Category: Science
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
The Syrian women and girls sold into sexual slavery in Lebanon We meet women who are Lebanese, East Africans and a lot of Syrians. They all want to leave the job, but the only ones I have seen leaving a trafficker was because they were handed to another [trafficker]. SyrianWar#SexTrade#WomensRights Bernie Sanders isn’t a radical…
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#NotMeUs: On Why I’m Voting for Sanders
Feel the Bern The most progressive candidate in the race for the Democratic Presidential nominee is Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. His platforms are laid out brilliantly on his election campaign website. One of his premiere campaign proposals is to expand Medicare for all Americans, policies that, if enacted, would change the lives of countless people…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Two newlywed Iranian Canadian couples among those killed in crash The couple, Siavash Ghafouri-Azar and Sara Mamani, was one of at least two pairs of newlyweds on board a Ukraine International Airlines jetliner when it went down shortly after takeoff from Tehran’s international airport early Wednesday, killing all 167 passengers and nine crew members.…
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The Week in the Stories Around the Globe
Killing Iran’s Qassem Soleimani changes the game in the Middle East The Soleimani killing and the targeting of pro-Iranian figures in Iraq is likely to be a pivotal moment for the United States in the region. How bloody the aftermath will be, and whether the United States can emerge stronger, will depend on whether…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Sergio Avila
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 Regional Outdoors Coordinator for the Sierra…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Denmark’s Shameful Ghetto Plan The ghetto plan also functions as a tool to advance a process of undermining public housing and “improving the business climate” for private landlords. The blatant racism of the ghetto plan is obfuscating the parallel, if not overriding, function of the legislation — namely to privatize public housing in a country…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
After the Obama disappointment, black voters want more than empty symbolism This familiarity may be enough for some black people. Her incremental reforms for black households could have been useful. Her messaging about black issues – such as segregation and voter suppression – was well-timed in debates that focus very little on them. But in…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
NASA Astronauts Complete the First All-Female Spacewalk Both women, as well as Ms. McClain, were part of NASA’s 2013 class of eight astronaut trainees, which was the first to include equal numbers of men and women. There are now 12 female astronauts in NASA’s ranks, out of a total of 38 active ones. #NASA #Science #WomenInSTEM #Space Protests Rock…
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The Week in the Stories Around the Globe
Justin Trudeau Wore Brownface at 2001 ‘Arabian Nights’ Party While He Taught at a Private School The United States has a long and painful history of white performers darkening their faces to demean and dehumanize African-Americans—a practice made popular by minstrel shows in the 19th century. Blackface continued into the 20th century in Broadway shows and Hollywood…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Iran’s ‘blue girl’ dies after setting herself on fire The woman’s self-immolation has led to a lot of debate in Iran. Masoud Shojaei, the captain of the Iran men’s football team, said on Instagram that the ban is “rooted in outdated and cringe-worthy thoughts that will not be understood by future generations”. #Iran #Sexism #WomensRights #MiddleEast African…
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