Category: violence
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Sudan Refugees Face Life-threatening Risks from Floods, Coronavirus, UN Says The U.N. refugee agency says heavy flooding in Sudan is putting the lives of tens of thousands of refugees, internally displaced people, and host communities at increased risk at a time when the coronavirus pandemic is spreading. #COVID19 #Sudan #Africa #Nature Nearly all Black Lives Matter protests are…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Anger in South Africa as disabled teen dies after police shooting In recent months, the South African police have faced allegations of brutality during the enforcement of coronavirus restrictions #SouthAfrica #blacklivesmatter #PoliceMurder How should Europe respond now its American ally has turned hostile? Europe will not curb the depredations of major global players until it becomes one itself. Europeans…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
In photos: Scene of shooting in Kenosha Scenes from 40th Street and 28th Avenue Sunday evening, as neighbors gathered at the intersection where they say police tasered and then shot a man several times. #JacobBlake#SayHisName#blacklivesmatter Australia, Drugmaker Reach Deal On Potential COVID-19 Vaccine “The vaccine will need to satisfy all the same standards that all…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
5 things to know as Hiroshima marks 75th A-bomb anniversary The city of Hiroshima in western Japan marks the 75th anniversary of the world’s first nuclear attack on Thursday. Three days after its Aug. 6, 1945, bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, ending World…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Rare ‘glacier bears’ with bluish fur may face grim future Yet as climate change melts the glaciers that have kept the animals cut off from each other, it’s more likely that bears will begin to mix once more, diluting the glacier bears’ genes, Garshelis says. So it’s possible that the glacier bear, like Alaska’s glaciers, may…
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The Evolved Person of the Week: Oluchi Omeoga
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s first-ever “Evolved Person of the Week” profile. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous individual alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the activist, organizer, and co-founder of…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Julian Bond Vs. John Lewis: An Unforgettable Fight For Atlanta’s Fifth Congressional District John Lewis did not have the charmed childhood that Julian Bond had. Lewis was the son of two sharecroppers. He attended American Baptist College and Fisk University, before becoming one of the great names of the SNCC and in the civil rights…
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Another World is Possible
We The People There is a critique that I am a burned “Bernie Bro.” I assure you, I am not. Bernie is a politician, and politicians should be seen as a means to an end. Not someone to hero-worship either on the “so-called” left or right. I still contend that the policies put forth by…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
James Baldwin Was Right All Along “What one does realize is that when you try to stand up and look the world in the face like you had a right to be here, you have attacked the entire power structure of the Western world.” And more pointedly: “I attest to this: The world is not…
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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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