Category: Science
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Where the Children Play
Kids Don’t Vote At the tender age of three, I was placed in a foster home after being abruptly taken away from my biological family. I spent almost a decade as a ward of the State of Illinois. I would never wish this traumatic experience on any child. Luckily, I was adopted by a loving…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Trump’s portrayal of NATO in crisis carries risks for alliance “President Trump has not taken damaging actions against NATO, but his words are damaging,” said Adam Thomson, a former British ambassador to NATO and now director of the European Leadership Network think-tank in London. #Trump #NATO #UKTrumpVisit women honoured with #BecauseOfHerWeCan campaign Incredible, groundbreaking Indigenous Australian…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Protester arrested after climbing base of Statue of Liberty She wasn’t the only protester arrested at the Statue of Liberty on Wednesday. Earlier that afternoon, seven people were apprehended for holding a banner that read “ABOLISH ICE” off the base below the statue, which is technically called Fort Hood. #Protest#FourthofJuly#NYC Bavaria: Affluent, Picturesque — and…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
President Trump Set To Meet With Russia’s Putin On July 16 President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss relations between the United States and Russia and a range of national security issues when they meet in Helsinki on July 16. #Putin#Trump#Russia#Finland The racist myth of the ‘physical’ African football team There is…
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Evolved Man of the Week: Leo Sheng
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 queer activist, journalist, actor, Instagram star, and…
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The Week In Stories Around the Globe
Nikki Haley: ‘It is patently ridiculous for the United Nations to examine poverty in America’ U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley criticized the report for critiquing the United States’ treatment of its poor, arguing that the United Nations should instead focus on poverty in developing countries such as Burundi and Congo. The U.N. report also faulted the Trump administration for pursuing…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
During Roundtable, Trump Calls Some Unauthorized Immigrants ‘Animals’ President Trump, speaking on Wednesday to a gathering of officials from California who oppose the state’s “sanctuary” law, compared some people who illegally cross the U.S. southern border to “animals.” #TrumpsAmerica#Immigration#Mexico#HumanRights ‘He was my whole world’: Palestinians mourn killing of loved ones “He was the spirit of…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Confederate flag-bearing trucks park outside Michigan school “If the motive was to intimidate, that was wrong,” he said. “Trying to intimidate by race, color, creed, political belief, or religious belief is wrong. We have to respond to that in the right way so that the right message gets out.” #Michigan#MidWest#Confederate#Bigots The Palestinian women at the forefront…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Wealth inequality is soaring – here are the 10 reasons why it’s happening All of these causes of inequality are within the power of government to put right. Ultimately wealth is created by hard work and endeavour, not by reallocation and redistribution. Yet we penalise labour and subsidise both debt and the ownership of assets.…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Trump is reinvigorating the American left We don’t yet know what the effects of all this activism will be in the long run. But I have zero doubt that in years to come there will be Democratic mayors, governors, senators and maybe even a president or two who will say, “Why did I get involved…
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