradition, in places with majority white population and majority black, and at an unprecedented scale. People who’ve watched and participated in the Black Lives Matter…
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The Week in Stories Across the Globe
‘A Disgusting Display’: Police Fire Rubber Bullets, Stun Grenades, and Tear Gas at Demonstrators Protesting Killing of George Floyd “Firing them is a good start, but we want to see justice for our family. We want to see them charged. We want to have them arrested,” said Tera Brown, Floyd’s cousin. “What they did was…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
The Trump Administration Is Rushing Deportations of Migrant Children During Coronavirus “The government is removing very young children to no one,” Cubas said. “But our courts are in a state of emergency. Our media is COVID-19 all the time. We don’t even have congressional hearings right now in full force. There is less scrutiny.” #Trump #Deportations #Mexico #LatinAmerica…
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Welcome to the Freak Show
“When you’re born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in America, you get a front row seat.” – George Carlin The World Has Too Many Freaks So far, 2020 has been one hell of a roller coaster ride that is yet to end. A global pandemic has hit the United…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
‘Dengue kills too’: Latin America faces two epidemics at once As the coronavirus kills thousands and dominates government attention across Latin America, another deadly viral infection is quietly stalking the region. #LatinAmerica #Dengue #COVID #Ecuador Hong Kong parliament in chaos as politicians fight for chair “Deadlock in a legislature often is part of a healthy democracy as…
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Take Me Home
Shelter in Place The rise of COVID19 has changed the daily routine and livelihoods of billions across the globe. Countless people have been issued stay at home orders by local and national governments. That is unless you live in the United States, because, fuck Coronavirus and Freedom! But for those of us stuck at…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Younger blacks and Latinos are dying of COVID-19 at higher rates in California “It attacks who it’s going to attack,” she said. “I don’t think that knowing that would have saved Scott or any black person or Latino person. Because you’re black, or Latino or Asian, it doesn’t pick who it wants to make sick.…
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