Category: Poverty
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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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Three Big Thoughts on Hip-Hop
These are some of my brain musings on the current state of hip-hop. Brothas in the barbershop might disagree with me or not. But I don’t care because this is my blog, and I write what I want to. So, without further ado, here are my top three big thoughts on hip-hop! Shout out to…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Mabari Byrd
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 Philly Native, Temple University graduate, social…
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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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Killing the Revolution
The Revolution will not be Televised In the wake of the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin, the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter became the social media trend that would become a movement. Black Lives Matter reached its zenith in the summer of 2014 after the wrongful death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO.…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Henry Willis
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 Ph.D. student at the University of…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Canada’s probable next PM is courting the far right to win Scheer has a long history of courting white nationalists by appealing unabashedly and overtly to their ugly, nativist, xenophobic and racist temperaments (to describe them as “ideas” is antithetical to the word). #Canada #Election2019 #WhiteSupremacy The Fight for Africa’s Fish Foreign trawlers- Mostly Chinese- are plundering the…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Donald G. Prier
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 engineer, NASA scientist, teacher, robotics youth…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Cyclone Idai: How the storm tore into southern Africa It formed off the eastern coast of Mozambique in early March and hit the country’s coast a first time before heading back out into the Mozambique Channel. It intensified, weakened and intensified again before hitting the Mozambique coast for a second time on 14 March. Winds…
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